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Default My first French Onion Soup

On Aug 30, 1:01*pm, Kalmia > wrote:
> On Aug 29, 6:11*pm, A Moose in Love >
> wrote:
>
> > It wasn't made with Gruyere cheese. *The broth was ladled into a bowl
> > (a French Onion Soup bowl). *A Holland Rusk (they are toasted rounds
> > that fit perfectly on an onion soup bowl) was placed on top of the
> > bowl. *Then parmesan cheese (the cheap grated stuff) was mixed with
> > some onion soup broth to make a paste. *This was heaped on top of the
> > rusk. *The bowl with cheese and rusk was placed under a broiler until
> > the whole thing was golden brown. *It worked well. *Very tasty.

>
> The decorations sound nice. *How did you make the onion broth part?


I didn't make it. I ate it at the restaurant that I worked at. The
onion soup itself was made with....an onion soup mix. Sorry. This
was back in 1971 or so. Making soups here in Kitchener using a mix
was acceptable back then.