My soup turned scary! And WoW videos

[thistlechaser]

I decided to warm up yesterday's soup for dinner tonight, but when I took it out of the fridge it was... strange. Instead of moving like fluid in a bowl would, it was like a washing machine: A little in one direction, then a little in the other. D: I know why it happened (though I'd rather not think about it), it was just really freaky! (Once heated up, it was fine and yummy.)

kaelash linked me to some really, really funny videos. I'm so torn as to which ones to link here!

I laughed so much during this one, so even though the video isn't as nice as some of the others, it gets top billing:

The Sands of Uldum has much higher production values and the music is seriously catchy. (Contains a curse, so if listening at work, be sure to use headset. There's a furry joke about 30 seconds in, and though it's marked 'NWS' on the screen, I suspect it's fine... though tasteless.)

Her channel has a ton of videos, I've only listened to a small fraction so far. So very amusing!

Comments

[gconnor.livejournal.com]

Hmm, was your soup kind of congealed like a jello? that's actually a good sign. There are connective tissue that get cooked out of bones and into food (like gelatin and collagen I think) and they make the soup taste richer--pretty much that is the reason people cook with the bones. So, I think you did it right.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's exactly how it was. It really is good, I've never had a broth where less than a bowlful was a fine meal. Just broth, there was almost no meat in tonight's, and I couldn't even finish the whole bowl.

[voidmagus.livejournal.com]

gconnor is spot on. Though 'broth' isn't accurate - your soup base was actually stock. Buying broth in stores will get you effectively chicken/beef flavored water. Stock is filled with exactly the things gconnor said - collagen, gelatin, dissolved connective tissues - that make good soup good. Your brain reads those things as 'rich' - if you ever eat good bbq ribs, melted connective tissue it what makes them great, and similarly with anything properly braised.

I regularly make chicken stock in half-gallons. Rotisserie chicken (all the meat picked off beforehand) in a pot with some aromatics, lots of garlic, and a gallon of filtered water. Heat on low-med until boiling, then drop the heat and simmer for an hour or two. Strain out the chicken, put the liquid in a pot and stick in the freezer overnight. The next day, all the fat will have floated and congealed in an opaque layer on top. Skim off, spoon out the jello-y stock into cups/ice cube trays, freeze until needed.

I make soup with this (reheat, add some of the rotisserie chicken meat, veggies, noodles, more garlic, and a good roux), sometimes will add it to mashed potatoes instead of cream, risotto (yummmmmm risotto). Or using basically the above quicky-method of chicken noodle soup...minus noodles, less stock, more roux, some more vegetables, simmer until creamy, drop in a pre-made pie crust, cover with more crust, and bake at 350 until golden brown. Homemade chicken pot pie.

[voidmagus.livejournal.com]

yipes. :%s/stick in the freezer overnight/stick in the FRIDGE overnight/g

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh, hm, interesting. I suppose we're not supposed to eat stock straight, but it sure does make yummy soup as-is. I guess that explains how, even without noodles or anything else, it's still really good.

[tersa.livejournal.com]

In that case, it's not actually broth anymore; technically, it's stock. :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming there are no issues with having a bowl of stock? It sounds kind of strange to do so, but it's quite yummy, best chicken soup I've ever had. Quick googling tells me it can't be high in calories at all. I'm not missing anything, right? I'm not going to grow baby chickens in my stomach? :P

[tersa.livejournal.com]

Not at all! I was just quibbling semantics. :)

Stock is yummier than broth in a lot of ways. As Alton Brown notes, it has an "unctuous mouth feel" (or as I like to think of it, more body) compared to broth, which is in a lot of ways simply flavored water.

Your struck out text made me LOL. No, you're not. :)

(For the record: I make all my chicken soup out of stock, and you can use it to make things like chicken noodle soup, cook rice in it, or even vegetables. Use it like you would use water to provide extra flavor.)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I always wondered what made wonton soup taste so good, and I think this let me discover it: They must make it out of straight stock. My soup tastes like the best wonton soup I ever had (minus the wontons).

Your struck out text made me LOL. No, you're not. :)

Heehee, good!

Use it like you would use water to provide extra flavor.

I'll keep that in mind!

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

If there is too much soup, you can always freeze it in single serving portions!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Two big batches are in the freezer, yep! I didn't have room for the last of it, so that part is in the fridge and I'll use it up as fast as I can.

It's nice knowing it's in the freezer -- I have good soup in case I get sick!

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

So I'm here trying to think of an excuse to link you a video. So I come here to see if I can find a segue and boom! Perfect.

BOOM! (http://youtu.be/gNtnN_DiP3o)

But ya, The End of the World (of Warcraft) is a great video, I hadn't know you hadn't seen it yet!

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

Also there is a new Takei video that came out like, 20 minutes ago.

http://youtu.be/1kNs4pxhRvc

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh man, so much love for him! He really is the best thing ever. :D Thanks for the link!

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

Definitely should pause the video when it shows his future FB page, some funny stuff hidden in that image.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Okay, wow, that was kind of scary! (And funny!)

Thanks for the link (again!).

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

I like it, it doesn't really judge religion or spirituality but just says the sensible thing that, if you're getting THAT worked up over something (to the point of killing someone) you need to step back, calm down, and watch firefly.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Watching Firefly should more often be the answer to the troubles in life.