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I was making a soup that is vaguely eastern european, vaguely white trash and realized that since it entails NO seasoning and is made of things that can be stored for a long time, grown in damn near any place, and the soup would be easy to make. Eastern european cause it uses many hearty roots, but white trash cause it relies on ham for seasoning.
- 1-2 pounds of ham or other smoked, salted meat
- 1 rutabaga
- 4-6 carrots
- 5-7 potatoes
- 1-3 onions
- 1 head of cabbage
(Makes enough for about 20 people)
Ultimately, its easy to make, easy to get ingrediants for, and is moderately good. My question to the rest of you is this: what other things do you know of. I will beat Cyberdemon to the punch and comment that late Czarist and Communist Russia is chalk FULL of recipes like this. What other options do you guys know of?
All that needs to be said is this: FIRE = BAD |
Out of curiousity, what is the actual recipe for that? Or is it just dump a bunch o' chopped veggies in a pot o' boiling water and keep 'em in there 'til they seem done?
Oh. I forgot to add instructions. It is basically what you mentioned.
First trim and cut up (good ham you can kind of pull apart and it has good texture) the ham or salted meat and put that in about 5-6 cups of water and let it simmer for about 3 hours. Then cut up the rutabaga and add that, let that go for another 15 minutes, then add the carrot, let that go for about a half an hour. Then chop up the potatoes, add them, go for another 20-30 minutes. Roughly chop the onion, add, then coarsely chop cabbage and add. Turn down the heat as low as it will go and let it go for another 5-10 minutes. Then remove from heat. If you like the cabbage a bit less done, just add the cabbage and then remove it immediately from the heat and let it sit covered. If you want it to be good, let it sit for about 20-30 minutes to let the flavors mingle.
Basically, add them in the order they are listed with about 15-30 minutes between each addition.
All that needs to be said is this: FIRE = BAD
First trim and cut up (good ham you can kind of pull apart and it has good texture) the ham or salted meat and put that in about 5-6 cups of water and let it simmer for about 3 hours. Then cut up the rutabaga and add that, let that go for another 15 minutes, then add the carrot, let that go for about a half an hour. Then chop up the potatoes, add them, go for another 20-30 minutes. Roughly chop the onion, add, then coarsely chop cabbage and add. Turn down the heat as low as it will go and let it go for another 5-10 minutes. Then remove from heat. If you like the cabbage a bit less done, just add the cabbage and then remove it immediately from the heat and let it sit covered. If you want it to be good, let it sit for about 20-30 minutes to let the flavors mingle.
Basically, add them in the order they are listed with about 15-30 minutes between each addition.
I don't want this to sound rude or insulting but are you kidding me!? According to what you posted it would take a minimum of roughtly 5 hours to make this soup! That's alot of fuel and engergy that could used to make something more efficient, like a salad.
well lettuce goes bad relatively quickly especially when its unrefrigerated, and if you have a fire going to keep you warm and to provide light then how is it a waste of fuel? your keeping yourself warm and cooking
I guess he's against it if you fail to minimize and/or shield sources of heat, light, and smell.
There's that and I don't know about the rest of you but, I really don't feel like waiting 5 hours to make soup or any other meal. Resources are another thing. Is using 5 hours worth of fuel just to make dinner resourceful? Even if you're huddling over it like a campfire it seems like a waste in my opinion. As you could get warm by other means, be it exercising or putting on more layers.
There's that and I don't know about the rest of you but, I really don't feel like waiting 5 hours to make soup or any other meal. Resources are another thing. Is using 5 hours worth of fuel just to make dinner resourceful? Even if you're huddling over it like a campfire it seems like a waste in my opinion. As you could get warm by other means, be it exercising or putting on more layers.
its more of a "scenario" again, if you have plenty of time on your hands and aren't starving to death then the recipe isn't horrible, and also if you are either experiencing exposure or have a lack of clothing, then the camp fire would be welcome, also if there is an abundance of firewood, once again all specific scenarios
Not to mention it's not all that wasteful if you can feed 20 people with it. One large fire may be better than 20 individual fires in terms of fuel and the space it would require to make 20 fires.
You lose.
Any others for those who do not really care for ham? Something a wee bit spicy?
i likes ham ^_^ and wee bit spicy things ^_^