The Best Cold Winter Snack

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

Long lingering impacts to my DNA growing up.

Campbell's Tomato Soup
Grilled Cheese Sandwich.

nothing better combo.

I've heard that, probably the first time was in the past 15 years. I've never had tomato soup and certainly not with a grilled cheese. I've tried tomato soup once or twice and it just didn't do anything for me.

[3rd_gear_Ted]

Here in SoCal I have learned to enjoy either Mexican Albondigas soup or Vietnamese Pho on a cold day. Both are made from Grandma's recipe in a family run business.

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by Evans, Marv

WHAT? NO WHITE VINEGAR???? I love deviled eggs and mix the yolks with mayo, a dash of salt, small bit of mustard, and a bit of white vinegar, with a dash of smoked paprika on top. I eat them all, because my wife doesn't like them very much. I make the vinegar flavor pretty stong.

I've tried them with vinegar and just didn't like them...I might have used too much vinegar.

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by masraum

I've heard that, probably the first time was in the past 15 years. I've never had tomato soup and certainly not with a grilled cheese. I've tried tomato soup once or twice and it just didn't do anything for me.

I have two favorite soups....1st would be split green pea and 2nd is tomato soup.
The Green Pea soup can be made so many different ways...I don't think I've ever had any that I didn't like.

[craigster59]

My Wife makes a quick meatball soup. She starts with water and chicken broth, adds a can of tomato paste and some Costco meatballs and Trader Joe's frozen veggies with grains.

Let simmer for 20 minutes, season to your taste and you have a quick and easy hearty soup. And those veggies and grains will keep you "regular"!

[masraum]

Originally Posted by stevej37

I have two favorite soups....1st would be split green pea and 2nd is tomato soup.
The Green Pea soup can be made so many different ways...I don't think I've ever had any that I didn't like.

I love soup in general. I've tried scads of different soups, and like most of them, but have never had a tomato that I liked.

I've had a bunch of different split pea soups. Most are good (I can't remember not liking any). Butternut squash soup can be awesome. Chicken tortilla can vary a ton, but most are pretty good (this is probably one of my favorites). My wife makes a soup, some sort of health thing that is for some specific purpose that I don't recall, but it's made with cauliflower boiled in home made chicken stock/broth (I can never remember or tell the difference). Then it's blended to be a smooth soup and has tiny little meatballs made of hamburger added. Super simple and shockingly delicious. I'm sure there's a little more to it than that, but not a lot.

Maybe I need to try tomato again...

[stevej37]

^^^ craigster
That sounds great...and easy to make.
I will try it sometime.

[Superman]

Steve, I know you know about cans of quality tomatoes. These should be used to make tomato soup. Which DOES go well with grilled cheese sammies.

Hot dish is made with noodles. Yes, it is very much 'comfort food.'

I make egg salad regularly and usually spread it on toast. I add a little celery salt, but certainly not onions or mustard.

FWIW: Fill a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Place a half-dozen eggs in carefully, place the lid on and set your timer to 16 minutes. When the water returns to boil, let it boil for 30 - 60 seconds, then remove saucepan from heat. I just turn the gas off. When the timer goes off, scoop out the eggs and place them in another large saucepan with cold water. This cooks the eggs, in my opinion, perfectly and the shells practically jump off on their own.

For egg salad, mash the yolks and mayo separately. Crumble the whites with a fork and combine.

Horseradish is poison, not food. I like food very spicy. Horseradish is still a poison.

[stevej37]

Some like broth soups only..
I'm the opposite. I want/like some substance to my soup.

[stevej37]

I use a diff process for the hard boiled eggs and it's never failed me...

Cover the eggs with water in a pan uncovered...bring it to a good rolling boil...turn the heat off and cover the pan for 12 minutes. (leaving it on the cooling burner)

After 12 minutes..just run some cold water over so that you can handle them...the shells come off in just a few pieces easily.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by stevej37

Some like broth soups only..
I'm the opposite. I want/like some substance to my soup.

I like all sorts of soups!
thick soups with no chunks? Yep
thin broth with not a lot of stuff (like egg drop)? Yep
thin broth with a ton of stuff (like vegetable-beef)? Yep
thick stuff with chunks like a stew? Yep
Chili (not exactly soup, but similar)? Yep

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Superman

Steve, I know you know about cans of quality tomatoes. These should be used to make tomato soup. Which DOES go well with grilled cheese sammies.

