Creamy Cod Chowder
Well this soup was not a total success. So it was just as well this week that no friends dropped by on our experimental soup day. This was a fish soup and we do realize that many people just don't like fish!! However we do. We often have fish once or twice a week for lunch.The photos and recipe in the book looked interesting so Mike decided to give it a try. The recipe calls for smoked cod fillet, which he couldn't get so he used just regular cod and that probably made a difference. We expected a soup much like New England clam chowder but the soup although it tasted fine with chunks of cod, was thin and the corn starch added to thicken the mix,had obviously not done it's job. It was creamy and edible but Mike gave it a 7 and I gave it a 6 as I felt the taste was not as “fishy' as I would like and it was too thin to be a chowder.
The Soup Bible recommended a warm crusty wheat bread so that is just what I made. The bread rose up fine;it certainly was crusty and warm. Actually a bit too warm and crusty to cut well but it tasted good. Mike thought it was just fine but I would have preferred it to be less dense with more air pockets in the bread.
We knew this was going to be a hearty meal so we just had carrot and celery sticks to go with the soup, bread and white wine.
Conversation this week centered on soup cooking and different flavorings and spices and the why soups and custards don't thicken up .
(BTW) By the way Ros and Sally, check out the flower arrangement. Your flowers, the carnations and alstromeria bought for my birthday some are still going strong. Isn't that just amazing?
Shirley ... my eye (the good one !) zoomed right in to your flower arrangement 'holder', and the holder and flowers looked very oriental .. charming.
ReplyDeleteThe alstromeria hangs on a long time, like carnations.
Glad you had fun with your cod soup .. keep up the good work with ASD.
Ros