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Default Cook's Illustrated French Onion Soup - Warning HTML

jmcquown wrote:
> sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:09:48 -0500, "jmcquown"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> sf wrote:
>>>> It's easy enough to substitute real stock for canned broth, because
>>>> if the recipe works with canned, it will work even better with the
>>>> real thing. Perhaps the poster should have asked for stock recipes
>>>> instead. The OP was a prime example of a **** poor request.
>>> Point taken. Apparently they can't figure out French Onion Soup and
>>> really, just open a decent cookbook. Not everything has to be
>>> Googled
>>>

>> Yeppers! And I'll take it even further.... Google might even come up
>> with a good stock recipe if the OP is willing to put more than ten
>> seconds into researching it.
>>
>>

>
> I don't count on Google for all that much. It's a handy tool for some
> things, granted. But when it comes to cooking nothing is better than a
> personal recommendation. Or a good cookbook. And for this one, I wouldn't
> trust Betty Crocker (although I like those books for good basic American
> cooking).
>
> Jill
>
>

Yes! I agree totally.

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