When I get home I’d like to make some large lima bean soup. I have the lima’s and ham and chicken broth and carrots and onion and garlic. Are there any other ingredients that would add flavor to the soup? No tomatoes nopa nopa nopa. Oh, and I also add a dash of Tabasco to it.
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Sounds great. If you have a fresh lemon, I’d squeeze a bit into each bowl. If not, I’d put a shot of rice wine vinegar into the pot itself. Yessss to the Tabasco!
Yum, I love Lima beans. I just found a bag of dried limas. Let me know your recipe please!
Speaking of Chef John, I've now made my second batch of creme fraiche.
Youtube Chef John's Creme Fraiche
I got a real bargain on a bunch of heavy cream, 6 pints for $6. I had to fight for it, lucky I sent my daughter to the store with screen captures of the sale that week and orders to get a rain check if sold out. The sale ticket was off their web page but since I had the screen capture for how it was the previous day and that week's sale wasn't over yet, they had to honor it. It was back up to about $3.29 a pint.
Checked the price and see the store brand quart is on sale for $3.99 which is a good price but I don't need any more yet and it's really for special stuff because it's so rich.
I made scallops gratin with my creme fraiche among other things and used some heavy cream for bay scallop chowder. Ir was heavenly tearing a toasted slice of french bread in half lengthwise and dipping it in the scallop/chicken broth/creme fraiche juice. I didn't have any of the shallower ramekins (for creme brulee) which would have worked better and couldn't use white wine because of daughter.
Scallop Gratin - Chef John - Youtube
That crab soup looks delightful but very expensive for quality crab meat here, and 2 pounds is extra generous. I use the fake stuff.
I've been looking at using Cream of Shrimp soup as a base for some kind of shrimp bisque, doctor it up with some creme fraiche, some Old Bay, fresh herb of some kind if I have it which I usually don't. There was a recipe recently for something like that on Just a Pinch website only I would change a couple things.
Yes, on a new recipe I go very sparingly with herbs and seasonings and I forgot she used cr of chicken instead of cr of shrimp. I'd use at least one can of cr of shrimp soup (got a couple on sale a couple weeks ago).
Speaking of crab, I'm crazy about Long John Silver's Crab Cakes. I love the clams, too, but can't chew them with my bad teeth.
Glad you are back JT. I don't hang around long these days.