I went out for lunch a while back, and had a bottomless bowl of soup - which on that day was cream of mushroom. They served a generous bowl of bland, and unbelievably lumpy soup; and ever since Ibeen craving a decent bowl of mushroom soup. I had some freeze dried porcini mushrooms that were... Continue Reading →
Drop Dumplings
My mother loved Dumplings. She had to have her dumplings on her beef stew, or it wasn't stew. I don't eat meat, so I don't often make dumplings. But my cornmeal variation sure is good on yesterday's Chowder recipe! Drop dumplings are kind of like biscuits, dropped by the spoonful into a simmering liquid, the... Continue Reading →
Chowder
I had a pink salmon that had been frozen way too long. Just the same I roasted it on a bed of sliced potatoes and it was - well - not very nice. So I picked all the meat off the bones, threw them - plus the tail, fins and any skin - in a... Continue Reading →