You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
Fall is here and I'm craving soup. Can we start a soup thread? What's your favorite?
- Thread starter traca
- Start date
Traca, I made this last night for a dinner tonight(in my pumpkin Staub, thanks Sandi) and it seems
to be lacking something. I followed the recipe pretty much as stated, which is unusual for me. I just added one of Tess's fresh bay leaves, and that should have added some flavor, but not enough. Maybe after sitting cool overnight and re-warming it will be better. I guess it's good, but just not something so terrific that I would crave it after a hurricane???? I did toast up some pumpkin seeds with a dab of butter and cumin/cayenne/salt to sprinkle on top, which is snagged from another recipe. and also, I didn't taste it with the green onion garnish. I'll report back after my dinner guests review it. maybe lots of garlic toast will help.
to be lacking something. I followed the recipe pretty much as stated, which is unusual for me. I just added one of Tess's fresh bay leaves, and that should have added some flavor, but not enough. Maybe after sitting cool overnight and re-warming it will be better. I guess it's good, but just not something so terrific that I would crave it after a hurricane???? I did toast up some pumpkin seeds with a dab of butter and cumin/cayenne/salt to sprinkle on top, which is snagged from another recipe. and also, I didn't taste it with the green onion garnish. I'll report back after my dinner guests review it. maybe lots of garlic toast will help.
well, it was marvelous the next day. everyone loved it---2 bowlsfull love. I didn't add anything.
it was salty enough. I guess it benefitted from sitting overnight on the back porch under the stars! I highly recommend the toasted pumpkin seeds as another topping. they were a hit and I had to send the guests home with soup and pumpkin seeds. I just took about 3/4 cup of shelled seeds(bulk from Fred Meyer), toasted them in a dry skillet, then added about 1/2 tsp butter a sprinkle of cayenne/cumin/salt and mixed it up. thanks, and I'll be passing on the recipe.
it was salty enough. I guess it benefitted from sitting overnight on the back porch under the stars! I highly recommend the toasted pumpkin seeds as another topping. they were a hit and I had to send the guests home with soup and pumpkin seeds. I just took about 3/4 cup of shelled seeds(bulk from Fred Meyer), toasted them in a dry skillet, then added about 1/2 tsp butter a sprinkle of cayenne/cumin/salt and mixed it up. thanks, and I'll be passing on the recipe.
Whew! You had me worried there for a minute. Glad everyone liked it! The book that's from is
terrific too. If you get a chance to pick it up, do. Post hurricane Katrina, so many people lost their recipe collections. The Times-Picayune Newspaper was flooded with requests for old favorites, and started a column based on the long lost recipes. Well, the paper brought staff and interns to hunt down the old recipes (many of the archives weren't in digital records so sluething was more old school microfiche or microfilm). The result of these searches...is this book, "Cooking Up a Storm." The stories, and long lost recipes...many of them requested from people now living far from home...it just warms my heart. Love this book!
terrific too. If you get a chance to pick it up, do. Post hurricane Katrina, so many people lost their recipe collections. The Times-Picayune Newspaper was flooded with requests for old favorites, and started a column based on the long lost recipes. Well, the paper brought staff and interns to hunt down the old recipes (many of the archives weren't in digital records so sluething was more old school microfiche or microfilm). The result of these searches...is this book, "Cooking Up a Storm." The stories, and long lost recipes...many of them requested from people now living far from home...it just warms my heart. Love this book!