Comments on: Witchy Chicks, Soup, and the Nature of Life http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/2009/06/witchy-chicks-soup-and-the-nature-of-life/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Bird of Ill Repute Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:44:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Colette http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/2009/06/witchy-chicks-soup-and-the-nature-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-56727 Colette Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:37:24 +0000 http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/?p=1688#comment-56727 The secret to great onion soup is slowly carmelizing the onions. The slower the better - mmmmmmmm The secret to great onion soup is slowly carmelizing the onions. The slower the better – mmmmmmmm

]]> By: Mardel http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/2009/06/witchy-chicks-soup-and-the-nature-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-56714 Mardel Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:13:48 +0000 http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/?p=1688#comment-56714 This is going to be about something weird about cookbooks. Or, about a cookbook we had. A fairly new cookbook, as inless than 5 years old. My daughter (25) likes to bake when she can. Because of budget problems, she can't always experiment, so when she tries a new recipe, it's out of a cookbook and she follows the recipe to the letter, (she'll make changes later, after she uses it the first time.) So tonight most of my (admittedly) grown children were hanging at home, when my daughter decided to make strawberry shortcake. She followed this recipe faithfully, with the last of our butter, after scrounging change for light cream, etc. The granddaughter (2 yrs) helped and they had a lot of fun (good thing). Well after waiting for it to be done, mouths watering we finally got to have some strawberry shortcake. It was awful. Tasted like those bakery cookies, the ones with way too much baking powder or soda. She double checked the recipe. It called for 1 TABLESPOON of baking soda. Ewwww,yuk. It has to have been a misprint. She checked other recipes in the book that were similar- one TEASPOON. They had fun baking, but she learned a lesson. Books can be wrong, and if a average size recipe calls for that much baking soda, it's probably too much. It's just ironic that I read your post about using a recipe, the same evening we used a dud recipe. :) Hope it goes better for you! This is going to be about something weird about cookbooks. Or, about a cookbook we had. A fairly new cookbook, as inless than 5 years old. My daughter (25) likes to bake when she can. Because of budget problems, she can’t always experiment, so when she tries a new recipe, it’s out of a cookbook and she follows the recipe to the letter, (she’ll make changes later, after she uses it the first time.) So tonight most of my (admittedly) grown children were hanging at home, when my daughter decided to make
strawberry shortcake. She followed this recipe faithfully, with the last of our butter, after scrounging change for light cream, etc. The granddaughter (2 yrs) helped and they had a lot of fun (good thing). Well after waiting for it to be done, mouths watering we finally got to have some strawberry shortcake. It was awful. Tasted like those bakery cookies, the ones with way too much baking powder or soda. She double checked the recipe. It called for 1 TABLESPOON of baking soda. Ewwww,yuk. It has to have been a misprint. She checked other recipes in the book that were similar- one TEASPOON. They had fun baking, but she learned a lesson. Books can be wrong, and if a average size recipe calls for that much baking soda, it’s probably too much.
It’s just ironic that I read your post about using a recipe, the same evening we used a dud recipe. :) Hope it goes better for you!

]]> By: mazoku http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/2009/06/witchy-chicks-soup-and-the-nature-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-56706 mazoku Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:37:07 +0000 http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/?p=1688#comment-56706 Onions... *swoons* I'd kill to for some onion soup, I haven't had it in ages. Onions… *swoons* I’d kill to for some onion soup, I haven’t had it in ages.

]]> By: Lauren http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/2009/06/witchy-chicks-soup-and-the-nature-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-56705 Lauren Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:08:03 +0000 http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/?p=1688#comment-56705 French onion soup is one of those delightful things that seems so much more complicated to make than it actually turns out to be. I'm sure Julia Child's variation has a little more character and difficulty than the recipe we use in our family, but in my experience it's surprisingly simple for such a complex-tasting dish. Good luck! I'm sure it will be fine. And if by chance it doesn't turn out, at least you'll have an interesting story to tell us tomorrow. French onion soup is one of those delightful things that seems so much more complicated to make than it actually turns out to be. I’m sure Julia Child’s variation has a little more character and difficulty than the recipe we use in our family, but in my experience it’s surprisingly simple for such a complex-tasting dish.

Good luck! I’m sure it will be fine. And if by chance it doesn’t turn out, at least you’ll have an interesting story to tell us tomorrow.

]]> By: martianmooncrab http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/2009/06/witchy-chicks-soup-and-the-nature-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-56704 martianmooncrab Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:46:42 +0000 http://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/journal/?p=1688#comment-56704 you will make divine soup, you are multi-talented. you will make divine soup, you are multi-talented.

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