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Keep “soup greens” once done cooking?
I have a Polish cookbook (translated to English) from the 1950's and most of their soup recipes contain a bunch of greens/veggies but it's not always clear if they are just to be used as flavor or as ...
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How can I keep my split pea soup from becoming too thick during storage?
Every time I have made split pea soup, I have to try to estimate the amounts to be finished in one meal. If I store the leftover soup (in the refrigerator or the freezer), the soup thickens to the ...
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Fresh vs Frozen Broccoli for soup?
Is there a substantial difference in using fresh vs frozen broccoli when making Broccoli Cheese Soup? And if I do make the substitution, should I thaw it first or put it in frozen?
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How to roast mixed vegetables together?
For a soup, I want to roast carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, peas, onions etc., so what would be the procedure?
If I put them together in a vessel and close the lid off, they'll get
watery.
If I put ...
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Why are some kind of packets-soups boiled up in lukewarm water, while normally just stirred into already boiling water?
Inscription on packets-soups from supermarket states:
Stir the soup-meal into lukewarm water, boil it up, and wait 5-10 minutes. Ready to eat.
Normally the inscription says that you should boil ...
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Counter to bitterness in soup
My minestrone turned out too bitter. How can I counter it? The soup contains tomatoes, pasta, Savoy cabbage, celery, carrots, burnt sautéed garlic, thyme, oregano, salt and pepper.
Sugar seems to be ...
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Ham and Pea Soup with whole dried peas instead of split peas?
I am making Ham and Split Pea Soup, however I only have whole dried peas. Will the shell on the whole pea make the soup more difficult to digest? Will the shell spoil the flavor? Or is it just adding ...
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Why does roasting vegetables before pureeing into soup affect the flavour?
Last night I made a butternut squash soup. The recipe said to roast some squash and onion for 45 mins before boiling with stock for 15 and then pureeing. Is anyone able to explain (in moderate depth) ...
