Food Porn III: A Boy and His Toy

[elfs]

Chicken noodle soup! Sorta.

On my fourth and last day without Omaha, I decided to make something simple: chicken noodle soup. It's actually a very simple recipe, and I kinda wimped out and used store-bought chicken stock. But the base of onions, celery, and parsnips worked very well. Now that I've rediscovered the parsnip, I may never do a soup or casserole with carrots again. It's more savory and sweeter, it sautes much easier, and it's cheaper!

I tend to overburden my soups and this was no exception; it was more like a stew. I ladeled it into bowl, topped it with fresh bread straight out of my oven, and then covered it with slivered Gruyere cheese (oy, the food miles!) and went at it with my kitchen torch to melt and hold it all together.

Mmmm....

Comments

Butane is your friend.

[pandakahn.livejournal.com]

How did we ever survive before you could get those small little butanes torches?

French onion soup, glazing a ham, browning a pie crust, and don't forget CHEESECAKE!

Kitchen toys! their fun, useful, and you don't have to hide them from your parents when they visit.

MPK