"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 15 Dec 2014 19:28:27 -0600, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 15 Dec 2014 16:20:12 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> I've been craving this soup. It's been years since I made it.
>>>
>>> http://www.food.com/recipe/byerlys-w...ce-soup-178083
>>>
>>> Byerly's Wild Rice Soup
>>>
>>> 6 tablespoons butter
>>> 1 tablespoon minced onion
>>> 1/2 cup flour
>>> 3 cups chicken broth
>>> 2 cups wild rice, cooked
>>> 1/3 cup cooked ham, diced
>>> 1/2 cup carrot, finely shredded
>>> 3 tablespoons slivered almonds (chopped)
>>> 1/2 teaspoon salt
>>> 1 cup half-and-half
>>> 2 tablespoons dry sherry
>>> snipped parsley (for garnish) or chives (for garnish)
>>
>>Is that 2 cups of cooked wild rice, or do you cook 2 cups of wild
>>rice?
>>
>>:-)
>
> That comma says 2 cups of cooked rice, not 2 cups of raw rice... which
> of course is dumb since it's exceedingly rare to add cooked rice to a
> home made soup... there's not nearly enough liquid in that recipe to
> call it a soup anyway, more a pilaf. I'd question that 1/2 cup of
> flour, that's enough to make library paste pudding, not soup.

Actually, no. When written like that it means two cups of raw rice that
have been cooked. If it was supposed to be two cups of cooked rice it would
say just that.