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Chicken vegetable with orzo and lemon on a grey rainy day. Snow is expected tomorrow this will be the perfect thing to have.
 
Back in September, just before leaving France for the winter, we harvested the last of the tomatoes, leeks, and carrots and froze them. We left a bunch of carrots in the ground, they were too small to mess with. The first night we were back here, we ate across the street at a brother's house, his wife made a pot of soup that was thin and lacking any real flavor. The next day a sister invited us over for soup, it was better. So my wife made a pot of soup her way, with a frozen tomato, leeks, some of the carrots from the garden, and potatoes. And she used green onions, chives, and herbs from the garden. Her soup was thick, and very flavorful compared to the others we had this week.
 
Bought 10# of really cheap IQF whiting a while back. Tried every way of cooking it I could think of and none of it was good. Finally found an Italian fish stew recipe that it works pretty well in. Add grated Parmesan and red chili flakes.
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That looks good to me. Spicy additions make bland fish exciting. I used to make a generic fish Monterrey(supposed to be snapper but I cant get that here). Fish with bell peppers, green chiles, and jalapenos in tomato sauce. Put enough spice and it doesn't matter what the fish is.
 
We've got a cold, rainy spell coming up. A bucket of great chile sounds perfect. What kind of meat do you use? I prefer cubes of pork but have made it with a variety of meats. In France lots of people use cinnamon instead of red chile, it's not my style at all.
 
I feel like if it doesn’t have chili in it it’s not chili.
We had a chili "cookoff" 20 years ago with several of the family members, mine was the only one with the predominant flavor being red chile. They don't do spicy food here(in general), though there are some exceptions especially with the folks who have traveled extensively overseas. A couple of times a month we'll cook a New Mexico style meal for ourselves, just to keep our taste buds calibrated. I harvested seeds from some Moroccan hot green chiles and cayennes I grew last year, I hope to plant them soon so we have a steady supply of heat.
 
It’s a crappy day outside so I made hot and sour soup for lunch. I was hungry and ended up botching the egg swirl because I was rushing. Tasted fine, though, and it made me sweat a bit while eating it.
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I'd eat the hell out that "botched" job.
 
Avgolemono. Very tasty, needed a touch more lemon.
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Hey @Rish do you happen to have a recipe for this soup? On Saturday I started my first batch of Limoncello and we were wondering what to do with the leftover lemons. Decided on on Avgolemono soup. We weren't happy with the recipe we found online, but yours looks delicious. Would you care to share the recipe? Feel free to PM me if you'd prefer.
 
Hey, @BongoYodeler . Here is the link to the recipe I use. We really like it. Great way to use those extra lemons. Hope it works for you.

https://www.themediterraneandish.com/avgolemono-soup-recipe/
SO you use the fish instead of chicken? Interesting, I'd like to try it both ways. My wife has a habit of buying too many lemons and then trying to figure out what to do with them, I'll show here this.
We're on day three of a bucket of simple veggie soup made to clean out the veggie bin-carrots, leeks, onion, garlic, zukes and a tomato from the freezer. We'll finish it today and head to the grocery store for fresh veggies.
 
Thanks, I'll probably give it a try. Funny, this is the second recipe this week from this website. @Rish referenced an Avgolemono Soup recipe a few posts up.
Cool, I’ll have to check out that recipe as well. This recipe is a family favorite. It’s a bit of work so I only make it a few times a year. This time I combined some ground beef and ground pork for the meatballs. This recipe calls for 1.5 lbs of meat, but 1 lb is plenty. 🍻
 
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