Comments for Improvisational Soup

Comment on Applesauce by Jana

Jana — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:38:28 +0000

A potato masher also works well.

Comment on Roasted Broccoli by Benquo

Benquo — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:16:25 +0000

For a while, this was literally my favorite food. I really should eat it more often!

Comment on Roux by Benquo

Benquo — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:41 +0000

This is awesome. I always skipped over things like Roux in cookbooks since I guessed it would be too complicated. But it’s techniques like this — described the way you did — that make modular cooking possible! I look forward to thickening my soups with fried flour.

Comment on Bean Corn Lime Soup by Cream of Green Soup « Improvisational Soup

Cream of Green Soup « Improvisational Soup — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:40:04 +0000

[...] 15, 2009 by alicorn This is an example of a soup I made up on the fly. Much as with the bean corn lime soup, you begin by sautéeing celery and [...]

Comment on Roux by Chowder « Improvisational Soup

Chowder « Improvisational Soup — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:38:07 +0000

[...] If you want some things more cooked than others, you can wait to add the things that you want less cooked. For instance, if you wanted your potatoes fully cooked but for your broccoli to have some crunch to it, you’d want to add the broccoli after the potatoes had been boiling for five or ten minutes. Remember to taste a chunk of food before declaring it done. In the case of these ingredients, the potatoes are the thing that takes the longest to get adequately done, so I cooked everything until a potato I tasted met with my approval. Then I turned the heat down and added roux. [...]

Comment on Ode to Better Than Bouillon by Chowder « Improvisational Soup

Chowder « Improvisational Soup — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:38:01 +0000

[...] so I just dumped these things into a pot together, added a great big spoonful of garlic and some Better Than Bouillon, just covered it with salted water, and set it all to boiling together, stirring [...]

Comment on Ode to Better Than Bouillon by Mashed Potatoes « Improvisational Soup

Mashed Potatoes « Improvisational Soup — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:46:20 +0000

[...] can add Better Than Bouillon to the water in which you boil the potatoes, especially if you aren’t planning to add [...]