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(Message started by: artonio7 on Jan 30^th, 2008, 12:41pm)

Title: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by artonio7 on Jan 30^th, 2008, 12:41pm

Sweet Pea Stew!

http://artonio7.com/peastew.jpg

Olive oil or bacon drippings enough to cover the bottom of 8 quart sauce pan.
1 medium yellow onion diced
2 cloves garlic crushed and minced

Throw this all together on a medium heat... the onions and garlic will begin to get transparent... turn down the heat just a titch.

1 can of diced tomatoes 14.50 ounces

After the onion and garlic are slightly transparent add the tomoatoes to the mix and use the can to measure in 4 cans of water. (you can use beef broth instead if you want)

4 medium sized potatoes... (your choice) peeled and diced into 1 inch cubes
Add to pot.

1 lb frozen sweet peas (without the pods of course)
Add to pot.

1/2 lb Tiny meat balls (make your own with your own recipe or use the frozen brand)
Add to pot

Let this all simmer on medium heat for about 45 minutes or until the potatoes are soft.

Beat two eggs and quickly stir it into the pot.
Serve and add grated Parmesan or Romano cheese season to taste with salt and pepper.

Good cheap and nourishing!

with warm regards.
Tony

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Gena on Jan 30^th, 2008, 12:50pm

Thomas could you please make this for dinner tonight!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/gml4u/01604.jpg

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by thomas on Jan 30^th, 2008, 12:52pm

ok, will do.

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by gizmo on Jan 30^th, 2008, 1:08pm

Sounds real good.

Did somebody already start to collect the different recipes to create a CH.com cookbook?

- Oliver -

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by LeLimey on Jan 30^th, 2008, 1:54pm

Hi Oliver yes CatLind is doing just that (the recipe book!)
I had a soup once in Germany which had tiny meatballs in it and rice and asparagus and probably other stuff (we're going back 20 years ago!) It was gorgeous but I never knew what it was called - do you have any idea's what it could be?!

Tony that looks gorgeous, I have to try it!

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Linda_Howell on Jan 30^th, 2008, 2:06pm

Without tempering first, won't adding beaten eggs to a hot pot of soup make it congeal into lumps of scrambled eggs?

It looks great though Tony..I'll be right over. While I'm enroute...make me a pie for dessert. Make it a chocolate cream and Mel will join us. lol

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by artonio7 on Jan 30^th, 2008, 2:12pm

on 01/30/08 at 14:06:03, Linda_Howell wrote:

After beating the eggs like a redheaded step child... I pour them into the bubbling pot whilst stirring rapidly... what results are tiny strings of egg that imparts a creamy texture.

Be sure to stir rapidly when adding the eggs.
Substitute red headed step child for chewy if necessary. ;;D

The pie du jour is mock apple.

with warm regards,
Tony

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by gizmo on Jan 30^th, 2008, 2:17pm

It could be one of the many variants of the cheese-meat-soup, especially if there were mushrooms or leek in it as well.

I'll try to translate my base recipe and post it.

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by thomas on Jan 30^th, 2008, 2:19pm

Yeah, I'm going to temper the eggs before putting them in, I can't stir as fast as I used to. ;)

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by artonio7 on Jan 30^th, 2008, 2:24pm

Okay, here's what I found out about tempering eggs (never did it that way before... but I will try it next batch)

Quote:

There are times when you add hot eggs to a liquid and they will come out like cooked scrambled eggs. This fine if it is the effect you are going for, as in the case of Chinese Egg Drop Soup. There are other cases, however, when you will want the eggs to add a richness without the "scrambled eggs" consistency. You will first need to temper the eggs in order to achieve this result.
Beat eggs well, then mix them with a small amount of stock or sauce that has been slightly cooled, mixing quickly until completely blended. Then blend this entire mixture back into the stock pot or larger mixture

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Woobie on Jan 30^th, 2008, 2:25pm

OK - pardon my stupidity - but wtf does it mean to "temper" eggs?? :-/

I put scrambled eggs in my ramen noodles all the time... it's like egg drop soup then... so i can see how you can put them in this soup.

woobie :-*

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Woobie on Jan 30^th, 2008, 2:27pm

OK - then
Tony you beat me... (no pun intended..........) LOL ;;D

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by gizmo on Jan 30^th, 2008, 2:41pm

Helen, does this look familiar?

http://www.marions-kochbuch.de/rezept/0357.jpg

If yes, this is a "wedding-soup".

