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"brooklyn1" > wrote:

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> > In article >,
> > "brooklyn1" > wrote:
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> >> "Omelet" wrote
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> >> > I've never eaten a parsnip. What do they taste like?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> That's like asking what does horseradish taste like... you'll have to try
> >> a
> >> parsnip. I don't like the taste or the texture of parsnip but it's
> >> flavor
> >> is required for Jewish penicillin.
> >
> > Hm. I've never put parsnip in that.
> >
> > What is YOUR recipe for jewish penicillin? I most often use wings as I
> > get a thicker stock that way.
> > --
> >
> No, no, no... wings don't add much flavor... and if I want gelatin I can
> always buy Knox.
>
> For Jewish Penicilin I try to use a whole stewing fowl, exept for its
> spine... sometimes I have to settle for a roaster-stuffer. The entire
> concept is it should be rich with the flavor of chicken meat... and not much
> of anything else... just some fresh soup greens and seasoning, NO SAVED
> GARBAGE! What one wants is a rich *golden* broth... served with a few
> rounds of carrot and some fine egg noodles cooked separately, not too
> many... this should be a very flavorful but thin soup, not a nondescript
> muddied chowder with every veggie one can think of, then you may as well use
> boullion cubes. Parsnip,dill weed, curly parsley, onion, celery, carrot,
> and garlic are essential, of course a bay leaf and peppercorns. I like to
> toss in a few saffron threads. But most of the flavor is chicken. And it
> should be clarified but I don't always. The chicken is poached at just
> below a simmer, never boiled. The chcken meat is stripped of the bone to be
> used for all sorts of dishes.

So you don't add the chicken meat back to the soup?
I'm thinking of making some of this for dad so want to do it right, and
yes, use all fresh veggies.

My penchant for using scraps for stock does not apply to this dish.

Do you discard the veggies afterwards?

I'm really worried about him right now and am trying to keep him alive.
He's only 76,
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Peace! Om

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It's about learning to dance in the rain.
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