Just made my favorite soup...cream of asparagus. What a flop

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Although it tasted great and I only used the top snap of the spear, it is loaded
With fibers, Food processor evidently doesn’t chop up

Must have to peel?

Can’t believe Campbell’s actually peels each spear.

[hedda_foil]

1. Strain it through a strainer. Smush what doesn't go through against the strainer with a spoon.

What's left in the strainer is all the fibrous stuff and your soup is delish!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. Ya, thought of trying that...but I had already mixed in a saute

Of shallots, garlic, and bacon and didn’t want that strained out.

[Demsrule86]

2. You could probably use a ricer too.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. Need to buy one...always trying to perfect mashed potatoes. Saw a chef the other

Day say it was important to steam potatoes for a bit before you boil them.. didn’t catch the why.

[Demsrule86]

9. I never heard that interesting...the nice thing about a ricer is you don't have to peel the potatoes

I just cut them up pretty big, boil them and rice them...so much easier.

[northoftheborder]

10. I bought a ricer, especially for mashing potatoes, thinking it would work better than....

.....the old fashioned potato masher. What a waste - it takes a lot of arm strength wrestling hot potatoes through that thing, so it now is in a give-away box in the garage. I found that pouring the cooked potatoes out in a flat cookie sheet allowed me to mash more thoroughly then back to the pot to blend in the butter and milk etc..

[Siwsan]

3. I bought a food mill. It would probably be perfect for your soup

Kind of a pain to clean up, but the end results, when I've used it, have been very good.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. Good thought....have one I never use. :)

[dem in texas]

4. do a dice on the asparagus

Same thing will happen to celery if you don't give it a close dice for a soup. Celery always as hidden strings even if you think you have pulled them all off. Yes, if you want a smooth soup, you should always put the liquid through a strainer as described above.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. I will next time thanks. Otherwise it was perfect. I had saved the boiling liquid from the last

Two times I cooked asparagus and used that for soup ...really gave it a deep asparagus flavor.

[northoftheborder]

11. Love to hear about other cooking mishaps because I have so many!

Last night I tried a new biscuit recipe. Hard as rocks. tossed