A big ole bear hug for you from "Leftover-Lou" 
Excellent tips Kev!!!
Thanks
Excellent tips Kev!!!Thanks
That's one of my favorite soups. Thanks for the recipe, it's soup weather. Cookie
I like everything about your soup formulas except one thing, Kevin. And that was the apology.
Wasn't any necessary, far as I'm concerned.
For instance, I don't use canned condensed soups. But there's no high, moral reason behind it. I just don't care for the high salt content found in most of them. And I'm fortunate enough to have the time it takes to make most things from scratch.
As an aside, I found the same thing to be true about most boxed stocks. Far too salty. One exception is the Rachael Ray brand. Lord, I hated saying that. But it's true. If you can't make your own stock, that's the one I would choose from the grocer's shelf.
Anybody who get on a high horse about such shortcuts needs to just keep their mouth zipped. If not, we'll have to find out their favorite upscale restaurant, and talk about the soup- and flavor-bases used there. That'll shut 'em up.
Actually, I do have a potential problem with your mock Italian wedding soup. The only frozen meatballs I've ever seen were rather on the large size. I like wedding soup with small meatballs, tiny enough to fit easily on a spoon. But that's just my personal taste.
Wasn't any necessary, far as I'm concerned.
For instance, I don't use canned condensed soups. But there's no high, moral reason behind it. I just don't care for the high salt content found in most of them. And I'm fortunate enough to have the time it takes to make most things from scratch.
As an aside, I found the same thing to be true about most boxed stocks. Far too salty. One exception is the Rachael Ray brand. Lord, I hated saying that. But it's true. If you can't make your own stock, that's the one I would choose from the grocer's shelf.
Anybody who get on a high horse about such shortcuts needs to just keep their mouth zipped. If not, we'll have to find out their favorite upscale restaurant, and talk about the soup- and flavor-bases used there. That'll shut 'em up.
Actually, I do have a potential problem with your mock Italian wedding soup. The only frozen meatballs I've ever seen were rather on the large size. I like wedding soup with small meatballs, tiny enough to fit easily on a spoon. But that's just my personal taste.
Yeah- the meatballs are a bit on the big side, Brook. There might be some iddy-biddy ones out there but I haven't seen them. Just have to eat w/ a BIG spoon! Ha!