Text 16489, 47 rader
Skriven 2008-11-16 21:15:24 av Carol Shenkenberger (22870.cooks)
  Kommentar till text 14577 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: pie time
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 > -> Then let everybody else go ahead of you so you don't feel bad about
 > -> "cleaning up the left overs". (g0
 > 
 >  RH> With this bunch, it might be the entire bowl.
 > 
 > Well, if we were there, we'd get some.

Old message but good leader!

Talk about eating the bowl!  I''ve been playing with winter squash again and
had a loaf of overhard crust rye bread.  I found a recipe jotted down on
paper from Elise.  'Beir soupe' (she wasnt being funny, her spelling was
worse than mine then).

I dont have this in MM because she didnt get all the directions down (had
told me some and i'd forgotten to jot them in at the time).  Going on memory,
I have resurrected something a bit like her's.  This is meant for really cold
days when you have to be outside.

Fry up crisp about 6 strips of bacon.  Add beer (about 10oz) to the pan once
cooled a bit (not splattering hot, but not cold).  Then add 2 cans of pork
consomme bone stock (32oz total).  Add 3/4 cup small chopped fresh green
beans, and about 1 cup cubed (small cube) winter squash.  Cut a ball of bread
in 1/2 and hollow out somewhat then place in bowl, fill with soup.  Eat.

Now, left out was she'd fry some leek whites in the bacon fat (I think about
1/3 cup?), line the bread bowl with lettuce (butter lettuce is perfect)
before adding the soup, and add small chunks of pork to cook in the soup. 
Before serving, she swirled in an egg.  I know she used lots of black pepper
but the hard one is I cant recall what other spices.  Experiments lead to
anise seed as almost sure (but may have been fennel leaf?) and annato seed
seemed to replicate the color well. (she may have used a pinch of safron) and
I think she added something to thicken it further, such as corn starch (I
used a little arrow root).

She used Kaiser rolls.  I used some rye from the breadmachine (top hollwed
down for a bowl) and lined with nappa cabbage (had it handy, no lettuce). 
For the pork, I cubed up some pork loin as i didnt have a properly fattier
cut that she used.  Then again, you do not remove the bacon fat (I had only
leftover bacon fat so had estimated and added 4TB to equal what I think she
had) so this is a pretty warming fatty dish for cold weather needs.

So yes, we ate the bowl too ;-)
                xxcarol
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