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Skriven 2008-03-04 22:24:00 av JOAN MACDIARMID (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av CAROL SHENKENBERGER
Ärende: Cooking smells
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 Hi, Carol,

 > Seriously, she doesn't like cooking odors.  When she cooks,
 > it's inoffensive-smelling or even somewhat bland offerings
 > that don't "smell."  Or Nick cooks outside on the grill.

 CS> Wow!  Thats a new one!   Who can object to the smell of good food
 CS> cooking?

 Well....sometimes the intermediate odors are not so
 nice. I tore down the remnants of a roast chicken
 yesterday or so for a big pot of chicken vegetable
 soup. I picked the carcass of all usable bits, plus
 some rendered skin bits, and used the pan juices in
 the roaster to start the soup. (sorry, I am not so
 efficient as to save bones for stock, I tossed them.)
 I added a diced medium onion and about 1/3 of a
 pound bag of frozen mixed vegetables, plus a fresh
 diced carrot. I didn't have celery, which I usually
 like with chicken things, so tossed in maybe a half
 teaspoon or more of celery seed. Seasoned with poultry
 seasoning (1/2 t?) and lots of black pepper. No salt.
 I simmered this mess for a few hours, and noted
 changes in the smells. When the onion was only
 partially cooked, it really didn't smell that nice
 to me, and I wondered if I had botched things.
 Later, the soup smelled strongly like the chicken
 liver I should have rescued from the cavity the
 first night and eaten as cook's treat, but went
 to the soup instead, and I worried a bit, but
 the smell subsided. Later I added a small-diced
 potato, and cooked the soup until the potato was
 very tender, and the soup was very good! No added
 salt, either. I hadn't salted the chicken when I
 roasted it, but I cannot discount the possibility
 the chicken might have been injected with some
 salty basting solution. So now I have soup for
 several lunches ahead. And I am roasting another
 chicken! Wegmans had them on special at 79c/lb
 recently, so I got another last Saturday, and had
 no freezer space for it, so must cook and eat the
 7-pounder. I do like these roasters, they have
 much more flavor than 4-pound fryers!

 So, yes, cooking can stink up the place for a while
 until the flavors meld into goodness.

 Joan
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