Cooking & Baking

MiHale

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2. When making homemade soup or stews...

Fri Oct 20, 2023, 01:08 PM

Oct 2023

I usually make the day before waiting to let all the ingredients “marry” and blossom. Baked casseroles, imho, don’t need the same treatment as the higher heat from the cooking process in the oven should take care of the release of flavors.
I cook my soups and stews very slowly sometimes taking most of the day. Long and low and slow.

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How do you like your soup? Fresh or leftover? [View all] Marthe48 Oct 2023 OP

To me, soup is best the day after it's made. KarenS Oct 2023 #1

When making homemade soup or stews... MiHale Oct 2023 #2

Anything with beans or lentils... Blue_playwright Oct 2023 #3

I might eat the soup once as a leftover (but I get bored eating the same thing fierywoman Oct 2023 #4

I don't like to freeze cooked food Marthe48 Oct 2023 #5

But it's so hard to make a little bit of soup spinbaby Oct 2023 #8

I make about 2 quarts Marthe48 Oct 2023 #9

Both chowmama Oct 2023 #6

Both CTriverYankee Oct 2023 #7

Birds of a feather thatcrowwoman Oct 2023 #11

Mostly I like it piping hot! With crusty bread on the side. thatcrowwoman Oct 2023 #10

Depends On The Soup ProfessorGAC Oct 2023 #12

Thanks for all of the information Marthe48 Oct 2023 #13

I'm A "Wing It" Cook, Too ProfessorGAC Oct 2023 #14

Interesting Marthe48 Oct 2023 #15

SOUPS, STEWS, CHILIS, AND GUMBOS trof Oct 2023 #16

Both. When I do make soup, I plan to freeze individual portions. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2023 #17