Posted on 01/01/2011 10:36:34 AM PST by DJ MacWoW
My husband bought me some of my favorite soup, Campbell's Cream of Potato. My mouth got all ready and I sipped the first spoon. I spit it back in the bowl. It tasted TERRIBLE! I thought it was spoiled. Nope. Now! With Sea Salt Added! If I wanted sea salt I'd go float in the ocean!
I just discovered that they've done the same to Vegetarian Vegetable. No more Campbell's soup for me. And I wrote them to tell them where they can stick their sea salt! I don't buy Healthy Choice soups because they taste awful. So they are now going to force their idea of healthy on consumers? The left is taking over everything and forcing their ideas on us. I'm really angry. They stick their nose in every aspect of our lives.
I guess I'll just have to make my own.
As usual my sense of humor is totally wasted on you. lol
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If y’all watched this movie - you’d not only be making your own foods - you’d be growing it ;o)
Wondering why you didn’t want to blanch me or deep freeze me! WEFG!
Remember I have antique kitchen tools of all sorts!
... and all the terrible implements of war! Yes, you’ve told me, you maker of mayhem. lol
Yes...mayhem, thats a good one for me. lmao!!
Poor kid; but also fortunate, that he feels at home with you and has such good people to care about him. He’s really lucky! So many kids grow up with no adult to really care for them ever. Tragic.
I like chickens. We had 3 for pets until the raccoons moved in and we knew it was a mere matter of time, so we gave them to a friend who often keeps chickens. She’s down to one now (too many foxes over there) and it follows her around whenever she’s outside. DH used to play with our chickens a lot, they were very friendly. They were auracanas (sp?).
Here’s to the “Weekly Cooking Thread Ping list”
Fry some bacon bits, drain off the fat, add your left over mashed potatoes and cream or milk (cook low—do not boil), (precook) diced potatoes and carrots (or use left-over), saute some onion and celery. Add to hot (not boiling) milk potato liquid. Add salt pepper to taste and a bit of butter. Yum!!
Best potatoe soup and takes only a few minutes to make. You can also use cooked ham instead of bacon.
My mammy lernt me not to talk like that. ;o)
Potato Soup is one of the fastest, easiest soups to make yourself. It takes very little time. This is a very simple recipe. Depending on your tastes, you can add many things to this soup: ham, bacon, cheese, celery, etc. It’s even good without the chicken granules:
Ingredients
3 1/2 cups peeled and diced potatoes
1/3 cup finely chopped onion
3 1/4 cups water
2 tablespoons chicken bouillon granules
1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1 teaspoon ground white or black pepper, or to taste
5 tablespoons butter
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups milk
Directions
1.Combine the potatoes, onion and water in a stockpot. Bring to a boil, then cook over medium heat until potatoes are tender, about 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the chicken bouillon, salt and pepper.
2.In a separate saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Whisk in flour with a fork, and cook, stirring constantly until thick, about 1 minute. Slowly stir in milk as not to allow lumps to form until all of the milk has been added. Continue stirring over medium-low heat until thick, 4 to 5 minutes.
3.Stir the milk mixture into the stockpot, and cook soup until heated through. Serve immediately.
Jim Beam Bourbon Balls
Ingredients:
1 box (12 oz size) vanilla wafers crushed (food processor works good here)
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
2 cups powdered sugar plus extra for coating
1/4 cup corn syrup
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1/2 cup Jim Beam bourbon whiskey*
Directions:
Mix dry ingredients. Add corn syrup and cut in. Add bourbon whiskey and stir until it is too firm to stir. Put on baker's gloves* and knead until dough is thoroughly mixed and firm.
Roll dough into 1-inch balls and roll in powdered sugar. Refrigerate. Makes 60 1-inch balls.
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This dough is VERY thick and I found that putting on thin latex gloves and hand mixing (kneading) insures that the whisky, and the dry ingredients, are mixed throughout the dough. Try to store them air tight in the refrigerator if possible because the whiskey will evaporate some if exposed to the air and they become dry.
Also, here is where I buy my Dead Sea Salt. This link takes you directly to the bulk Dead Sea Salt but if you want to browse the sight click on the company name at the top.
Made bean soup last night - leftover Christmas ham and kielbasa, navy beans, carrots, celery, onions and some broth in the freezer from a chicken carcass. Tasty. And really not a lot of work - ya have to plan ahead a bit to get the beans in the crock pot in the morning, but it only took about an hour to make the soup itself.
I like the soup that I make, the best. ;)
Hot tea is good with lemon and some honey. Be sure to drink lots of liquids too...like water. Keep your feet warm and just REST.
Oh that’s wonderful that the boys cook too. That’s really great. You are most welcome for those words...and they are true and THANK YOU for sending them back to me. That was very nice of you and I appreciate it. I keep saying I am going to retire from cooking but...I get in the kitchen and the rest is history... :)
No soup for you!
I actually prefer sea salt. Much better flavor. And Healthy Choice is the brand I look for, because they don’t add MSG, which gives me awful headaches. I just wrote Campbells a letter praising them for the changes, hope it cancels out yours.
This wasn't Healthy Choice
I just wrote Campbells a letter praising them for the changes, hope it cancels out yours.
It won't. And you might have wanted to taste it first. Quite a few posters are complaining about an unpleasant after taste.
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Just went to a Campbell’s soup site. Said the “reformulation” of the soups involved more than just the salt.
It wasn't just the salt. They'll be getting a lot more complaints.
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