I'll try to translate the recipe (no promises).

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by vietvet2tours on Jan 30^th, 2008, 3:07pm

on 01/30/08 at 13:08:32, gizmo wrote:

Sounds real good.

Did somebody already start to collect the different recipes to create a CH.com cookbook?

- Oliver -

Here's my contribution. Beef,salt,Beer. If ya think ya need a veggie throw a carrot on the table. You can use it over and over.(the carrot)

Potter
And pepper fer ya picky eaters

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by thomas on Jan 30^th, 2008, 3:08pm

on 01/30/08 at 15:07:24, vietvet2tours wrote:

Here's my contribution. Beef,salt,Beer. If ya think ya need a veggie throw a carrot on the table. You can use it over and over.(the carrot)

Potter

What time's dinner at?

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by gizmo on Jan 30^th, 2008, 3:15pm

on 01/30/08 at 15:07:24, vietvet2tours wrote:

Here's my contribution. Beef,salt,Beer. If ya think ya need a veggie throw a carrot on the table. You can use it over and over.(the carrot)

Potter, Potter, no sense for nice food.
You forgot pepper. :P

- Oliver -

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by LeLimey on Jan 30^th, 2008, 4:08pm

Oliver it was a wedding soup! I remember that much, it was gorgeous - I'm all excited now thank you!

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by gizmo on Jan 30^th, 2008, 4:10pm

Wait until I posted the recipe ;;D
The ones I found in English don't seem to be right.

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Mosaicwench on Jan 30^th, 2008, 4:20pm

It's spaghetti and meatballs for us tonight. I make huge pots of spaghetti sauce every now and again, and then freeze for a quick meal. I make a mean marinara for not being Italian!!

We had our soup yesterday and thus we have "crusty bread" left over for garlic bread..

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by DennisM1045 on Jan 30^th, 2008, 4:31pm

Those are some little bitty (meat) balls you got there tony ;) Apparently it is cold ;;D

-Dennis-

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by thomas on Jan 30^th, 2008, 4:33pm

on 01/30/08 at 16:20:37, Mosaicwench wrote:

I make a mean marinara for not being Italian!!

Everybody knows that the best Italian chefs are all Irish. We make it better out of spite. ;)

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by gizmo on Jan 30^th, 2008, 4:34pm

Here's the recipe for the German wedding-soup.

Since my English isn't as good as it should (especially when it comes to cooking related things) any help in improving / hints for improving is welcome.

Ingredients:
1/8l chicken broth
1/8l beef broth
500g asparagus
10g butter
10g sugar
10g margarine (or butter)
250g meat
3 eggs
1 tablespoon breadcrumbs
1/2 onion
paprika (powder)
salt
pepper
5 tablespoons cream
2 1/2 tablespoons parsley
rice (the original recipe uses 50g pasta)

This wedding soup is created out of chicken-, meat- and asparagus-broth.
All of these have to be cold (!) before mixing them otherwise the soup will become sour!!!

Cook the rice as usual.
Peel the aspargus and remove the woody ends.
Put the peels and the ends in 1/8l salt-water and decoct them.
Remove the peels and the ends and add the asparagus (cut into pieces).
Add butter, sugar and salt and cook it another 15 min.
Let the asparagus broth get cold !!!
Add the cold (!) chicken and beef broth and heat it up again.

Mix meat, 1 egg, breadcrumbs, paprika, pepper and salt.
Dice the onion and stew them in the margarine.
Mix the stewed onions into the meat-mix and create small meat balls and brew them in salt-water for ~5 minutes.

Create royale from the remaining 2 eggs, the parsley and the cream.
Put the meat balls, the rice and the royale into the soup.

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by artonio7 on Jan 30^th, 2008, 4:38pm

on 01/30/08 at 16:31:50, DennisM1045 wrote:

Those are some little bitty (meat) balls you got there tony ;) Apparently it is cold ;;D
-Dennis-

Cold! Damn straight! Oh, that's nuthin Dennis here's a pic of my left nipple. ;;D

http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/31/46/23424631.jpg

with warm regards,
Tony

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by LeLimey on Jan 30^th, 2008, 4:42pm

on 01/30/08 at 16:34:56, gizmo wrote:

I shall be trying that this weekend Oliver - thank you! Actually I really like combining meats in the same way as you have with the stock there - frikadellers for instance. My kids love it when I make those for them :)

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by artonio7 on Jan 30^th, 2008, 4:46pm

MMMMMMMM Oliver that sounds scrumptious! I'm gonna try that one day... by the way... what is a royale? How is it made and what is it used for?

with warm regards,
Tony

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by DennisM1045 on Jan 30^th, 2008, 4:46pm

on 01/30/08 at 16:38:10, artonio7 wrote:

Cold! Damn straight! Oh, that's nuthin Dennis here's a pic of my left nipple. ;;D

LMFAO!

