thickened chicken soup could be thought of more as an "a la king" sorta
thing... served thickened over rice, bread or noodles, not carb friendly but
my mom made it on cold winter days if she had the leftovers to do it.

Lee

whose mom also made regular, or as my dad says, REAL chicken soup. lol
"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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> On 11/14/2011 4:25 PM, W. Baker wrote:
>
>> We never had thickened soup. it wa served, liquid with carrot slics
>> floating in it, sometimes noodles or, even beter matzo balls. I often
>> make it putting the boned skinned chicken that has given its all to the
>> soup back in the soup and often keep the vegetables other than the
>> carrots
>> in it too, makign it into a one dish meal. Matzo balls are now only for
>> very special occasions like Passover.
>
>
> I can't even imagine thickening chicken soup. My late mother-in-law used
> to put the carrots in the blender and then put the pureed carrots into the
> soup. Got the kids eating carrots :-)
>
> I make matzo balls twice a year. Rosh Hashanna and Pesach. That's it.
> Those are the two times a year I make latkes, also.
>
> This year there will be about 8 people at my house to eat brisket and
> latkes for Chanukah. The friend I invited last year invited a whole bunch
> of other friends for this year. I just ordered a brand new Cuisinart from
> Kohl's. They had quite a deal and I'd been jonesing for a big one for a
> long, long time.
>
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Way-the-heck-south Texas
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