What starch do you put in your chicken soup?

Silver Member Joined: Jul 06 2009 Age: 23 Posts: 592

Just curious! Multiple answers allowed.

Posted: Fri, Nov 06 2009, 1:54 pm Post subject:

Umm...how bout none?
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Platinum Member Joined: Mar 07 2007 Posts: 8235

None. With challah and kugel, who needs more starch?

Silver Member Joined: Jul 06 2009 Age: 23 Posts: 592

I totally thought I made an option for none. and I was planning to make one for potatoes too.

Gold Member Joined: Sep 21 2005 Posts: 2301 Location: USA

I usually boil noodles and then give a choice between that or croutons that we always have in the house (or nothing at all). I used to make lukshen but I found that it was harder for my kids to eat (they are little) so I usually boil some alphabet little noodles or tubettini (?). They are little enough to fit on the spoon and into their little mouths.

Posted: Fri, Nov 06 2009, 2:20 pm Post subject:

Sometimes I make lokshen or matza balls but if there's no guests, I put out the croutons. The kids & I love them.

Matzo balls and croutons for everyone else, just matzo balls for me. Of course, that usually *is* our Friday night dinner.

I make great matzo balls, if I must say so myself. Old family recipe. Of course, the family is Manishewitz.

Gold Member Joined: Nov 11 2007 Posts: 2394

I voted for OTHER, the other being none. A couple nice chunks of carrot and parsnip or whatever other veggies are in there is perfectly sufficient for us.

Gold Member Joined: Nov 22 2006 Posts: 1474

none my soup has tonz of veggies and that makes it thick enough
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Senior Member Joined: Dec 19 2008 Posts: 174

I put sweet potato in as one of the vegetables... I think that's a starch... then we also have croutons or (if I have time) matza balls

Posted: Fri, Nov 06 2009, 4:24 pm Post subject:

if it's erev yom kippur it's kreplach. if it's pesach, it's nothing.

we rarely eat soup for shabbos. too much food for us.
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Posted: Fri, Nov 06 2009, 4:47 pm Post subject:

I hardly ever put anything in my soup so on a rare occassion ill put in matzah balls
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none. It's made with potatoes and carrots as part of the recipie but that's about it. Nothing added afterwards.
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Senior Member Joined: Jan 26 2009 Posts: 224

I just have crutons but I love lil abc noodles but mt husband doesnt so I dont bother!
my mother has kneidlach, crutons and noodles! yumm!

Sometimes potatoes, sometimes noodles, sometimes croutons, sometimes soup nuts, sometimes matza balls, sometimes nothing aside for vegetables.

A family I boarded with used to put kasha in their chicken soup.
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Posted: Sat, Nov 07 2009, 2:45 pm Post subject:

Potatoes. Matza balls are nice, but who's got time? Barley/rice/quinoa are for cholent (which I don't make).
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Posted: Sat, Nov 07 2009, 3:46 pm Post subject:

Matzah Balls. They take 30 seconds to do and they are the best part of the soup!
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Silver Member Joined: Sep 22 2009 Posts: 697

It's not shabbos in our house without Knaildalach!

Usually none.
Sometimes, soup nuts.
Very rarely, matzo balls.
On Erev Yom Kippur and Hoshana Rabba, kreplach.
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I rarely make chicken soup but usually potato. My husband would put sippets on top if we have them.
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