http://mistressofblack.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] mistressofblack.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2008-02-05 01:23 pm
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How to Survive Your Own Cooking, Class 5

"Good day, class!" Lulu said, smiling brightly. "Today's class is a little bit simpler than last week's. We'll be making soup rather than stew. You'll find everything you need at your stations. The principles are much the same, except that, as a broth-based soup, it will be much thinner than the stew.

"One thing to know is that, like last week, we'll be using lentils and rice. An important thing to know is that, even on their own, lentils and rice together form what is known as a complete protein -- that is, a source from vegetables that is equivalent to the protein one would normally get from meat. You can even make this soup in a vegetarian version by leaving out the chicken, and using vegetable bouillon instead, although I recommend using more garlic if you do so."

Recipe 1: Chicken Vegetable Soup
[Source: Personal.]

1 tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced (or more to taste)
1 medium onion, diced
1 chicken breast, diced
3 medium potatoes, diced
1 medium turnip, diced
3 carrots, diced
1 cup lentils
1 cup rice
1 tbsp powdered chicken bouillon
1 stalk celery, diced
1 cup frozen mixed vegetables
sage, rosemary, basil, salt, and pepper

Heat oil in a small frypan. Saute garlic and onion until translucent. In large pot, cover chicken, potatoes, turnip, and carrots with water. Bring to boil, and simmer for twenty minutes. Add lentils, rice, and bouillon. Bring back to boil and simmer additional ten minutes. Add celery, mixed vegetables, and seasonings (to taste). Bring back to boil and simmer additional ten to fifteen minutes.

Serve with country biscuits or a crusty white bread.


"Also," Lulu added, "if you have any questions about any of the cooking terms -- or about any cooking procedures -- please feel free to ask. That way leads to less... kitchen disasters."

[OCD will be up in a moment is up! I'm around for a couple of hours, then off working on a class project from about 2:30 to 8:30 Eastern. Although I should then be around for the rest of the evening!]

Re: Sign In [Class 5]

[identity profile] notreallyagirl.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Amano Makoto

Re: Pair Up [Class 5]

[identity profile] notreallyagirl.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Makoto glanced around for a partner.

Re: Sign In [Class 5]

[identity profile] senor-chado.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Yasutora Sado
ashockingbitch: (Jenny possibly stoned)

Re: Sign In [Class 5]

[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2008-02-05 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Jenny Sparks
notanactualfairy: (Dora bright)

Re: OOC [Class 5]

[personal profile] notanactualfairy 2008-02-05 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
...

*adds lentils to shopping list*

WTF turnips?
ashockingbitch: (Default)

Re: Pair Up [Class 5]

[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2008-02-05 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Jenny waved at Makoto. "You wanna?"

Re: Sign In [Class 5]

[identity profile] new-to-liirness.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Liir Thropp

Re: Pair Up [Class 5]

[identity profile] notreallyagirl.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Makoto smiled. "Sure, don't suppose you've done this before?" Though, really, it was only soup. Surely that couldn't be that hard.

Re: Poke the TA [Class 5]

[identity profile] new-to-liirness.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Liir was looking a little more pale than even his usual, his smile somewhat brittle. But there. Certainly there.

Re: Pair Up [Class 5]

[identity profile] new-to-liirness.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Liir looked around for anyone who might want a partner.

Re: OOC [Class 5]

[identity profile] oncourtandstage.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
... You've never had turnip in a soup before?
ashockingbitch: (Default)

Re: Pair Up [Class 5]

[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2008-02-05 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not this exact recipe, no, but I have made soup without disaster before. Had a lesson and everything. An' the concept looks about the same," Jenny admitted.

Re: Speak to Lulu [Class 5]

[identity profile] new-to-liirness.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"I brought something," he said quietly as he walked up to her. "For you. And I thought I'd let you know I've been reading that folder you gave me."
ashockingbitch: (Jenny is emo)

Re: OOC [Class 5]

[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2008-02-05 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
No, and I intend to keep it that way.

Turnips go with greens. Which...I don't eat either, making me a traitor to my people.

Re: Pair Up [Class 5]

[identity profile] notreallyagirl.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, that's something," Makoto laughed, "and it doesn't sound too hard."

Re: Speak to Lulu [Class 5]

[identity profile] new-to-liirness.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thursday," he said, though he'd read it all. He just wasn't in the mood to discuss things right now.

He fished in his bag and pulled out a smaller bag. Inside, there was a small paper bag which held cubes of something very like turkish delight that'd been flavored with some of Professor Ambrose's papay fruit and rosewater.

"I thought you might like some. I mostly made some to let Andrew try them."

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