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Farm Kitchen:  Favorite Soup  |
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SusieQue
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Susie
Greenville
Ga
Georgia
603 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 5:36:53 PM
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| When I think of fall and & winter approaching - I think of good homemade soup. What is your favorite? I love beef vegetable soup with carrots, potatoes, onions...any left over veggies. Hot bowl of soup and cornbread...how good is that! |
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Shelba
Farmgirl in Training
27 Posts
Shelba
Victor
California
USA
27 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 5:42:37 PM
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Our favorite, any time, is potato cheese. I always have everything I need to turn out some form of this soup. 4 cups sliced potatoes, 2 cups water or broth, 1/2 cup chopped onion, 1 clove minced garlic. You boil until the potatoes are tender, mash with a potato masher, then melt a cup of grated cheddar cheese in the potatoes and 1/4 cup butter. You then thin it with milk to the desired consistency. It usually does not need salt because of the cheese. If you want broccoli cheese, put chopped broccoli in for 3 minutes when the potatoes are almost soft. For baked potato, add 1/2 cup sour cream and a few pieces of bacon instead of the butter.
I love beef soup like you described with barley in it, too!
Take care, Shelba |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 6:43:49 PM
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My favorite soup is vegetable soup. I put corn, peas, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes, stew meat, lima beans, string beans, okra, and black-eye peas. I cook all of that for about ten hours.
I would love to beable to make a potatoe soup. I try, and try, but it just never comes out!
Marly |
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
2544 Posts |
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Txfarmgal
True Blue Farmgirl
585 Posts
AK
USA
585 Posts |
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DianaMT
Farmgirl in Training
46 Posts
Diana
Billings
Montana
USA
46 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 11:00:35 PM
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Vegies and Beef soup for me. Make some Bisquick drop biscuits with melted butter and YUM! I made the mistake of adding cabbage one time and canning a case of soup. With the opening of each can, the cabbage was getting stronger and stronger! :-P
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
1207 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 07:44:55 AM
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It's veggie soup for me. But I don't wait till fall. I make it all the time. BIG pot. Then I can 7 pints (pretty heavy on the veggies) then I thin it out with a little tomato juice. Makes 2 nice servings. We call it stone soup. Back 40/50 years ago, Captin Kangroo had a story on his kid show about a village that didn't have enough to eat. So the guy put a stone in the pot and each villager brought one veggie and they made a big pot of soup. In MY stone soup. I put potatoes, carrots, onions, celery, cabbage, greenbeans, corn, peas, tomatoes, tomato juice and a handful of barley. I start with a soup bone for my broth. I do not put in meat if I am going to can it. When the kids were little, I actually put in a stone.
We have a ton of onions so French onion is on the menue this weekend. I'll make the bread for the toast but I don't put it "in" the soup bowl. I can't stand wet bread, but love the soup and toast.
Have several soup recipes. What ever I am hungry for becomes my favorite. |
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City_Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Christina
Omaha
Nebraska
USA
509 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 07:54:25 AM
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Loaded Potato Soup is my favorite. It is very similar to Shelba's but it also has crumbled bacon, homemade crutons and fresh chives put on the top right before serving. I have also done a creamy avocado soup in the summer but I am the only one in the house that likes avocados.
Christina
Farmgirl Sister #195
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Brew Crew
True Blue Farmgirl
676 Posts
Molly
Arizona
676 Posts |
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Aunt Clemys Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
157 Posts
Linda
MA
USA
157 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2008 : 09:47:08 AM
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Penn Dutch potpie (chicken and dumplings) or chicken tortilla soup are favorites.
Took a long time to convert DH to being a dumpling / noodle fan.
Working on the cabbage issue being in soup with preparing Bierocks or Runzas --- a treat from Nebraska (little bundles of beef, onion and cabbage in dough packets -- baked and served with spicy mustard). So far, so good with the cabbage issue.
The first time I made homemade chicken and noodles, DH, who only knew rice, elbow macroni, and on rare occasions potatoes, put the contents of the soup in the trash. He thought it had gone bad as the noodles were "puffed up" like they are supposed to be.
On the second try, DH jabbed a fork into a dumpling as if it were a potato, to send it skittering across the table. Took a whole year to try to convince him to try again.
We struck a deal --- he would try my Penn Dutch / Southern cooking a bit more and I would make his favorite dishes, too.
Reminds of me of Aunt Caroline, who only knew the food chain process from going to the local grocer. When she saw us putting cukes in jars for the pickling process, she was amazed to find out cucumbers and pickles had a connection. She never ate another pickle after that as she said she did not like cucumbers. Have mercy.....
Aunt Clemys Farm Girl
Farm Girl #300
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Edited by - Aunt Clemys Farm Girl on Aug 14 2008 09:49:14 AM |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
2544 Posts |
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
3557 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2008 : 10:55:37 AM
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Gazpacho with all the tomatoes and veg in the garden ice cold with a glass of tea. Fresh tortilla chips. Or a good slice of bread.
yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
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Ms.Lilly
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Lillian
Scotts Mills
OR
USA
826 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2008 : 5:18:56 PM
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Starting in late September we go back to eating soup every Tuesday. I Love soup so much I'm not exactly what my favorite is- if I have to chose it would probably be Cream of broccoli or maybe red lentil. There are just so many great soups out there!
