"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> King's Crown wrote:
>>> I think a classic beef barley soup is what a basic cookbook like
>>> Betty Crocker excels at.
>>>
>>> And I too have never heard of ground beef or "spaghetti sauce" used
>>> in one.
>>> Now my father did make a great Patate Zuppe that sometimes used a
>>> bit of leftover tomato sauce and the meatballs had ground beef....
>>>
>>
>> I was researching the net while RCS chatting last night looking for a
>> good basic Beef Barley Soup and those are the things I found in
>> different recipes.... ground beef, 1 cup of spaghetti sauce, acorn
>> squash...a squirt of ketchup. I was getting grossed out. LOL Then
>> Nancy to the rescue.
>>
>> Lynne
>
> I cannot understand ground beef and spaghetti sauce, ketchup???? EWWWW!,
> either. Perhaps those recipes are geared towards the pre-packaged food
> crowd who want to pretend they are making something from scratch? Acorn
> squash makes absolutely NO sense in beef/barley soup!
>
> Jill
>
>

Sounds like they're geared toward a bunch of drunk frat boys who need lots
of taste to cut through the beer haze.