- Uhm. Leaving out the leeks would just be pointless, wouldn't it? Damn me and my being so picky about vegetables.
- Do you think oyster mushrooms would work with that? I just so happen to be completely in love with them and want to add them to whatever I can think of.
- Bacon as a meat alternative? That's kind of missing the point, isn't it?
- Actually I like the taste of bay leaves. Especially in tomato sauce. Am I doing it wrong?
1. Regrettably, the leeks are sort of essential. 2. Absolutely. 3. XDDD Soya bacon! I'm surprised so few people seem to have heard of it... 4. I'd heard people used bay as a seasoning, but I found it a bit hard to believe; maybe it's just me that dislikes the taste. Anyway, it will still reduce farting whether you like the taste or not, so you've clearly got a win-win situation. \o/
1. *sigh* Thought so. Still, when I feel like trying something new, I can give it a go then. 2. Yay! (Shame the last ones I bought got bad because I forgot they were in a plastic bag when I put them into the fridge) 3. Oh, right. That makes a little more sense. 4. Maybe it's because the taste reminds me of all the childhood vacations in Italy. But I have a strange taste, anyway, there's lots of "normal" foods I can't stand, but I love some rather weird and exotic stuff.
2. Mushrooms are picky little buggers, aren't they? 3. Well, meat-eaters use pig bacon, but I don't quite understand that either; the soup tastes fine without sticking a load of salty meat in it, and it won't do your arteries any good. Then again, I'm not the target audience... 4. I like methi (fenugreek) in Desic tomato dishes. I suppose it's a similar principle; they're both bitter.
I don't know if I'd go that far. As you go higher up they get increasingly scabby and, also, covered with earth, so you'll probably find yourself rejecting the end part of each leaf.
Apart from that, though: of course they're edible! You don't reject the green parts of chives or spring onions, do you?
Sure, but leek tops are a lot tougher and stringier than chives and scallions. It seems like you'd have to cook them a long time to get them tender. A looooooong time.
So, cock-a-leekie soup is just chicken soup with lots of leeks and vegetables. And tatties are potatoes. I feel like I'm becoming bilingual almost.
Nah, they're fine. Nice and soft and essential to the dish. You should try it.
DDD: BLASPHEMY! It is not "just chicken soup" anything! (Not that I would know, I admit, since I've no idea what the distinctions of dead fowl are.) Oh, and you've not to leave out the neeps.
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- Do you think oyster mushrooms would work with that? I just so happen to be completely in love with them and want to add them to whatever I can think of.
- Bacon as a meat alternative? That's kind of missing the point, isn't it?
- Actually I like the taste of bay leaves. Especially in tomato sauce. Am I doing it wrong?
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2. Absolutely.
3. XDDD Soya bacon! I'm surprised so few people seem to have heard of it...
4. I'd heard people used bay as a seasoning, but I found it a bit hard to believe; maybe it's just me that dislikes the taste. Anyway, it will still reduce farting whether you like the taste or not, so you've clearly got a win-win situation. \o/
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2. Yay! (Shame the last ones I bought got bad because I forgot they were in a plastic bag when I put them into the fridge)
3. Oh, right. That makes a little more sense.
4. Maybe it's because the taste reminds me of all the childhood vacations in Italy. But I have a strange taste, anyway, there's lots of "normal" foods I can't stand, but I love some rather weird and exotic stuff.
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3. Well, meat-eaters use pig bacon, but I don't quite understand that either; the soup tastes fine without sticking a load of salty meat in it, and it won't do your arteries any good. Then again, I'm not the target audience...
4. I like methi (fenugreek) in Desic tomato dishes. I suppose it's a similar principle; they're both bitter.
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Apart from that, though: of course they're edible! You don't reject the green parts of chives or spring onions, do you?
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So, cock-a-leekie soup is just chicken soup with lots of leeks and vegetables. And tatties are potatoes. I feel like I'm becoming bilingual almost.
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DDD: BLASPHEMY! It is not "just chicken soup" anything! (Not that I would know, I admit, since I've no idea what the distinctions of dead fowl are.) Oh, and you've not to leave out the neeps.
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