Lillian |
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
2145 Posts
Judith
Galt
CA
USA
2145 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2008 : 9:06:42 PM
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Minestrone is my favorite but glorified potato, split pea or lentil, and red beans and rice are close behind.
Happiness is Homemade |
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lovelady
True Blue Farmgirl
533 Posts
Toni
Indiana
USA
533 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2008 : 07:47:04 AM
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| My husband loves stuffed peppers, so I found a recipe for stuffed pepper soup and tried it, not really thinking it would be as good as it was. Now it is one of our favorites and I have it on my list of things to make and freeze before the next baby comes. I also really like white chili, bean soups, lentil stew, and vegetable beef. Oh, and potato soup! Until I started this post I guess I never realized how much I really do like soups! |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2008 : 08:16:15 AM
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My favorite soup is the Hamburger Soup my mom makes. Mmmmmm. It is yummy. All you do is brown hamburger, (I like to brown mine until it gets little caramel-y bits. More flavor.), some celery and an onion. Add water (enough to cover meat and veg.) and a beef buillion cube, cut up potatoes and carrots and simmer until the vegetables are tender. My mother always made corn bread to go with this for dinner. It's better the next day, actually. If you are in a super hurry, you can use VegAll large cut vegetables, liquid and all. Omit the onions. :)
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
# 18 :)
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
2707 Posts
Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
2707 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2008 : 3:33:01 PM
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Does anyone have a good recipe for a lemon chicken soup. it is a creamy base. I had it once and it was so good but have not been able to find a recipe. If anyone has one i would love to have it. thanks Beverley
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bbteacher
True Blue Farmgirl
134 Posts
Bonnie
BALTIMORE
Maryland
USA
134 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2008 : 7:47:59 PM
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My favorite soup is chicken matza ball-loaded with home grown carrots and onion and I do make a mean batch if I say so myself!
Bonnie |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2008 : 03:21:49 AM
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homemade potato leek, chili if you care to call that soup-like and ministrone
I have a fabulous recipe for ministrone that calls for roasting a whole head of garlic first its so good! |
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
1277 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2008 : 07:17:27 AM
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As southerners, we like red beans and rice, which is sorta like soup. But I have a 15 bean soup recipe that is all too easy to make. One bag of 15 beans, one can Ro-tel, one onion chopped, a package of sausage sliced (we use our own, but what you get in the grocery works great, too!)garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Mix it all together, add water and either cook in the crockpot all day or on the stove. It's great with cornbread!
from the hearts of paradise... |
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lacisne88
True Blue Farmgirl
1181 Posts
Chelsey
Lake Stevens
Washington
USA
1181 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2008 : 10:32:16 AM
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We just had the BEST chowder I have EVER had the other night for dinner. My dad made it in his enamel cast iron pot. It had clams, scallops, halibut, and shrimp, along with spicy sausage, cream of potato soup, heavy whipping cream, hal and half, old bay seasoning...It was soooo good!!! I've been eating leftovers and it's still good! Yum!
But I love soups in general, as long as they are hearty and full of yummyness!
I love soups with veggies, and potatoes in it...I love stews or really thick soups!
Chelsey
Farmgirl Sister #283
http://farmgirlpleasures.blogspot.com/ |
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lovelady
True Blue Farmgirl
533 Posts
Toni
Indiana
USA
533 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2008 : 11:14:18 AM
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Chelsey, that sounds wonderful and I don't really even like seafood! I went to the Oregon coast a few years ago to visit a friend and while I was there the husband of the family she was staying with made oysters on the grill with a spicy-garlicky sauce and they were great. Maybe seafood just isn't that great once it gets to the Midwest...
Really, no one has posted a soup yet that didn't sound great. Maybe we should start adding recipes! |
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SusieQue
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Susie
Greenville
Ga
Georgia
603 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2008 : 6:36:22 PM
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Bonnie, your chicken matza ball soup sounds wonderful. How do you make the chicken matza balls?
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2008 : 6:42:18 PM
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I have several...I'm a soup nut when the weather turns colder. Of course, I eat it now for lunch out, often, but I don't make it at home until the weather turns...
My favorite (in descending order)
Curried pumpkin soup
Sundays at Moosewood's Fall River Vegetable Stew (meatless)
Chicken corn noodle soup
Soup au pistou (with a rind of parmesan...mmmm)
I'm not really a fan of meat in my soup with the exception of chicken.
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MBurns
True Blue Farmgirl
1757 Posts
Marlene
Swisher
IA
USA
1757 Posts |
Posted - Aug 21 2008 : 07:41:09 AM
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| Is there a recipe for the pepper soup? would love to have it. |
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