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Cooking & Baking

dem in texas

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4. do a dice on the asparagus

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Sun Nov 18, 2018, 04:02 PM

Nov 2018

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.

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Just made my favorite soup...cream of asparagus. What a flop [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2018 OP

Strain it through a strainer. Smush what doesn't go through against the strainer with a spoon. hedda_foil Nov 2018 #1

Ya, thought of trying that...but I had already mixed in a saute Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2018 #5

You could probably use a ricer too. Demsrule86 Nov 2018 #2

Need to buy one...always trying to perfect mashed potatoes. Saw a chef the other Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2018 #8

I never heard that interesting...the nice thing about a ricer is you don't have to peel the potatoes Demsrule86 Nov 2018 #9

I bought a ricer, especially for mashing potatoes, thinking it would work better than.... northoftheborder Nov 2018 #10

I bought a food mill. It would probably be perfect for your soup Siwsan Nov 2018 #3

Good thought....have one I never use. :) Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2018 #7

do a dice on the asparagus dem in texas Nov 2018 #4

I will next time thanks. Otherwise it was perfect. I had saved the boiling liquid from the last Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2018 #6

Love to hear about other cooking mishaps because I have so many! northoftheborder Nov 2018 #11