Alcohol Staples 904Damsel in dis Dress Has anybody mentioned a sautŽ of cut up breast of chicken & whole shrimp with garlic, green onions or shallots & butter, cooked till done and the white wine...
Alcohol Staples 905Dave Smith I hear you on that one. We had one friend who through a personal choice decided to give up drinking...
OK, so I got inspired. It was a cold, grey, rainy day here. I didn't have straight split peas, but I had a bag of use-in-a-pinch manischevitz split pea soup. I ditched the seasonings and used the peas.
I boiled them down for a little while with some instant barley, added a boullion cube, some thyme, some garlic powder, a minced onion, some chopped carrots and celery, and a little fresh parsley. Boiled it all down for a while til it was kinda thickened, then added a splash of cider vinegar at the very end. Served it topped with homemade croutons, made from leftover Italian bread tossed with olive oil, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and paprika, then toasted in the oven for a few. On the side I made something called "cheese grits souffle" from the Williamsburg Cookbook, which is essentially a spoonbread, I believe. It was yummy. A big salad rounded it all out.
What a nice dinner for a gross gray day! Thanks for the idea! Next time maybe I'll try hot sauce and sour cream, but I love my fresh croutons. They're all toasty on one side, but the side that goes in the soup gets all soft and absorbs all the flavors......
