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> >> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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> >>> > Felice Friese wrote:
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> >>> >> What the hell, you might as well have the complete recipe. BTW, it
> >>> >> has
> >>> >> peanut butter and not peanuts, if it makes a diff to you. The
> >>> >> original
> >>> >> recipe called for milk but you can go up the scale, of course.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> SZECHUAN CARROT SOUP
> >>> >>
> >>> >> 1 medium onion, chopped
> >>> >> 1 celery rib, chopped
> >>> >> 1 garlic clove, minced
> >>> >> 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
> >>> >> 1 pound carrots, cut into 1-inch pieces
> >>> >> 3/4-inch piece pf ginger root, peeled and sliced thin
> >>> >> 1/8 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
> >>> >> 3 cups chickebn broth
> >>> >> 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
> >>> >> 1 1/2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
> >>> >> 1 teaspoon superfine sugar
> >>> >> 1 teaspoon sesame oil
> >>> >> 1 cup milk or light cream
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Cook onion, celery and garlic in oil, stirring, until completely
> >>> >> softened.
> >>> >> Add carrots, ginger root, pepper flakes and broth; simmer, covered,
> >>> >> until
> >>> >> carrots are very tender (about 45 minutes). Stir in remaining
> >>> >> ingredients
> >>> >> and puree. Return soup to pan and heat until hot, being careful not
> >>> >> to
> >>> >> boil.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Felice
> >>> >
> >>> > This sounds good too. My soup turned out pretty good, but not
> >>> > spectacular. I added salt and freshly ground pepper, about a tsp. of
> >>> > dried orange peel (couldn't taste it though) and some crushed dried
> >>> > tarragon. I didn't try the curry powder though, since I'm not fond of
> >>> > curry. .........Sharon
> >>>
> >>> Some herbs are OK when dried, like thyme, oregano and rosemary.
> >>> Tarragon, on
> >>> the other hand, is useless when dried. If you've never grown it in full
> >>> sun,
> >>> outdoors, in the ground, you may not be aware of this.
> >>
> >> I certainly could taste the tarragon. It's my favourite herb....
> >
> > You tasted something that completely different from the fresh version.
> > Some herbs don't lose a lot when dried. Tarragon's one of them. Basil's
> > another. It's physically impossible for this to not be true, due to the
> > chemistry involved.
> >
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> Typo: Tarrgon *IS* one of the herbs that loses a lot when dried. You can
> still like it, but it's not tarragon. It's dead. When someone dies, people
> say "She was a lovely person", not "She is a lovely person". Same with
> tarragon.
I'll have to try some fresh......Sharon