Hot dish is made with noodles. Yes, it is very much 'comfort food.'

I make egg salad regularly and usually spread it on toast. I add a little celery salt, but certainly not onions or mustard.

FWIW: Fill a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Place a half-dozen eggs in carefully, place the lid on and set your timer to 16 minutes. When the water returns to boil, let it boil for 30 - 60 seconds, then remove saucepan from heat. I just turn the gas off. When the timer goes off, scoop out the eggs and place them in another large saucepan with cold water. This cooks the eggs, in my opinion, perfectly and the shells practically jump off on their own.

For egg salad, mash the yolks and mayo separately. Crumble the whites with a fork and combine.

Horseradish is poison, not food. I like food very spicy. Horseradish is still a poison.

I find some horse too mild and creamy. I look for the stuff that burns your nostrils. I can eat that with a spoon. I don't, but I can.

I first started eating horse with prime rib. Probably no reason to mess with a good cut of beef, but I did. Just because restaurants offered it and no other reason. Since I haven't eaten anything that had eyes since 1985 I just use it on sandwiches.

Well, not peanut butter!

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Superman

Horseradish is poison, not food. I like food very spicy. Horseradish is still a poison.

I used to work with a guy that loved "spicy" food. He'd frequently order "the spiciest wings you've got" when we went to lunch. So knowing that he liked spicy food, one day we were at a Chinese place. I recommended that he dip something into the Chinese hot mustard because to me spicy was spicy whether it was capsaicin like it chili peppers or whatever stuff singes your nose hairs like in horseradish and spicy mustard. That day I learned that 1 those two kinds of spicy are not always equally loved, and 2 he really did not like spicy mustard.

Originally Posted by Zeke

I find some horse too mild and creamy. I look for the stuff that burns your nostrils. I can eat that with a spoon. I don't, but I can.

I first started eating horse with prime rib. Probably no reason to mess with a good cut of beef, but I did. Just because restaurants offered it and no other reason. Since I haven't eaten anything that had eyes since 1985 I just use it on sandwiches.

Well, not peanut butter!

I think some horseradish sauce is premixed with mayonaise or something like it, while some is essentially just pickled, ground root.

The stuff that I like to use has the following ingredients: Horseradish, Vinegar and Salt.

But I am game if the missus makes a sauce with ^that^ stuff and other ingredients which is often the case when having some sorts of meats.

[stevej37]

[QUOTE=Zeke;12174871]I find some horse too mild and creamy. I look for the stuff that burns your nostrils. I can eat that with a spoon. I don't, but I can.


Lol...I have had the strong stuff..it almost blocks your throat from eating.
It's ok with prime rib, but only in small amounts.

[stevej37]

Just finished the last half deviled egg.
Not bad for 4 eggs....80 cents.

[stevej37]

[QUOTE=craigster59;12174794]My Wife makes a quick meatball soup. She starts with water and chicken broth, adds a can of tomato paste and some Costco meatballs and Trader Joe's frozen veggies with grains.
Let simmer for 20 minutes, season to your taste and you have a quick and easy hearty soup. And those veggies and grains will keep you "regular"!




Made this a couple days ago. Not exactly the same, but the closest I could find.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/231282/hearty-italian-meatball-soup/

Very good and very filling....it was so thick it could almost be eaten with a fork.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by craigster59

My Wife makes a quick meatball soup. She starts with water and chicken broth, adds a can of tomato paste and some Costco meatballs and Trader Joe's frozen veggies with grains.

Let simmer for 20 minutes, season to your taste and you have a quick and easy hearty soup. And those veggies and grains will keep you "regular"!

I've never had meatball soup, but that sounds tasty! I'll have to give it a shot.

[john70t]

Something made with a bit of ginger = energy.

And Vit C.
Fruit or a multi-vitamin at least.
Take Iron and eat spinach/broccoli separate.

And Vit D.
Lighter skin (largest multi-functional organ) wasn't adapted by entire continents for no reason.

[stevej37]

A pic of one of the left-over bowls...it makes a lot!
I sliced the meat balls in half first...wouldn't need to, they fall apart easily with a spoon.

[Bill Douglas]

Lets be honest. All food is great. That's unless it's vegan.