alphabet Meme

[voxwoman]

A is for age: 50
B is for beer of choice: Beer? Blech! Meade, Yum!
C is for career: tech writer, I suppose
D is for favorite Drink: Water
E is for essential item you use everyday: the computer
F is for favorite song at the moment: Woman's Touch - Aone
G is for favorite game: (at the moment) Simpson's Jeopardy!
H is for hometown]: NY, NY
I is for instruments you play: synthesizer piano, cello, guitar, bass, hand-drums, cedar flute, vocals
J is for favorite juice? Mango guava
K is for kids?: 1 +2 +1grandchild
L is for Laguna Beach: Oooooh Kaaaayyyy (I think I've been there, but I haven't watched the TV show, so IDGI)
M is for marriage: Thrice
N is for name : voxwoman :-D
O is for overnight hospital stays: just the once, when the baby was born.
P is for phobias: nuclear winter/global warming
Q is for quote: "Is this some scam to get free yarmulkes?" - Phillip J Fry
R is for regret: none
S is for self confidence: more than my share
T is for time you wake up: 6AM
U is for underwear: underpants
V is for vegetable you love: asparagus
W is for worst habit: having a short fuse
X is for x-rays you've had: many and one this month
Y is for yummy food you make: chicken & Dumpling soup
Z is for zodiac sign: Saggitarius

Comments

[artykat.livejournal.com]

Okay. I need the recipe to your chicken and dumpling soup. NOW.

Heh.

[voxwoman.livejournal.com]

And I was going to keep it a secret.

It's mostly from a "Cooking Light" recipe, but with some major tweaking on the dumplings.

This is a 2-day task.
(makes 12-14 servings)
Day 1:

In a large pot, place 12oz water, 4 lbs chicken breasts (with bones and skin), 1 1/2 cup chopped carrots, 3 cups sliced mushrooms, 1/4 cup chopped onions (or slightly more - I've used anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2 cup of onions). Bring to boil and simmer covered for 45 minutes. Remove chicken from broth and set aside in a bowl to cool off. Remove skin and bones from chicken and cut into cubes/bite-sized pieces. Put chicken pieces back into the broth. Chill the broth in refrigerator overnight or at least for 8 hours. Discard skin & bones.

Day 2.

Skim all fat from broth, and start heating.

In a seperate large pot, bring a bunch of water to boil (this is for the dumplings).

Into the soup, add the following:

3/4 cup flour mixed with1 cup water (to thicken the broth).

1 1/2 tsp poultry seasoning
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 heaping tsp of chopped garlic
2 tsp lemon juice
8 shakes of hot pepper (tabasco type) sauce

stir into soup and heat it up to simmer for a while to thicken. While soup is heating, make the dumplings:

2 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp poultry seasoning

1 egg plus (1%) milk to make 1 cup.

Mix the dry ingredients and egg/milk until smooth. Mix with a spoon by hand.

Into the boiling water (the second pot), drop 1/2 tsp dumplings. Let them boil in the water for a while until they puff up and are fluffy and/or soft. Transfer the dumplings into the simmering soup. When all the dumplings have been transferred let the soup simmer covered for another 30 minutes.

each 1 1/2 cup serving is about 275 calories, and is pretty lowfat. A serving makes a very filling lunch. I also have stored the soup in the fridge for up to 2 weeks (we always eat it up before then, so I don't know how much longer it may keep).

First night prep/boil takes about 15 minutes (with food processor), cutting the chicken maybe another 20.

Second day's cooking takes about 1 hour, including cleanup while the soup is simmering.

I think I've altered the recipe enough that it's now mine. Although the origins are from Cooking Light for the soup and the idea in the first place, and the dumplings are modified from Joy of Cooking. The final dumplings were actually accidental - it took me 2 years to get the dumplings consistently cooked throughout and not doughy or hard in the center. JoC tells you to use 2 eggs, and I forgot one day, and the 1 egg and extra milk made the dumplings perfect. Also keeping them small helps them cook thoroughly.

Re: Heh.

[radiowave911.livejournal.com]

Shouldn't that be 12 cups of water in the first part instead of 12oz water?

Re: Heh.

[voxwoman.livejournal.com]

oops. yes.

Recipes are a starting point.

[mcnutcase.livejournal.com]

If you're any good at cooking, you'll wind up figuring out your own take on them. I have some recipes written down that if made as written bear no resemblance to what I make when using them...