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OT: The Official Soup, Bread, and Cheese Thread

Chin Diesel said:
Don't overthink the joke. The bread was listed because it's the most insipid uninspiring processed crap you can buy. Much like the soup and "cheese".

And yet, together, on a cold winter's day, it's palatable.
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However, it implies you actually keep Wonder bread in your house.
 
Soups are great, definitely the best use of an instant pot.

My wife makes a great lemon chicken orzo soup and mean Brunswick Stew.
 
storrsroars said:
However, it implies you actually keep Wonder bread in your house.
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No on wonder bread and no on Campbell's soups. I don't know if I have ever purchased Wonder Bread in my life.

I am all for some good home made or bakery purchased crusty bread for soaking up broth and using a sturdy bread for the grilled cheese.
 
Guapo said:
Brunswick Stew.
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With rabbit?

Used to be a great traditional Brunswick stew at TX&AZ in Stamford (Springdale), which was one of my all-time favorite BBQ spots in the 80s. Haven't had it in 30 years.
 
storrsroars said:
With rabbit?

Used to be a great traditional Brunswick stew at TX&AZ in Stamford (Springdale), which was one of my all-time favorite BBQ spots in the 80s. Haven't had it in 30 years.
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Nah, pulled chicken and pork.
 
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uconnell said:
The only difference between soups and stews is the flour,
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Nah. Soups are flavored water with small bits of meat or vegetables. Stews are protein and vegetable dominant
 
I love the potato soup at Outback.
On the home front, my wife makes the large packet of Lipton Soup with the correct amount of water, but adds a can of Tomato soup to it after it comes to a boil. Easy to make and tastes good.
 
Deepster said:
She said the "Jew chickens made the best soup"
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Mano said:
Although I think the rest of the restaurant is trash (what better way to ruin seafood than to batter and fry it? I only ever get their shrimp), the chowder at Lenny and Joe's is probably my favorite.
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I respectfully disagree. Great fried fish, shrimp, scallops, and especially whole belly cally clams are right up there with great pizza.
 
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storrsroars said:
With rabbit?

Used to be a great traditional Brunswick stew at TX&AZ in Stamford (Springdale), which was one of my all-time favorite BBQ spots in the 80s. Haven't had it in 30 years.
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Wow. I remember that place but haven't thought of it in forever. Worked on Hope Street back then.
It was good and the first southwest place I can recall in the area.

Amore and Hope Street Pizza still going.
 
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CL82 said:
Individually, they all suck, together, when you are in mood... retro magic.

Wife makes great soups. A few of her best:

Choriezo Kale Soup - Choriezo, kale, potatoes, kindney, beans, tomatos. It is spicy and and amazing. Now that I think about it, I think I'll ask her make it this weekend.

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She might be hard-pressed to find autumn leaves for the table garnish.
 
imno1 said:
I respectfully disagree. Great fried fish, shrimp, scallops, and especially whole belly cally clams are right up there with great pizza.
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The shrimp are good, but honestly the rest don’t do it for me. It’s also very possible I’ve just never had good fried fish. Pan seared scallops are the way to go. Can’t stand whole belly’s.
 
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8893 said:
She might be hard-pressed to find autumn leaves for the table garnish.
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We put them down by the bushel in the fall so we have them available all year round. The key is using an Instapot to dry them out.
 
I like some southern soups/chowders....

She crab soup (a Carolina favorite)...with a touch of sherry..(it is the roe inclusion that adds flavor).

African peanut soup...chicken, sweet potato, carrot, onion, bell pepper, crushed tomatoes, curry, cayenne, red pepper flakes...and a handful of other spices/ingredients..until the last ingredient...crunchy peanut butter...(yeah, sounds horrible...tastes good).
 
Ewekon said:
Wow. I remember that place but haven't thought of it in forever.
It was good and the first southwest place I can recall in the area.

Amore and Hope Street Pizza still going.
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Yeah, I talked a few times with Harry, the owner, who basically just a recent grad himself. Difference being he was Harvard and had big ideas about branding and franchising. I guess he overextended himself on just that location. It was excellent though. Too bad it only lasted a couple years. He used to let me try new menu items for free. Brunswick stew was one of those.

I thought Amore closed a couple years ago when the owner retired, but guess a new Food Network guy bought and reopened it. I used to be able to walk there. Solid pizza back then. Won the Stamford Pizza Tour. Never in the area now since we sold my mom's house, but wouldn't mind moving back there. Housing stock sucks, but it was always a solid neighborhood, easy access to the train station, and some perfectly fine commuter bars and food. Even a Colony knockoff (Vinny's Backyard). Was just looking at pizza options there and saw something called "Bronx House" where the old Machlett factory used to be. Intrigued...
 
Love soups/stews/chilis especially in the winter.

Instant pot shines for all of those listed above.

My favorites (made either on stove, in oven, or in instant pot) in no particular order:

-NE clam chowder - made with fresh steamed clams dug from the Brewster flats. With Small diced potatoes, crisp bacon, fresh parsley & thyme. Very light on the cream so it’s consistency is somewhere between NE & RI chowder. One of my favorite things to do on Cape vacations

-Butternut squash soup - I’ll usually purée up some adobo peppers and add it for a nice balance of sweet & heat.

-Beef & Guinness stew - add only carrots, spices, onion, thyme, garlic. serve over mashed potatoes. Yum!
 
storrsroars said:
. . . chicken stock . . . [is] the best part of buying those emergency-I-have-nothing-for-dinner-tonight supermarket rotisserie chickens.
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Yep, along with the veggie scraps recommendation above.

Hmm, rainy day, might be time to look in the freezer and see if there's some stock . . . or otherwise get a rotisserie chicken tonight on my way home from Hamden music, or tomorrow if I venture into Milford's "shopping belt."
 
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billybud said:
I like some southern soups/chowders....

She crab soup (a Carolina favorite)...with a touch of sherry..(it is the roe inclusion that adds flavor).

African peanut soup...chicken, sweet potato, carrot, onion, bell pepper, crushed tomatoes, curry, cayenne, red pepper flakes...and a handful of other spices/ingredients..until the last ingredient...crunchy peanut butter...(yeah, sounds horrible...tastes good).
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I love She-crab soup.
 
August_West said:
what part of the chicken?
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methodology said:
Lol hate to break this to you. My grandfather owned a chicken farm for many many years. Said the chickens that weren't cream of crop he would pump them up and make them look like the cream of the crop them sell them to the Jewish buyers for more than the better birds he would sell to his fellow paisan

Granted things have changed since those days but your mom probably bought some of the bottom feeding chickens
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