Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?

Anya ,'Touched'


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Steph L. - Sep 18, 2014 3:43:00 pm PDT #6477 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I have heard that there is not insignificant danger of ending up with soup + scrambled egg

Here's what I did, and it avoided scrambled egg:

*4 cups of chicken broth (which I made from bouillon that's both vegan and GF [and yet tastes EXACTLY like chicken...I suspect dark magics])
*keep 3/4 to 1 cup of the broth in a bowl, and mix it with 2-3 Tbsp cornstarch (based on how thick you want the soup)
*put the other 3-ish cups of broth in a saucepan, add 1/4 tsp salt and 1/8 tsp powdered ginger; bring all that to a boil
*mix the cornstarch/broth mixture in the boiling broth
*beat 2-3 eggs (depending on how much egg you like) with a fork and then let the beaten egg drizzle off the tines of the fork into the broth

It's the drizzling that creates the ribbon effect. I did pour a little egg straight from the bowl into the broth because I wanted some big egg pieces, but it did basically turn out like restaurant soup, with long skinny egg ribbon pieces. Next time I make it I'm going to add garlic.


Jesse - Sep 18, 2014 3:47:16 pm PDT #6478 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'll do just an egg in broth when I'm sick, ribbony like that, but only two steps!


Steph L. - Sep 18, 2014 3:57:38 pm PDT #6479 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I like the thick texture, so I don't mind the cornstarch steps. Still super easy! Also not as fluorescent yellow as restaurant soup. Maybe I need to add food coloring!


-t - Sep 18, 2014 4:04:13 pm PDT #6480 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

You inspired me, Tep!

I did arrowroot instead of corn starch and poured the egg directly from the measuring cup I beat it in rather than drizzling of a fork, but I whisked the broth with a fork while I poured. Some ribbons, some bigger pieces. I might like the bigger pieces more?

I used TJ's Savory Turkey Broth in a pouch, because it was handy. The kosher-for-passover chicken-style powdered broth (I think the brand is Osem) I have also has no chicken in it. I cannot tell. In my memory, it's pretty yellow, but I'll have to make it again to confirm.


-t - Sep 18, 2014 4:06:36 pm PDT #6481 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I wanna say that free-range chickens have yellower fat (from eating bugs and stuff? IDK) and thus make yellower soup, but I could be totally making that up.


Atropa - Sep 18, 2014 4:08:42 pm PDT #6482 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

All the Buffista food talk has made we want the buffista opinion on a food question: If you can't have both, cookis or cupcakes?

CUPCAKES. ALL YOUR CUPCAKES BELONG TO ME.


DavidS - Sep 18, 2014 4:16:54 pm PDT #6483 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I was stunned at how easy it is.

I was the same way when I figured out to do Hot and Sour Soup. "You mean...the sour part is lemon and the hot part is Sriracha? That's it?"


erikaj - Sep 18, 2014 4:28:33 pm PDT #6484 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

Yum, egg drop is my fave.


erikaj - Sep 18, 2014 4:31:22 pm PDT #6485 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

I would probably like hot-and-sour too, except those words in English...kind of make me think of bile together. Someone needs to give me some and not leave me the not-ordering choice. Also, with "clotted cream"


-t - Sep 18, 2014 4:32:01 pm PDT #6486 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

If you can't have both, cookis or cupcakes?

I can't give you an answer without more information. What kind of cookies? What flavour cupcakes? What kind of frosting? Why can't I have both? Are you sure?