-Dennis-

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by gizmo on Jan 30^th, 2008, 4:59pm

A royale recipe:

Mix the eggs and the cream and season with salt.
Add the parsley.
Adding some nutmeg doesn't hurt (depends on your liking).
Poach the whole stuff in a double boiler.

Next recipe will be the "meat-cheese-leek-mushroom"-soup.

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by gizmo on Jan 30^th, 2008, 5:06pm

> Actually I really like combining meats in the same way as you have with the stock there.

Actually this isn't my recipe. I only happened to translate it.

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Linda_Howell on Jan 30^th, 2008, 7:06pm

Woobs, This is tempering the eggs:

Quote:

Beat eggs well, then mix them with a small amount of stock or sauce that has been slightly cooled, mixing quickly until completely blended. Then blend this entire mixture back into the stock pot or larger mixture

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by barry_sword on Jan 30^th, 2008, 7:43pm

I knew that I should not have read this thread as I had a tooth extracted earlier today and have not eaten anything so I am getting really hungry. :(

Tony, your soup looks so good! :)

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by zwibbs/Scott on Jan 30^th, 2008, 7:50pm

Tony that looks Great !!

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Gena on Jan 30^th, 2008, 9:09pm

Thomas made the soup

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/gml4u/f031.jpg

It was good!!!! :D

I added more then a sprinkle of cheese, but I am form WI :-*

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Linda_Howell on Jan 30^th, 2008, 10:05pm

WOW! Gena. You asked him to make the soup at about 9:30 am and he has it on the table by 6:09 pm.????????????

I am so totally impressed. Thomas you are a good good man.

Linda

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Charlie on Jan 30^th, 2008, 10:08pm

Never let it be said that I don't contribute to these culinary wonders.

Meatloaf of course: http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/knife fork.gif

Chisel out enough room in the microwave for your thawed beefalo; the stuff in back, not the package from 1998, leave in plastic tray. Mix with Hamburger Helper, onion sticks, and Ketchup enhanced with green tomato paste. Toss in some fake salt and Bacon Bits if you wanna go nuts.

Pound on the microwave key pad to set the timer and run for cover.

Hit the couch, pop in one of your Celebrity Poker videos and relax. When the smoke alarm goes off, it's done.

After you've satisfied your neighbors and the fire trucks have gone, take out the meatloaf. I usually find that it's a bit easier to separate the melted plastic from the meatloaf if you run it under cold water.

Poke around in the cupboard for an unprententious wine cooler, grab your Ron Popiel's electric knife, and off you go. http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/STRETCHER.gif

Serves one...only once, so far.

Charlie http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/chew.gif

Sorry..........It has been awhile though....

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Linda_Howell on Jan 30^th, 2008, 10:25pm

Charlie my wonderful, funny friend, I hope you don't mind if I do this because you really need a wife/girlfriend:

A girfriend/wife for Charlie

Charlie is a super great guy who needs a woman to teach him the finer things about cooking. In return he will very graciously teach you his "Technique" (Not to be missed)

He has a beautiful house in the upper "burbs" of NY State and if you will agree to drive he will show you the wonders of the area as well as the thrill of a life-time at all the swap meets, antique marts your heart desires.

Must pass MY qualifying tests to be able to meet in person, one fun-loving sweet, (but good food deprived man) May apply above in a PM.

Linda

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Charlie on Jan 30^th, 2008, 10:30pm

Quote:

Must pass MY qualifying tests to be able to meet in person, one fun-loving sweet, (but good food deprived man) May apply above in a PM.

Bring yer own Lysol.

Charlie... whose house needs more work than it's worth

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Linda_Howell on Jan 30^th, 2008, 10:31pm

You forget I clean houses for a living.

I'll have it whipped into shape even YOU won't recognize.

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Charlie on Jan 30^th, 2008, 10:46pm

It's already unrecognizable as a dwelling. You can work on me too. I need all the help I can get. My neighbors treat me well though....probably because I got rid of the gas grill. http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/flapjack smiley.gif

Charlie

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Linda_Howell on Jan 30^th, 2008, 11:02pm

Charlie... >:( your're making my job really hard here.

