Soup is magic

[ravena_kade]

I romanticize that soup is magic. My 8 quart stock pot is my cauldron. Good soup takes time. And turkey soup invokes my maternal Aunts, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and Great Great Grandmother... all were said to be witches... or is that Bit..... True in any case ;-) An ancestor of mine was tried at Salem. This skips my Mom...not the witch part...the soup part. She never liked turkey soup and never made it.

I made the basic stock with one carcass from the cousins. I picked the one that wasn't beset upon by piraña ...they can really pick a bird clean. I simmered it all day yesterday then put it in the fridge to get some of the fat to the top and skim. Then I separated it into 2 pots. One traditional and one low sodium. I need salt in MY soup. It take too much time to make to only end up serving dish water ;-) I think both came out good. I used thyme from my garden and used garlic... my bland ancestors probably cried ;-)

I had soup for breakfast today. I offered Dad some of his version and he liked it. Good. Said it was as good as canned... I know he meant it as a compliment...sigh. It's not as greasy as the cousins. Thats because remove the fat. Cousins don't. I like it either way, but I know he doesn't like fat at all.


Next up will be shin bone soup. I'll split the basic stock again.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Being veggie I'm now into the squashes for seasonal soup making!

[ravena_kade]

I make a veggie stock based Squash and apple soup with a hint of ginger. I like that when I come in late at night when its cold. I have a couple of veggie/vegan friends so I try many meat free recipes.

[house_wren]

I used to be a weaver and I liked to thread the loom late at night when there were no interruptions. I felt like a witch, I think because the process is arcane. It would be hard to figure out how to do it properly without some instruction (initiation.)

[fbhjr]

Soup can totally be magic!

[guy_todd]

I made the basic stock with one carcass from the cousins

At last, you are getting some use out of your relatives!

JK, I know you are not a cannibal. :D

[disneydream06]

Pass the soup please. :)
I really need to make some ham and bean soup and freeze up a bunch. Same with chili.

What is shin bone soup?
Hugs, Jon

[ravena_kade]

Shin bone soup is made from beef shank...the leg. They cut it cross wise so you have what looks like a steak with a 1 oe 2 inch circular bone in it.

It was probably a depression era affordable beef cut.

[disneydream06]

Mom use to make veggie beef soup and she would use a "soup bone" or two. :)

[gwendraith]

Lovely soup, a perfect winter warmer. You've reminded me to get my soup maker out!

[malterre]

Love this description