Mmmmm.... homemade chicken soup.

[SarahB]

And I made it (as always)! :P

I confess, am often rather domestic. Tonight, I am the goddess of soup.

Behold ye! It was good.

:bounce:

[dave502d]

1. I made some homemade chicken soup tonight to,I have a cold.n/t

[SarahB]

2. Me too!

Chicken, veggies, and some big ol' egg noodles.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

3. Wide noodles, carrots, celery, big pieces of chicken

It was one of the things that my mom made the BEST.

She NEVER made it. It was WONDERFUL. I begged. She NEVER made it. What the hell was wrong with her? How could you NOT make something that wonderful? It's like the Philosophy classes I took in Junior College to get my AA Degree...somewhere in there, there is a MORAL IMPERATIVE to make that damned soup, and my mom said "I scoff at your imperative."

But she DID have a "specialty." Something she made EVERY WEEK like clockwork, whether I wanted it or not...and I assure you, I DID NOT...

She made the "pork chops, canned string beans, potatoes and tomatoes skillet thing" once a week, EVERY week. The pork chops were dry as shoe leather. The tomatoes had a strong acid taste. The potato wedges were "al dente," which tasted terrible, and they soaked up the acid from the tomatoes and the "canned" taste of the string beans. It was CRAP in a skillet and just like EVERY week has a Wednesday, EVERY week had the pork chops-string beans-potatoes-tomatoes-skillet-from-HELL dinner.

It was the kind of thing you'd feed friends if you wanted to make sure they NEVER ACCEPTED A DINNER INVITATION TO YOUR HOUSE AGAIN.

She never made the chicken soup until I was in my late 20s. I said "This is the kind of chicken soup GOD would eat if he ate chicken soup" and she made it two, maybe three times again after that and NEVER AGAIN, even though I requested it on a QUARTERLY BASIS.

So I got smart and gave up on my mom, because she turned her back on her gift, which was making chicken soup.

Then I figured I'd marry a woman who made great chicken soup, but great marriages are seldom based on chicken soup alone, so I reconsidered.

I decided that there are many reasons to love a woman, but I also decided that cooking would not be one of them. If I meet a woman who is an excellent cook and fall in love with her, it's a bonus. If I fall in love with her and she's the world's worst cook, I can cook every comfort food I ever loved MYSELF.

World's BEST meatballs.
World's BEST mac 'n' cheese.
World's BEST meatloaf.
World's BEST chicken soup.

No matter what happens, it's a "win-win" scenario.

:toast:

[SarahB]

5. I am not a "great" cook...

I am though a "good" cook and seem to be able to blend spices rather nicely together. I know how to make a mean steak from mid-range priced stuff. My cookies kick butt (but I don't make them much anymore since I stopped eating them).

But nope, I've never met a man who told me, "You know, the first thing I liked about you was your cooking." That's pretty low priority on the totem pole of my good qualities, but my soup tonight rocked. :headbang:

[Left Is Write]

4. Hey, me too!

My teenager is sick, so I made homemade chicken soup with dumplings.

[SarahB]

6. Yummy!

Lucky kid. :D

[Amaya]

7. I'll be right over

:hi:

[SarahB]

8. How're you doing?

:)

[Amaya]

9. I'm doing .....ok

same old shit, ya know.... You? :pals:

[SarahB]

10. Basically same here.

It's all about the job hunting now, but still nice things to look forward to when I finally get one. ;)

Time is slow though when you're not having fun. :(

[Amaya]

11. Looks like we need some fun

what do ya think? :)

[Bill McBlueState]

12. I made potato soup...

It was good, but probably not as good as your chicken soup. Just some potatoes, onions, carrots, and celery. Great stuff for cold nights, though!

[Zomby Woof]

13. that's why I love you

I always know that you're nekkid beneath your domestic apron! :D