French Onion Soup from scratch, and I mean SCRATCH! (well, almost! lots of pics) (edited)

[MiddleFingerMom]

97. MiddleFingerMomMom taught me cooking survival basics as I was growing up.

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In the 70's, I was living in Germany and married a German woman who was a VERY good cook. When
we got divorced, I realized that if I wanted to keep eating that well, I had to learn to do it myself. I
was pretty good, but nowhere near your level.
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I loved PBS cooking shows... my favorites being "Floyd on Fish" and "Floyd on Food". In the former, he
would go onto small commercial boats (fishing, tugboats, etc.) and cook in the galley for the crew. He
was always wine-hammered, sipping liberally and trying to talk anyone nearby into joining him (including
the cameraman). He was even funnier than The Galloping Gourmet (in the drunken 60's, NOT when he
tried to revive his career in his clean-and-sober-and-healthy-diet 90's -- geez, was he boring).
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His theme song over his closing credits sounded much like Primus' end theme for South Park 30 years
before its time, giving me even more reason to like him.
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And my comments WERE directed at you. I was agreeing with the post before mine, but speaking to
you.
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