monosodium glutamate
disodium phosphate
"spice" (and that would be???)
maltodextrin
modified corn starch
But it always seemed like something to live with. I have to pay taxes. I have to spoil my cats. And I don't have a substitute for canned, condensed soups.
But do you know how easy it was to discover I was wrong on that last one? As long as it took to type "homemade condensed cream of chicken soup" in Google and hit send. And look-y what the Very First Result is:
http://www.tammysrecipes.com/homemade_cream_chicken_soup
And do you know how incredibly simple this was to make? Of course you don't, because you weren't here when I made it. Here, I'll show you:
Step 1: Mix some stock, milk and seasonings in a pot and boil:
Step 2: whisk together some milk and flour:
Step 3: Combine the two, whisk, boil.
Done! And it took me about 10 minutes from start to finish - and I bet about 1 minute of that was because I took 7 pictures. It might not be quite as fast as getting a can out of the pantry and opening it. But it's darn close.
5 comments:
Oh - good call! I'd never have thought to even look for this!
So, did it work just as well as the tinned stuff?!
Kittie, that's called "Fodder For A Follow-Up Post". :)
It looks awesome. Your so smart! I might have to buy a can every now and then, though, because I have to get my "shake the can, press on the can, shake again, get out the rubber spatula and scrape" fix on, every now and then.
If you ever get tired of using a metal whisk, you should try the cherry wood whisk at Jonathan's Spoons (www.woodspoon.com). They are a lot easier to clean than the traditional metal whisk and they fit in a drawer a lot easier. All of his products are handmade in the US from wild cherry wood, and I think that's pretty cool.
What a great post. Thanks, now I'll just bookmark it for those days when nothing but condensed soup will do.
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