Soup

[Mojooo]

Looking to eat more soup and there are all kinds. Would I be right in thinking that in terms of quality the hierachy is

Homemade fresh
Chilled in fridge at shops
Not chilled but in cartons in shops
Tinned
In sachets that you add water

The chilled ones in the shops last a couple of days.
The ones in cartons (but not in fridge) can sit on the shelves for months but also need to be used within a few days when opened

When making soup at home I presume they will last a few days in the fridge - is there anything to be done to keep them going longer. I presume the long life stuff have preservatives in them but it appears once they are unsealed they only last a few days anyway.

[PixelpeepS3]

Personally i like the Knorr powdered type out of all the convenience soups. Add the packet to a saucepan of boiling water, bring back to boil and simmer for 5 minutes..

Tinned stuff is starting to taste too artificial for me recently (Hindz veg, wayyy too sweet..)

[alex98uk]

You can freeze soup. So, make a massive batch of it, divvy it up into smaller tuppawear and then whack it in the freezer. Pull a serving out as and when you want it.

I'm a big leek and potato fan

[85Carrera]

Home made soup is easy enough to make particularly if you have a slow cooker. Will keep for about a week in the fridge.

I freeze individual portions in these too -

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=soup+bags+lakela...

[soad]

You can easily eat the whole pan without the need to freeze it...obviously not in a single sitting.

[Fastchas]

I always get asked to make my soup for Xmas day starter wherever I'm invited;

2-3 carrots
1 turnip
2 sml potatoes
1 med onion
1 leek
2 sticks of celery
Any broccolli stalks get chucked in, it's worth saving them
veg or chicken stock (I prefer veg)
2 slices SMOKED bacon (this is important and gives a smoky flavour, I guess it can be substituted for veggies)
Salt and pepper
Mild curry powder

Boil it all up till soft and blend to required consistency.
Add mild curry powder to taste. Be gentle with it, it only requires a flavour and can ruin it if too much is added!

[Du1point8]

One of my favourites:

Finnish Salmon Soup
Ingredients for four servings

500 g/1,1 lb salmon, skinned and cut into large chunks
10 potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
3 carrots, sliced
1 onion, thinly sliced
1 leek, thinly sliced
1 l water
Salt
Butter
1/4 tsp white pepper
1/2 tsp allspice
1 bay leaf
2 dl cream
Plenty of fresh dill, finely chopped

Making the Finnish Salmon Soup
Melt a chunk of butter in a small kettle and sauté the thinly sliced leek and onion. They need to become a bit translucent but by no means brown!

Take the soup kettle and boil the water. Add potato and carrot chunks, sautéed leek, onion and spices. Boil for 10-15 minutes.

Add the salmon on top of the boiling vegetables. Sprinkle salt on top. Gently boil the fish ready.

Preheat cream in the small kettle and add it to the soup. Check flavor and add salt if needed. Last, add dill.

[Riley Blue]

Fastchas said:

I always get asked to make my soup for Xmas day starter wherever I'm invited;

2-3 carrots
1 turnip
2 sml potatoes
1 med onion
1 leek
2 sticks of celery
Any broccolli stalks get chucked in, it's worth saving them
veg or chicken stock (I prefer veg)
2 slices SMOKED bacon (this is important and gives a smoky flavour, I guess it can be substituted for veggies)
Salt and pepper
Mild curry powder

Boil it all up till soft and blend to required consistency.
Add mild curry powder to taste. Be gentle with it, it only requires a flavour and can ruin it if too much is added!

This is pretty much what we make most weeks. If we don't have one or two ingredients it doesn't matter much, it's still a darned good soup that lasts for several days.

[C0ffin D0dger]

The missus makes a mean curried parsnip soup.

Soup is not a main meal though...

[PositronicRay]

Finishing off the veg patch stuff last Yr I had
Carrot
Corriander
Potatoes
Chillies.

As they say if you're delt lemons make lemonade.

[evilmunkey]

I love a nice soup , particularly like the baxters royal game and scotch broth but all are great in general. a step or two above the heinz rubbish.

[devnull]

Is it me or have they cut all the salt out of the tinned soups?

[Riley Blue]

C0ffin D0dger said:

The missus makes a mean curried parsnip soup.

Soup is not a main meal though...

Chuck some croutons at lunchtime and it'll do me till the evening.

[Brads67]

Best I've had was a mutton broth. I had to shoot a few sheep so used the neck in a proper broth and it was the best food I've ever had.
Proper mutton has so much flavour it makes a great soup.

[Cotty]

Mojooo said:

The chilled ones in the shops last a couple of days.

You mean once opened? Don't know as I always eat them on one sitting as they are only 600ml. I like some of the Sainsbuy's ones and saves all the faf of making a batch.

[Du1point8]

Brads67 said:

Best I've had was a mutton broth. I had to shoot a few sheep so used the neck in a proper broth and it was the best food I've ever had.
Proper mutton has so much flavour it makes a great soup.

Where are you buying your mutton from?

I havent seen it for sale in supermarkets for ages and would need to hunt down a butcher to find it, but even then its rare.

[21TonyK]

devnull said:

Is it me or have they cut all the salt out of the tinned soups?

Pretty much everything is reduced salt. Which is why if you prefer well seasoned food you add more yourself.

Just mean manufacturers can meet targets and be attractive to those who are happy with the product as it is.

[Shaw Tarse]

Du1point8 said:

Brads67 said:

Best I've had was a mutton broth. I had to shoot a few sheep so used the neck in a proper broth and it was the best food I've ever had.
Proper mutton has so much flavour it makes a great soup.

Where are you buying your mutton from?

I havent seen it for sale in supermarkets for ages and would need to hunt down a butcher to find it, but even then its rare.

He shot them

[Shaw Tarse]

85Carrera said:

Home made soup is easy enough to make particularly if you have a slow cooker. Will keep for about a week in the fridge.

I freeze individual portions in these too -

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=soup+bags+lakela...

Even easier with a soup maker

[toasty]

Du1point8 said:

One of my favourites:

Finnish Salmon Soup
Ingredients for four servings

500 g/1,1 lb salmon, skinned and cut into large chunks
10 potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
3 carrots, sliced
1 onion, thinly sliced
1 leek, thinly sliced
1 l water
Salt
Butter
1/4 tsp white pepper
1/2 tsp allspice
1 bay leaf
2 dl cream
Plenty of fresh dill, finely chopped

Making the Finnish Salmon Soup
Melt a chunk of butter in a small kettle and sauté the thinly sliced leek and onion. They need to become a bit translucent but by no means brown!

Take the soup kettle and boil the water. Add potato and carrot chunks, sautéed leek, onion and spices. Boil for 10-15 minutes.

Add the salmon on top of the boiling vegetables. Sprinkle salt on top. Gently boil the fish ready.

Preheat cream in the small kettle and add it to the soup. Check flavor and add salt if needed. Last, add dill.

One of my favourites too though I tend to skip the carrots and have hot smoked salmon or trout. I might try the carrots next time.