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Newsie ↓

Thu, May 29 2008, 7:38 am

So, I'm embarrassed to say, I've never put any other vegetables besides carrots, celery and onions in my chicken soup. It's how my mother makes it and so I learned from her. This week, I bought squash, kohlrabi and zucchini to put in the soup. BUT HOW??? Do I peel the squash? What on earth do I do to the kohlrabi (it looks like a martian to me...) Do I peel the zucchini? How do I keep zucchini seeds from getting all over the place? I have a cheese cloth, but what do I do with it? Do I put the seedy vegetables inside? How do I tie up the cheesecloth?
Now I understand why people post amother on recipe forums. I am embarrassed for my ignorance!!! (But not embarrassed enough to post as amother...)

Mimisinger

Thu, May 29 2008, 7:58 am

zucchini you can just wash and put in whole. Don't cut it up or it will become a big bowl of mush.

smiley:)

Thu, May 29 2008, 8:07 am

I cut zucchini up and it's not mush. But I cut it in small peices- not slices.

↑ Newsie ↓

Thu, May 29 2008, 8:11 am

anyone put in kohlrabi or know what to do with it?

discover ↓

Thu, May 29 2008, 8:48 am

Sure, you can cut kohlrabi in quarters and add it. Turnips as well. We put in celery, green peppers, parsley root, parsnip, sweet potato, yellow squash, zucchini, butternut squash (DELICIOUS in soup). There's so much u can add, which vegetables to do u like?

shopaholic

Thu, May 29 2008, 10:07 am

Don't feel bad newsie. All I put in is carrots, onion & celery too.

yummydd

Thu, May 29 2008, 10:18 am

I put all the vegetables which I am not gonna use but adds taste to the soup into a cooking net bag and tie it up I do the same with the chicken bones and then I just throw away the whole bag and the soup stays nice and clean.
The vegetables I use are carrots, squash and sweet potatoe these three things I pit directly in the soup. then in the bag I put leek, celery, parsnip and turnip.

GOOD LUCK

ally

Thu, May 29 2008, 12:44 pm

I know this is weird...but I add a tomato too. its really yum

Imhappy!

Thu, May 29 2008, 12:49 pm

Newsie. I used to put in lots off veggies and have stopped all I put in these days is carrots and and onion... maybe a parsnip...

pinktichel ↓

Thu, May 29 2008, 12:52 pm

sweet potato is really good too!
I peel and slice (thick) my sweet pot, carrots, yellow and green squash. I never get a mush.
I had unpeeled squash in someones house and it was soooo bitter!

anuta

Thu, May 29 2008, 12:58 pm

Do you want your vegetables swimming in the soup and served with it? I.e. a chicken-veggie soup?

I do it both ways.

My first way - a typical chicken soup with just onion and carrot. Onion I take out, carrot I leave, but these are big pieces.

THe second way - chicken-veggie soup. Cut your veggies in bite-size pieces, and put them in the soup at most an hour, at least 30 min before the end! I.e. start the soup as usual, skim all the dirt, let it simmer for a good while, then put in cubed veggies. Zucchini you can peel or not, up to you, but cut it in cubes. At the very end I put in some chopped fresh dill.

↑ Newsie ↓

Thu, May 29 2008, 1:06 pm

Ok, I made the soup and added in zucchini. squash and kohlrabi and it tastes exactly like my soup always does! The soup is delicious, but I was hoping for a little different flavor. Oh well, I'll try again next week

↑ pinktichel

Thu, May 29 2008, 1:09 pm

sweet potato makes the soup a tad sweeter
parsnip also changes the taste

next time try putting both in for a great combo

anonmommy

Thu, May 29 2008, 1:10 pm

add dill and parsley for more flavor

↑ Newsie ↓

Thu, May 29 2008, 1:11 pm

Maybe I'll try parsley. My dh hates dill. (I love it though)

DefyGravity ↓

Thu, May 29 2008, 1:13 pm

yummydd wrote:

I always feel cheated when I go to people's houses for a meal and they do this. Do you at least serve the vegetables so people can put them into their own bowls of soup if they want to?

hila

Thu, May 29 2008, 1:24 pm

I never knew you can cook kolrabi !
I always eat it raw in salads.

I was here about 20 years before I even tried that !

And I leave the veg in the soup - onion, carrot,kishuim(corgette or zucchini) pumpkin, and celery. Fresh parsley if GK is available.

Koshermomma

Thu, May 29 2008, 2:12 pm

I put in cabbage and potato - also celery, carrot and onion - used to put in tomato, but no one ate it, so it was just wasted. Also, LOTS of dill - gives a really nice flavor!

↑ discover ↓

Thu, May 29 2008, 2:17 pm

Peppers always add a distinctive flavor to soup, it tastes very different when I don't put it in. Green peppers are really good, red pepper gives an even stronger flavor, so not everyone cares for it. Parsley also adds taste. I put it all the leaves from one bunch of parsley, with several of the roots.

FunNsmart1 ↓

Wed, Jun 04 2008, 12:01 am

whats kohlrabi?? I have heard the name before, but dont knwo what it is.

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