I'm making soup - ask me anything.

[tjwmason]

To be eaten as part of my lunch during the week.

It's very relaxing because everything takes ages to come to the boil, simmer &c. - which means that I can just potter round with a glass of gin, gorgeous music playing in the back-ground, and chat to the wonderful folk on here.

:bounce:

[yvr girl]

1. What kind of soup

I love soup.

[tjwmason]

4. The book calls it "New England Carrot, Apricot and Sesame"

It's certainly giving a gorgeous aroma now - especially as I put in more bay-leaves than required. :D

[bigwillq]

2. Any background noise???

TV? Radio??

[tjwmason]

6. Music - as always here.

Currently a C.D. with Venetian music of the late 16th and early 17th centuries - mostly Gabrielli (several of them) and Monteverdi.

[southlandshari]

3. What kind? Can I have some?

Soup sounds soooo good today!

:hi:

[tjwmason]

7. You're more than welcome to some.

It should be ready in about an hour - can you make it to England by then?

Carrot, apricot and sesame soup.

:hi:

[southlandshari]

29. Damn - foiled by the Atlantic Ocean!

Sorry I won't be there in time for dinner - as esoteric as it sounds!

I guess I'll settle for the rest of this bag of dill pickle flavored chips - I am such an embarrassingly uncultured and ugly American.

:hide:


Enjoy your soup, TJ!

:hug:

[TheProphetess]

Mmmmm...soup warms the soul

Sounds yummy. :9

[tjwmason]

10. It certainly does.

I can be very grumpy at work all morning, but some soup for lunch always perks me up dramatically. :bounce:

[hfojvt]

5. What is this gorgeous music? n/t

[tjwmason]

9. Venetian - bridge between renaissance and baroque.

Right now - O Domine Jesu Christe by Giovanni Gabrieli.

[hfojvt]

12. That sounds horrible.

Next thing you'll be telling me you are putting onions, celery and carrots in your soup. :scared:

I will not tell you what I just queued up on my computer. :hide: but it is LOUD.

[tjwmason]

17. Onions and carrots - yes

:P

I definitely do loud as well - in fact the grand French organ school of the 20th century is a favourte era of mine. But there's good loud, and there's pointless loud. :P :P

[Deja Q]

8. Must... resist... urge.... to.... copycat...

[tjwmason]

11. Do your worst.

I ready to respond to any copycat you could possibly throw out there.

[WolverineDG]

13. recipe?

:)

i just started making soups from scratch myself. i'll swap mine with ya. :)

dg

[tjwmason]

19. I've got a book from the Covent Garden Soup Company.

8oz dried apricots, soaked overnight in 2 pints water,
1 medium onion,
3 medium carrots,
1 cinnomon stick,
1 bay leaf,
1 pint light chicken stock,
Salt and freshly milled black pepper,
1/4 pint Greek yoghurt,
1 tablespoon clear honey.

To garnish:
1 tablespoon honey,
2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted.

Drain the aprictos and set aside 1 pint of the soaking liquor. Place the apricots, apricot liquor, onion, carrots, cinnamon, bay leaf, stock, salt and pepper in a saucepan. Cover, bring to the boil and simmer gently for 50 minutes, adding more water if necessary. Take out the cinnamon stick and bay leaf and skim off any fat. Cool a little, then puree with the yoghurt. Taste for seasoning.

To toast the sesame seeds, heat a pan and when very hot add the sesame seeds. Shake over a moderate heat until the seeds begin to brown. Cool.

Serve the soup with a little honey drizzled over and a sprinking of toasted sesame seeds.

[WolverineDG]

31. Sounds yummy!

BTW, what's Greek yogurt? Is that plain yogurt?

Here's mine:

Very Vegan Soup:
1 medium white onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, peeled
4 big ribs celery, chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil (divided use)
3-4 Granny Smith apples (I prefer 3 as the ones available locally are quite big)
2 carrots, peeled, chopped (I use 3 because I like carrots)
1 28-ounce can whole tomatoes, chopped, with juice (make your life easier & get the diced tomatoes)
3 cups vegetable broth (canned or bouillon)
salt & white pepper to taste

Pulse-process onions, garlic, celery. (You can chop by hand, but trust me, this takes FOREVER.) You want uniform small bits, not mush. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in skillet over medium heat. Add mixture. Cook, stirring, & let veggies sweat for a few minutes to soften. Transfer to soup pot.

Pulse-process apples & carrots. Heat 1 tablesppon olive oil in skillet. Add the carrot-apple mixture. Stir, cooking for a few minutes. Add to soup pot. Add tomatoes & broth. Turn on heat under soup pot. Bring to a simmer & let cook at least 20 minutes or more. Season to taste with salt & pepper. Can be served hot or cold. (I prefer hot.) Makes about 2 1/2-3 quarts soup.

I got this from my local paper, which attributes this recipe to "The Avoca Cafe Cookbook."

dg

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

14. mmm I love making a big pot of soup

:9
what you got in it? and what you listening too? :hi:

[tjwmason]

20. Carrot and apricot

Beatus Vir by Claudio Monteverdi. I'll leave you to guess which is the music and which the soup. :P

:hi: :loveya:

[FuzzySlippers]

15. Do you get annoyed when people

ask you the same questions over and over and over again?:o

[tjwmason]

21. No, I'm endlessly patient

and I find the obviousness of asking what soup I'm making charming even the twentieth time around...... (I'll leave folk to guess whether :sarcasm: or not).

[Metta]

16. I'll be making root vegetable soup soon.

With tomatoes and mushrooms. Everyone else in the tri-state area is watching football playoffs so the neighborhood is quiet except for the occasional groan or shout. Ta. :)

[tjwmason]

22. Soup sounds so many times better than football.

I'd definitely be with you there.

[Metta]

28. Now there's a person with straight up priorities.

Hey, we'll be eating in about 10 minutes. Can you make it? We have plenty. :hi:

[tjwmason]

30. 3,500 miles in 10 minutes

Shouldn't be a problem. :D

[Metta]

32. No problem at all.

:hi:

[Lady Freedom]

18. I am makeing beef stew!

The slow cooker kind!

[tjwmason]

23. It's wonderful to take a good long time over making some food.

Not rushing things at all, nice and slowly done.

[taterguy]

24. what's one question you would refuse to answer?

[tjwmason]

27. Who was my first kiss?

A gentleman never discusses such things - not that I'm a gentleman.

[Moochy]

25. Have you thought of making soap

Just one letter difference.

discuss.

[tjwmason]

26. I don't know of a local liposuction clinic.

Otherwise it could make a very good little cottage industry.

[leftofthedial]

33. how about those Broncos?

what kind of soup?