i have a cold & don't feel well. can someone give me some chicken soup?

[orleans]

and sing me soft kitty?

[whistler162]

1. WHat is it with people getting on

the Internet when they are sick and spreading their diseased bits around.

[orleans]

2. aww...thank you --

and i found a can of chicken noodle soup in the back of the cupboard
(i looked earlier & didn't see it--so that was a happy surprise)

btw--we get on the internet to whine--no one else in real life cares or will listen. sadly.

(my daughter has better things to do than to come over & catch my cold & bring me hot soup. things like...? i have no clue what the hell she's doing...)

[annabanana]

3. Here you go dear...

[orleans]

6. oh, it looks wonderful! thank you! n/t

[Joe Shlabotnik]

4. I'd like to help,

but I have my own problems right now. Shits getting pretty weird.

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[fizzgig]

5. i have a loaf of bread about to go in the oven

i'll save you a piece to have with your soup.

feel better

[orleans]

7. yum--that sounds so good. it's been years since i've had home made bread.

thank you for thinking of me and saving me a piece.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Here:

[orleans]

9. so cute--thank you for singing me soft kitty. i'm starting to feel better now. n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

10. I'm so glad... You know you can depend on your DU family to look after you.

Try and get some good rest.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

11. I hate canned chicken soup

Last edited Sun Jul 13, 2014, 10:28 AM - Edit history (1)

The noodles are complete mush.

Here is a recipe for egg noodles, enough for one pot of chicken soup:

5 ounces flour (1 1/4 cup if you don't have a scale)
1 whole egg
2 egg yolks

Keep the extra egg whites. If the dough is too dry, you have some liquid to add. If it's too wet, add flour. No, that isn’t too much egg. Incidentally, egg whites freeze very well.

Put the flour in a mound on the table and make a well in the center. Put the eggs and yolks in the well and start mixing them together. When the dough has formed, knead it for at least five minutes, ten would be even better. It is impossible to over-knead this dough.

You can cheat and use either a stand mixer or a food processor. If you use a stand mixer, start with the flat beater until the dough comes together and then switch to the dough hook. Mix the dough for at least five minutes.

However, I prefer to knead by hand, since the way the dough feels tell you if it is too dry or too wet, and if it is kneaded enough. When it feels smooth and all (or almost all) the flour has been taken into the dough, it is kneaded enough.

Wrap it in plastic film or put it into a covered bowl and let it rest for at least 15 minutes; half an hour is better, and two hours is not too long. You may read that this rest is to "relax the gluten," but the real reason is to allow the flour to absorb the liquid. The dough will be far easier to work after it has rested.

If you have a pasta rolling machine, cut the dough into two or more pieces and run it through. The first few times through, fold the dough on itself and keep running through the number 1 setting until you have a smooth dough; three or four times should do. If it sticks to the rollers, then dust it with some flour. Then increase the setting and run it through each one. Number 6 should probably be the last setting.

If you do not have a pasta machine, take out the rolling pin and start rolling. You want to end up with dough so thin you can see through it. Cut it into pieces about half an inch wide. Incidentally, I use a plastic pizza cutter to cut pasta, as it will not scratch the surface I am cutting on.

This will cook in under a minute.

[orleans]

12. thanks for the recipe. maybe someday i'll try it. n/t