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Title: Dad's Potato Soup
Post by: shooter32 on November 30, 2010, 12:17:23 PM
Dad's Potato Soup
 
Stuff in Soup:
1 1/2 cubes of butter
1/4 cup flour
5 cups milk
one 14 1/2 oz can of chicken broth
4 large RED potatoes should become 4 cups precooked in chicken broth (red potatoes don't fall apart)
6 green onions (chopped)
1 lb bacon (fried crisp & crumbled)
1 1/4 cups shredded cheddar cheese (mild)
1/2 cup shredded carrots
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper

Mix it up!
Chop & shred celery & carrots, put into small pan of water and cook for 10 minutes. Melt butter in a 3 qt. pan. Whisk in flour until smooth, add milk gradually until thickened, add potatoes, onions, drained carrots and celery. Bring to just under boiling (Don't Boil recipe at all!), reduce heat and simmer. Add bacon and simmer for 10 minutes. Add mild cheddar cheese and stir until melted.
Title: Re: Dad's Potato Soup
Post by: Hazcat on November 30, 2010, 12:31:13 PM
Printed! ;)
Title: Re: Dad's Potato Soup
Post by: shooter32 on November 30, 2010, 02:11:13 PM
Printed! ;)

My father in-laws recipe and its sinfully good!!!   ;D
Title: Re: Dad's Potato Soup
Post by: PegLeg45 on November 30, 2010, 02:11:37 PM
Sounds pretty good.
Title: Re: Dad's Potato Soup
Post by: Solus on November 30, 2010, 02:54:14 PM
What is a cube of butter?
Title: Re: Dad's Potato Soup
Post by: shooter32 on November 30, 2010, 03:04:50 PM
What is a cube of butter?

NOT healthy....  :o


 ;D
Title: Re: Dad's Potato Soup
Post by: Big Frank on November 30, 2010, 04:44:31 PM
It sounds good and easy to make too.
Title: Re: Dad's Potato Soup
Post by: Hazcat on November 30, 2010, 09:16:35 PM
What is a cube of butter?

I'd say a 'cube' is around a teaspoon or so.
Title: Re: Dad's Potato Soup
Post by: Solus on November 30, 2010, 09:22:10 PM
I'd say a 'cube' is around a teaspoon or so.

been trying to guess.

best guess I have is to cut of a piece from a stick of butter so it is as long as tall and wide.  Would form a cube.   but who knows

If you buy your butter in a one pound block, a cube would be about a  half a pound by the same logic.
Title: Re: Dad's Potato Soup
Post by: PegLeg45 on November 30, 2010, 09:27:31 PM
My friends, like bacon, you can never have too much butter.   ;D


What is that noise?
Ah yes, a gentle clogging of the arteries as we speak.

(butter is probably better for you than margarine)
Title: Re: Dad's Potato Soup
Post by: shooter32 on December 01, 2010, 01:02:04 PM
My friends, like bacon, you can never have too much butter.   ;D


What is that noise?
Ah yes, a gentle clogging of the arteries as we speak.

(butter is probably better for you than margarine)


Amen Peg!!!!   ;D
Title: Re: Dad's Potato Soup
Post by: Solus on May 16, 2011, 11:28:20 AM
another Zombie thread for posting.

What is a cube of butter?

cube of butter is a quarter of a stick of butter, that is to say 1oz. If you cut the stick in half and then half again you will see why it is called a cube of butter! As a rough guide 2 tablespoons equals 1 cube.
Title: Re: Dad's Potato Soup
Post by: crusader rabbit on May 17, 2011, 07:09:13 AM
Just rolled over to 8 AM.  Is it wrong to want spud soup fer breakfast?   ;D
Title: Re: Dad's Potato Soup
Post by: Pathfinder on May 17, 2011, 07:32:49 AM
Not a big soup fan here, and especially of creamy soups, so it's doubtful I will ever try this unless someone else makes it for me.

However, what with the butter, bacon and cheddar cheese, this sounds like something I'll have to figure out how to propose for our Friday Men's Fraternity breakfasts. We already consume mass quantities of butter in our cooking and cheesy scrambled eggs, and as for bacon - you would not believe the uproar when we substituted sausages for bacon - 1 time! Our bacon is like mini pork chops - thick cut, lean and peppered.
Title: Re: Dad's Potato Soup
Post by: Solus on May 17, 2011, 08:22:05 AM
Not a big soup fan here, and especially of creamy soups, so it's doubtful I will ever try this unless someone else makes it for me.

However, what with the butter, bacon and cheddar cheese, this sounds like something I'll have to figure out how to propose for our Friday Men's Fraternity breakfasts. We already consume mass quantities of butter in our cooking and cheesy scrambled eggs, and as for bacon - you would not believe the uproar when we substituted sausages for bacon - 1 time! Our bacon is like mini pork chops - thick cut, lean and peppered.

I think I see the problem!!!   You need to make it an addition to the meal.  Everyone will be happy.