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Pilsbury

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
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Location: East london/Essex

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 05 1:14 am Post subject:

I could eat potato soup almost every night, it has a real comfort feeling as it was one of my mums specials, and the fact it cost about ï¿½1 a gallon helps.
Sweat off some leeks and onions in a little butter
add peeled chopped potato
cover with chicken or veg stock and season
then simmer untill the potatoes break down.
You can use a hand blender on it but that tends to make the starch in the potato a bit gluey so I just have a go with the masher.
Finish with a little milk and top with cheese.
lovely...

You can always add other bits to it as well like bacon bits, chopped left over chicken ect

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 05 11:11 am Post subject:

Every time I make leek and potato soup it comes out really bland (definately a candidate for the blandest thing on the menu!) and needs overwhelming salt and pepper to make it edible. I use a recipe in the covent garden soup book. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong? I never add salt to my cooking, as himself prefers it without, so I add mine at the table. There's no onion in the recipe - could that be why?

jema
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 05 11:14 am Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

I recall making similar and ending up grating an overwhelming amount of cheese into it

It did end up very nice. But somewhat missed the point.

jema

twoscoops

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 1924
Location: Warwickshire

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 05 11:15 am Post subject:
I think onions are the key, and often use the same quantity of onion as I do the main ingredient.

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 05 11:22 am Post subject:
I make mine with some cumin and coriander powder added it really peps up the flavour - I also add onions and atleast one clove of garlic Cumin is really nice in a Parsnip soup as well Joanne

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 05 11:40 am Post subject:

Had a very cheap supper last night made with marked down supermarket tomatoes bought for 5p

Cut them in half, sprinkled with salt and pepper,dash of olive oil and then roasted in the oven for about 30-40mins until soft and browned. Had a few garlic cloves in there as well.

Popped them on toast and mushed in generously. The roasting process intensifies the flavour in the blandest of tomato.

You could even be posh and put them on ickle toast triangles for a cheap starter.

The real eating company sells this in their restaurant at ï¿½5.00 a pop!

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 05 1:13 pm Post subject:

We have now almost stopped eating out, as food is generally better at home! If I want an evening off, we either have something really easy (like spaghetti carbonara) or from the freezer (there's always somthing in there) or we have a take out, as I have never managed to get the hang of Chinese or Indian (I'm still working on the Indian - Now have a balti set!) The only place we eat out now is a fish restaurant, cos being almost as far from the sea as you can get, it's hard to get good fish here. If we have to go out, then I usually eat vege. I'd never dream of having say, steak in a restaurant - it would cost 10 times as much as at home, and be 'orrible in comparison!

jema
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 05 1:17 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

there are a few restaraunts I enjoy but my question is always much as your'es "Could I do better at home?" and the answer these days even with "Indian" is generally yes

If I can do better, why I am eating out?

jema

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 05 1:23 pm Post subject:
Very true, we invariably end up comparing the meal to something we have made ourselves. 9 times out of 10 it isn't as good. Saying that I now make an effort to choose things I wouldn't do at home.

jema
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 05 1:29 pm Post subject:

Jonnyboy wrote:

Very true, we invariably end up comparing the meal to something we have made ourselves. 9 times out of 10 it isn't as good.

Saying that I now make an effort to choose things I wouldn't do at home.

and there is lots that a Restaraunt should be able to do that you cannot at home. even the basic veggies, at home feeding a few, you cannot for the sake of freshness and economy have a wide and imaginative selection on the plate at once. Restaraunts should be able to kick arse over home cookery for this reason alone.

jema

Last edited by jema on Tue Jan 11, 05 1:36 pm; edited 1 time in total

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 05 1:35 pm Post subject:
I know what you're saying but.. when there is the opportunity to go out ( and those with kids will understand this one!) you tend to grasp with both hands!! I forgot another standby storecupboard thingy is a risotto - amazing what flavours you can bung in one of them!

jema
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 05 1:38 pm Post subject:

Fiddlesticks Julie wrote:

I know what you're saying but.. when there is the opportunity to go out ( and those with kids will understand this one!) you tend to grasp with both hands!!

I forgot another standby storecupboard thingy is a risotto - amazing what flavours you can bung in one of them!

I know what you mean, we do eat out on odd occasions and I will confess when we do, we do eat a a cheap pub chain. It does not bankrupt us, and we are not expecting to be impressed.

jema

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 05 1:43 pm Post subject:
we are spoilt here with a lovely pub - a bit of a gastro place to be honest. But excellent food, a homely atmosphere and since its only round the corner from the house we can both share a bottle and walk home!

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45669
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 05 1:45 pm Post subject:
We hardly ever eat out and I really can't recall a restaurant meal in the last 5 years that was better than what we cook at home.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 05 2:09 pm Post subject:
[quote="Fiddlesticks Julie"]I know what you're saying but.. when there is the opportunity to go out ( and those with kids will understand this one!) you tend to grasp with both hands!! quote] With you on that, if the food is good it's a bonus

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