A new revelation for me...

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karennoca

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I have always had a dislike for soup recipes that call for blending all the ingredients up together. Never could figure out why one would want to take the time to chop all those beautiful veggies only to turn them into liquid. So I decided to get out of the box and give it a try. My first experience was a disaster, when I used some beautiful mushrooms and ground them up with cooked chicken slices, and other ingredients. I hated the texture, thus the taste was not right for me.

Yesterday, a friend was here and we were watching a TV chef make a shrimp bisque. We were both stunned when beautiful shrimp were tossed into a blender to become liquid. My friend blurted out, "for the price we pay for shrimp, I am not going to kill it in the blender!"

I do love pea and mint soup which is blended, and tomato soups, broccoli soup and zucchini soup too. I guess it is just the idea of meats or seafood being turned into liquid that turns me off.

I make an excellent Italian Vegetable Soup that has a lot of ingredients. It calls for blending half of the soup. I only make it in the summer when all the summer squash, tomatoes, etc. are in season. Can't blend that up either!

Is this weird?

 
I think that blending some of the soup, picking which solids you want to puree, is to

thicken the soup some.

I personally would not put the meat into the blender.

 
I agree--never the meat. and it does depend on the soup. Many

bean soups call for blending some for the thickening, as you mention. Some, like vichysoisse, are meant to be smooth purees. I wouldn't blend a soup that the recipe doesn't call for it to be done--like "my" vegetable soup!!

 
Thank you, I just knew it seemed weird to liquefy the meat/seafood. Beans are OK

as long as one leaves whole ones too. I keep learning about the science of cooking and I have been doing it since I was 11 years old!

 
When I had 4 wisdom teeth out at one time I couldn't eat solids for a week or so. I pureed...

...an entire large can of Dinty Moore Beef Stew in a blender. I drank it hot. It was the best meat gravy I ever drank.

I was only 19 at the time. What did I know?

Michael

 
I think I feel a little queasy... smileys/smile.gif

but, again, I never had my wisdom teeth removed, so maybe I could go for it in that event!

 
It's just blended nutrition, Sally.

I've had to do it as well, for the same reason as Michael. The texture is about the same as oatmeal...sort of.

 
I think I remember adding some liquid in order to be able to drink it like a smoothie.

Back then, of course, there was no such thing as a smoothie. It was called an "Orange Julius".

Michael

 
Ditto on adding the liquid to make it not as thick, that's what my friend does also as she is 94 and

no longer able to chew meat. She actually loves getting her meat protein in this more liquid form.

 
I did not mean to make fun of anyone who needs this type of nutrition... (more)

I hope that was clear!

If it's a real necessity for health reasons, well.. that's a different story!

Honestly, I hope I won't ever need it, but.. who knows what the future reserves for us, right?

 
Yep, never say never! Oh how I've learned the lesson on *that* one! smileys/wink.gif

Such experiences (mine and others') help keep me humble, open-minded, and grateful.

 
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