Virtual Birthday Party, Day 2

[wiseheart]

Dear all,

Day 1 of the party has been a great success: 170 comments on 2 pages so far. As agreed, I hereby kick off the second day, so that we won't lose everything like last year, should LJ crash our party again.

Threads of interest can still be commented on, but I ask you to start any new threads here from now on

And now: on with the party!!!

Comments

[sammydragoncat]

That does sound good - I do love lemon. My mom makes a beef vegtable soup, you add some lemon before you eat it, it's sooo good on a cold day!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Then you'd love our sour chicken soup. It's a regular, home-made chicken soup with a chicken breast cooked in it, lots of carrots and parsley roots and stuff. But when it's done, Mum stirs and eggyolk with sour cream and thickens the soup with it slightly, adding lemon juice for a fresh flavour.

[sammydragoncat]

I stay away from most chcken soups - if not done right it can be greasey, but that does sound good.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

The trick is: once it has boiled, you need to spoon off the thick white foam from the surface. Then it will be so clear you can see through... and not so greasy.

[sammydragoncat]

I know, or a 2 day process and refrigerate the broth over night and let all the fat solidify on the top, and take it off that way.

[six-old-cars.livejournal.com]

My mum used to do chicken breasts in a stock with onion and peas (added near the end), then just before serving she'd stir in egg yolk and lemon juice to thicken it. Was lovely.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Sounds very yummy!