On Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 4:51:44 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> "dsi1" <dsi> wrote in message
> ...
> > On Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 6:41:25 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> >> I finally got around to making this soup:
> >>
> >> http://www.foodlushblog.com/2011/03/...acon-soup.html
> >>
> >> The amount of beans may have been slightly off as I used dried instead of
> >> canned and I accidentally dropped a few down the sink as I was draining
> >> the
> >> water off. I can't have carrots so omitted those. I also only had
> >> celery
> >> hearts so used a little more of those and added some dried celery leaves
> >> and
> >> parsley. I also only used a potato masher in the soup. I tend to use
> >> that
> >> for beans. No sense in having to hunt down and plug in the immersion
> >> blender when the old fashioned way does just fine.
> >>
> >> I actually like this better than Campbell's. Winner! And it makes a
> >> reasonable amount unlike some bean soup recipes that make a ton.
> >
> > Only four pieces of bacon? I don't think so! That's crazy!
> >
> > I stuck a chicken in the slow cooker and it's been going for 2 days. This
> > morning I added some shitake mushrooms and some rice. I also added some
> > sesame oil to the soup. The wife said it was crazy delicious and I'm
> > inclined to agree.
>
> I love bacon by itself but I find when it is in something, if there is too
> much, it can be overwhelming and make the dish greasy. In fact, I trimmed
> most of the fat off of what I used in the soup.

I don't have much problems with fat. I'll use about a pound of bacon ends for a batch of beans - I sorta have to because the bacon comes in 7 lb packages.