Re: Carrot Soup with Ginger

Carol wrote:

> Peter Flynn wrote:
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>> On 03/01/2025 00:13, Carol wrote:
>> > On this one, it's ingredients look good but saute the
>> > onions ginger
>> > and garlic for 15-20 minutes?  Seems overly long to me.
>> Saut=C3=A9 the onions for that time for sure, to get a nice
>> caramelisation. THEN add the garlic and ginger.
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>> > Also seems a bit much ginger?  What do you all see?
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>> I see American units, which baffle me, but yes, I think =C2=BC
>> cup of ginger is about twice what you need.
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>> Otherwise it looks fine. Let us know =F0=9F=A5=95=F0=9F=A7=85=F0=9F=A7=
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>> Peter
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> LOL, metrics baffle me so we are even!
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> Anyways, I dumped the recipe as it was just looking bad.=20
> 7 cups of
> water to 1 1/2 cups cut carrots is a fail.  Needs more
> carrots or less
> water/broth.  Generally it should be near 1/3 carrot to
> broth/water or it's going to be more like carrot juice
> than a soup.
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> Then they try 'a pinch of curry'.  Using their recipe it's
> about 10
> cups total volume (or a bit more).  1 'pinch' means put
> your forefinger and thumb together and close them in the
> curry spice then remove and
> sprinkle over the pot.  1/2ml maybe?  That amount is
> useless to that volume.
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> There's lots of personal variation in carrot soups.  I
> like them thick and served with butter melting in my
> serving (grin).
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> Anyways, we seem alone here?  I bet if we chat on cooking
> in general or bread making, others who may be lurking
> might chime in?
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> Do you make bread and if so, what types?
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> I bake all of ours and have been since 2001.
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> Here's some random pictures.  I call this one 'bunny
> bread' because while looking for a good light for a photo
> shoot, made this then later realized it looked like a
> bunny... <https://postimg.cc/SjMkbnHm>
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> This one is a buttermilk loaf from a pullman pan (without
> lid) <https://postimg.cc/4Y8RK2cV>
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> A nice multigrain Boule
> <https://postimg.cc/cgDzwqJf>

I'm still lurking! I try to check the froup once
a day, but it's been crickets for awhile.

Nyssa, who will be a) setting up the plant grow lights
this weekend and getting some seeds started plus=20
b) baking a couple of loaves of tropical banana bread