WFDT

Leftover chili and candy

Came down with the crud a few days ago. Finally went to the doctor today. Made soup to self medicate. :)

dinner at the greyhound
croquettes de jamon
French onion soup
fatoush salad
patty melt with fries
key lime pie
Victoria lager
coffee

stellar as usual

Sandhill crane, duck and dove sausage gumbo.

Not much to it. I’ve been sick and didn’t work real hard but it takes a little time. The store only had two meaty soup shanks, so I picked up those and a chuck roast. Cubed the chuck roast up, seasoned the cubed roast and shanks, put some oil the bottom of a big pot and browned the shanks/ cubes in batches. After those were browned and off to the side, I drained off some of the oil, threw in three cut onions and cooked til translucent. I then added garlic, three cans of stewed tomatoes, w/ juice, some Worcestershire sauce and cooked those down for twenty minutes or so. I did cut down some of the larger pieces of tomato. When cooked down, I added a couple of quarts of chicken stock (I didn’t have beef stock), brought to a boil, added the meat back in, lowered the heat and let simmer for an hour or so. I did throw in a spoonful of Beef, Better than Bullion. Once the meat was mostly tender, I added in two large bags of frozen mixed vegetables for soup, a small bag of butter beans and a small bag of corn (my wife says there’s not enough corn in the mixed bag). Adjust the liquid level but do it over time because water will cook out of the frozen vegetables. I simmered for another forty minutes, or so, to fully incorporate the vegetables into the soup and let the meat get fully tender. I seasoned whenever I added to the pot, tasting as I went and adjusted at the end.