One 6 foot something guy. Loses clothes at airports on a regular basis. Home is a mess but I will throw in one slightly used dust-mop, can of Lysol, and a few room air-fresheners in the deal.

apply above unless Charlie posts again.
::)

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by artonio7 on Jan 31^st, 2008, 8:35am

on 01/30/08 at 21:09:56, Gena wrote:

Thomas made the soup

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/gml4u/f031.jpg

It was good!!!! :D

I added more then a sprinkle of cheese, but I am form WI :-*

Sweet! We had the same dinner together in different places last night! A virtual dinner party.
;;D
The sprinkles of cheese look great. Beautiful presentation too!

with warm regards,
Tony

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by thomas on Jan 31^st, 2008, 8:44am

Thanks, we even had some "crusty bread". I didn't quite temper the eggs well enough, so there were little bits of egg in it, however it was really good. The taste is very similar to my tortellini soup. I am adding this one to the arsenal.

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Gena on Jan 31^st, 2008, 12:46pm

on 01/30/08 at 22:05:39, Linda_Howell wrote:

WOW! Gena. You asked him to make the soup at about 9:30 am and he has it on the table by 6:09 pm.????????????

I am so totally impressed. Thomas you are a good good man.

Linda

The man is a wiz in the kithen. I can ask him to make almost anything and he can and does.

Sometimes Chris and I will just sit and think up stuff we would like to eat, just to see if he can make it.

As of yet we have not stumped him.

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by sandie99 on Jan 31^st, 2008, 1:37pm

Wow, that soup looks just yummy, Tony! :)

Sanna

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Jackie on Jan 31^st, 2008, 4:26pm

on 01/31/08 at 08:35:06, artonio7 wrote:

Beautiful presentation too!

Presentation is important.......even more important when the food isn't perfect..... ;)

This looks wonderful and is apparently yummy too....adding it to my list for sure.....

Thanks.......

Jacks 8)

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Gena on Jan 31^st, 2008, 10:24pm

on 01/30/08 at 22:08:02, Charlie wrote:

Never let it be said that I don't contribute to these culinary wonders.

Meatloaf of course:

Chisel out enough room in the microwave for your thawed beefalo; the stuff in back, not the package from 1998, leave in plastic tray. Mix with Hamburger Helper, onion sticks, and Ketchup enhanced with green tomato paste. Toss in some fake salt and Bacon Bits if you wanna go nuts.

Pound on the microwave key pad to set the timer and run for cover.

Hit the couch, pop in one of your Celebrity Poker videos and relax. When the smoke alarm goes off, it's done.

Charlie

Tonight I tried Charlie's meatloaf

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/gml4u/meatloaf002.jpg

I waited till the smoke alarm went off....

It tasted alright under all the black stuff
:-/

Maybe I needed to wait till the Firetruck came ::)

Gena

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by Mr. Happy on Jan 31^st, 2008, 11:26pm

Howling wind, evening Communion, and dinner for two.....

http://www.mushys.com/pix/creamofchrist.jpg

Praise Wotan,
RJ

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by vietvet2tours on Jan 31^st, 2008, 11:29pm

Yer gonna drive me ta strong spirits.

Potter

Title: Re: Good meal for a cold winter day
Post by George_J on Feb 1^st, 2008, 1:33am

Interesting to combine different meats sometimes in a soup. Here's one I did tonight--my version of lentil soup.

bacon drippings (about a tablespoon)
5 chorizo sausages
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
3 carrots, peeled and sliced
3 stalks celery, sliced
1 quart beef stock
2 cups water
3/4 pound lentils
1 bay leaf
1/2 Tablespoon dried thyme, or 1 Tablespoon fresh
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Dash of Tabasco Sauce
1 28 oz. can diced tomatoes

Remove the casings from the sausage and break it up into small pieces. Brown sausage, onion, garlic, carrot, and celery in the bacon drippings. Add stock and two cups water. Add lentils, bay leaf, thyme, salt, pepper, and Tabasco.

Heat to boiling, then reduce heat to medium-low and cover. Simmer one hour, checking the fluid level, and add water if necessary. When lentils are soft, add diced tomatoes and simmer another 20 minutes. Makes a really filling main dish soup with the obligatory crusty bread.

Ellen really likes this--almost as much as fish chowder. Or a good steak. ;)

Best,

George