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Soup mixes

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Seraph

Sun, Oct 05 2008, 9:54 am

do you use soup mixes ever? if so, which type of soup mix, and how do you use it generally?

Marion

Sun, Oct 05 2008, 9:57 am

Parve chicken soup mix: to flavour couscous or fish.
(Parve) mushroom soup mix: for pasta sauces (creamy or tomato).
Tomato soup mix: to drink (at work only).

mumoo

Sun, Oct 05 2008, 10:05 am

Streits makes a soup mix- really a soup kit. The split pea version has nothing artificial, no msg, no fat and tons of fiber. I add sliced carrots, frozen peas, etc (just to make me feel like I am actually the one who cooked the soup) but it doesn't need.

When dd's come home from school and there is hot, thick soup that took virtually no energy to make, I am a real hero

Lady Godiva

Sun, Oct 05 2008, 10:06 am

Seraph wrote:

do you use soup mixes ever? if so, which type of soup mix, and how do you use it generally?

No. Never. I believe some have MSG in them and I prefer the taste of homemade soups.

Tamiri

Sun, Oct 05 2008, 10:16 am

No, never as I think they are really bad for you. I can taste soup with mix in it because it "bites". Don't know how else to explain it. I once complained to the chef at a hotel we were staying at. For what we paid, I told him, I expect decent soup. He explained, truthfully, that they can't get that home-made taste without spending a fortune for the right ingredients, so the mix takes the place of "real" flavor. Blech.

flowerpower

Sun, Oct 05 2008, 10:42 am

The olny one I use sometimes is onion to add to certain kugals or recipes like low mein.

waterbottle

Sun, Oct 05 2008, 12:02 pm

I avoid them because most of them have MSG. On a related note, I made a wonderful chicken matzah ball soup from scratch and my guests LOVED IT. You cannot replace the authenticity of real chicken broth made from boiling real chicken!!

NativeMom

Sun, Oct 05 2008, 12:04 pm

The only soup mix I use is Goodmans onion soup mix. I use it for many recipes, I think its one of the better ones out there.

yo'ma

Sun, Oct 05 2008, 12:29 pm

I don't use it when I make soup, but my dh makes himself soup all the time with them. He only uses the mix and hot water. I usually just use it for kugel.

Seraph

Sun, Oct 05 2008, 12:59 pm

I use parve chicken soup mix in tuna casserole. I use mushroom soup mix either for soup or mushroom gravy. I use onion soup mix for chicken and onion soup- rarely. I rarely but sometimes use soup mix in rice. I use chicken soup mix in home made terriyaki sauce.
I try to get msg free soup mix.
I dont use chicken soup mix in chicken soup- blech...

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