Is this food or a knick-knack?

[Inchworm]

Someone gave it to me. It looks like it might be yummy, but I don't know what the two bottom layers are :D

:shrug:

:hi:

[csziggy]

1. It'd probably make good soup

The bottom layer looks like maybe polenta? I have no clue what the second from bottom layer is. Seasonings?

With my luck if I tried to use something like that for decor it would end up being a terrarium with little bugs and worms emerging from the beans!

[Inchworm]

3. Cool

Next step... figure how to turn it into soup lol

:hi:

[Lars39]

2. Soup in a jar....

the bottom layer looks like chicken bouillon. Not sure about the other layer. Mystery soup :D

[Inchworm]

4. And that is what is for supper

;)

Guess I'll slow soak/simmer it all afternoon.

:hi:

[Lars39]

27. How'd the mystery soup turn out?

:hi:

[Inchworm]

28. I chickened out

Figured I'd admire it for a few days before it goes in mah beldy :rofl:

:hi:

[Lars39]

30. lol...might be for the best....

that second layer looked a little iffy. :D

[CBGLuthier]

5. red and yellow lentils

[Inchworm]

6. Pardon?

That's what is on the bottom?

:hi:

[CBGLuthier]

12. That's what they look like to me

Flattened with a lens shape.

[applegrove]

7. The bottom layer could be corn meal as in corn bread. I'd keep it. It is pretty.

[Inchworm]

8. I knooow!

It is very pretty. That's why I'm scared to use it lol

The debate in my head on practical vs prettiness is strong ;)

:hi:

[Duer 157099]

9. I'd bet the bottom two layers are ground bacon and chicken soup seasoning

Save it for a rainy day, it'll probably be really good.

[Inchworm]

10. Mmmmmm

Didn't think about that possibility. It is supposed to rain tonight ;)

:hi:

[stuntcat]

11. *roffles!*

that made me laff!! :rofl: :rofl: food or knick knack

A few years ago it would have been a knick-knack to me but these days I could use it!

[Inchworm]

13. Hehe

Therein lies the rub :D

A pretty thing... or supper.

:rofl:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. its both !!

an edible knick-knack :D

:shrug:

:hi:

[kentauros]

15. It's a floor wax AND a desert topping!

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[surrealAmerican]

20. Good reference!

I may be the only one here who gets it, but I laughed.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

25. snl

;)

[Inchworm]

16. Maybe I'll...

polish it up then look at it until I polish it off :)

:hi::*

[Tuesday Afternoon]

26. heehee

good to see you :pals:

[Lucinda]

17. Instructions under the lid?

Soup. Yum.

[Inchworm]

18. Nope

Nowhere. That would be too easy ;)

Hi you! :hug:

:hi:

[Lucinda]

19. Heya!

Mwah! ♥
It was worth a shot.
Definitely a challenge. You will be victorious. I have no doubt!

[surrealAmerican]

21. The pinto and kidney beans are going to need at least ...

... three or four hours to cook. You would ordinarily pre-soak those.

[Inchworm]

23. Yea, I didn't eat it today

Kinda plan on admiring its beauty for a bit. When I do cook it, it will be a slow simmer for hours. I just hope the bottom layers aren't colored sand because I don't think I could put Humpty back together again ;)

:hi:

[astral]

22. It's better to soak the larger beans but not absolutely necessary.

I would keep it as a knick-knack until you are (a) hungry or (b) sick and tired of looking at it, and then dump it all in a crock pot and 3/4 way through the cooking add some chopped veggies, like onions / celery / garlic / green pepper maybe some carrot and / or kale / colard greens.

The mystery stuff at the bottom will probably be nice soup stock by then, and the green peas will be overcooked for the big beans to be cooked enough, but that won't be any big deal.

**or**

dump it all in a crock pot and everything soak in cold water for 2 to 5 hours first, then proceed as above.

And, tell us how you like it~~!

I think miso paste makes a great thing to add to soup and a LITTLE bit of vinegar and sugar or maple syrup or something sweet.

[Inchworm]

24. Oh yea... I'm sure I'll doctor it a bit

Good idea to soak in crock.. THEN cook it. Thanks!

:hi:

PS: I kinda hope the peas turn to mush. I'm not a fan of them. I considered using immersion blender on it if the peas are still crunching in my mouth. Pouring over good cheese, cubed in a bowl

[Amaril]

29. Would definitely be a knick knack in my house

Beans. Yuck! :puke:

[Kali]

31. BLASPHEMER!

Beans is good stuff! mmmmmm anasazis and ham, lentils and sausage, bbq baked navies, split pea soup, pintos refritos


you missing some good cheap eats without beans

[Amaril]

32. LOL!

Yeah, I know. I've tried to eat them.......I just can't. The minute they hit my tongue, I start to gag.

My mother tried to force me -- a'la "Mommie Dearest" -- to eat lima beans. I was maybe 5 or 6 at the time, didn't like them and she decided the way to fix this was to make me sit -- literally for hours -- with a growing-colder-by-the-minute plate of lima beans in front of me (God, I can still see / smell them, sitting there all nasty and coated in congealed butter.......... :puke: ) until I eventually fell asleep at the table.

I have not been able to look a bean in the eye since.

[Kali]

33. oh hell!

Limas and kidneys are not edible beans! (to be fair, I have never had a dried lima cooked into a bean soup, but the frozen ones forced on children as a vegetable? :puke:)

there are some limitations! but a nice bowl of ranch beans with bacon or ham and some onions, cheese and salsa? heaven!

[Taverner]

34. It's a knick-knack, Patty Whack. Give the Frog a Loan. His ol' man's a Rolling Stone...

Oh wait, wrong story :)