Squirrel X's Culinary Miscellany!
mess o' vegetables soup
"Make anything with love, and BAM! It's a beautiful meal."
__Emeril Lagasse
"Who could ever weary of moonlit nights and well-cooked rice?"
__Japanese proverb
"What I love about cooking is that after a hard day,
there is something comforting about the fact that
if you melt butter and add flour, then hot stock, it will get thick! It's a sure thing.
It's a sure thing in a world where nothing is sure!"
__Nora Ephron
"A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness."
__Elsa Schiaparelli
"Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work
in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent,
so is the ballet. "
__Julia Child
"Cooking is a creation."
__Piero Selvaggio
"'Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers."
__William Shakespeare
"Cooking is like love.
It should be entered into with abandon or not at all."
__Harriet Van Horne
Mess O' Vegetables Soup
Ingredients:
3 to 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
4 tablespoons vegetable broth
1 cup sliced zucchini
1 cup sliced carrots
1 cup sliced potatoes
1 cup sliced celery
1 cup cauliflower florets
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped
1/2 cup diced onions
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
4 whole bay leaves
2 vegetable boullion cubes
1/2 cup fresh dill weed, chopped
12 and 1/2 cups water
4 cups uncooked egg noodles
Instructions:
1) Heat the oil and vegetable broth in a large kettle,
then saut� the vegetables for fifteen minutes.
2) Add the remainin' ingredients, except for the noodles,
and simmer over medium-low heat for fifteen to twenty minutes.
3) Add the remainin' ingredients, except the noodles,
then simmer over medium-low heat for thirty five minutes.
4) Add the noodles and cook an additional ten to fifteen minutes.
Note: the cookin' times in this recipe are approximate. You need to keep an eye on the texture of the vegetables and the noodles.
Increase or decrease cookin' times dependin' on your preferences.
and the best of intentions for whoever wants to try 'em,
but if somethin' goes wrong, don't blame the varmint.*
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