Cooking & Baking

Yonnie3

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12. I use whatever I have.

Wed Jan 11, 2017, 11:17 PM

Jan 2017

Canned cheap generic stock has made some excellent hearty soups around here. I suspect the Costco box is a step up from Food Lion generic. What you call "soup" IS soup!

I particularly like this in the article:

To paraphrase the food writer M.F.K. Fisher, there is a slippery slope from water to soup. If you have water around, you can have soup. Use water when you’re after clean, light flavors rather than rich ones, or when you don’t have any stock on hand.

To sum it up after all that they wrote,
"Use water ... when you don’t have any stock on hand."

Gotta be better than stone soup, eh?

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How to Make Soup (for those who don't know! :-) ) [View all] elleng Jan 2017 OP

We seem to prefer the "chunky" genre here, although Yonnie3 Jan 2017 #1

I've made chicken stocks both ways Retrograde Jan 2017 #16

"It's a matter of what I have on hand when it's stock time." Yonnie3 Jan 2017 #17

We have, alas, given up on soup... TygrBright Jan 2017 #2

I don't use 'stock,' Bright, elleng Jan 2017 #3

That's nice! We don't do the rotisserie chicken thing, though. TygrBright Jan 2017 #4

Homemade stock is quite easy Glassunion Jan 2017 #19

Oh, Bright... Liberal Jesus Freak Jan 2017 #5

I have now and then used the "Better Than" line of paste bases. TygrBright Jan 2017 #6

Yes they do. Liberal Jesus Freak Jan 2017 #7

are you kidding? NJCher Jan 2017 #8

Thank you, that's very encouraging! I'll probably try it. TygrBright Jan 2017 #10

Found their site...forgot they had such a variety! Lars39 Jan 2017 #11

I first heard about the Better Than brand Staph Jan 2017 #9

I use whatever I have. Yonnie3 Jan 2017 #12

you might laugh at this NJCher Jan 2017 #13

Yes, I might, Yonnie3 Jan 2017 #14

" If you have water around, you can have soup" Retrograde Jan 2017 #18

Making soup should be easy. dem in texas Jan 2017 #15