Old People Love Soup
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There is a localish company called Mitchell’s soup that we really love for bean soups. Their split pea soup is heavenly - it doesn’t get thick and gloppy like some do. They tell you to add ham or bacon but honestly next time I won’t bother. I usually fry an onion in the bottom of the pot as well. I’ve never been a huge soup fan but over the last couple years have gotten more into it. I turn 50 this year so perhaps I’m part of the old people phenomenon?
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Did anyone else grow up eating Riviera brand minestrone soup? My favorite growing up but none of my friends would eat it. Company went out of business years ago but I see someone has bought the name and it looks the same in the picture on the label. I’ll have to hunt it down.
It’s “San Francisco style” - nothing like regular minestrone. Very dark gravy, very thick. Very distinctive flavor and aroma. Copycat recipes make it look like a real project to scratch make but it might be worth it.
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No canned soups when I was growing up. We did occasionally have Mrs Grass or Lipton chicken noodle soup mixes.. I thought the Mrs Grass was better than the Lipton.
Mom made borscht (hot and cold) and a barley/kidney/pickle soup. And even though I grew up in the middle of a bunch of Italians, never had homemade minestrone until I was in my 30s.
Here's someone's attempt at duplicating your Riviera minestrone. Didn't look too hard to make.
https://www.quarterwaterfoods.com/2020/03/riviera-minestrone-2020-coronavirus.html
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@RealPlayer
How do you heat miso without killing the bacteria that is supposed to be in it?@CHAS said in Old People Love Soup:
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How do you heat miso without killing the bacteria that is supposed to be in it?You don’t really deliberately heat it up. But you have to mix it into a hot liquid to create a broth. We add miso at the end of the cooking time. Take some hot liquid from the soup, put it in a separate bowl or Pyrex cup, dissolve the miso in that, stirring with a spoon. And then add to the bulk of soup. Or heat up a cup or two of water, dissolve miso in that, then add to the soup.
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Not soup but I can tell you by observation old people love to play games. Not only shuffleboard but also about ten other games. I didn't know how one of them was played until a few weeks ago. I don't know any of the rules. It's like watching children at recess. I say good for them! Not my thing.
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Not soup but I can tell you by observation old people love to play games. Not only shuffleboard but also about ten other games. I didn't know how one of them was played until a few weeks ago. I don't know any of the rules. It's like watching children at recess. I say good for them! Not my thing.
@Daniel I admit that games can be fun and contribute to cognitive health and social connection, but I think robust activities like travel, attending concerts or museums, practicing an instrument, vigorous exercise, auditing a college-level course, etc., can more strongly enhance well-being.
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@realplayer I agree. One of the first things on my to do list is to visit The Dalí Museum in Saint Petersburg again. I haven't been there in a long time. I want to find a nature preserve. Rural Florida is unique and beautiful. I want to create an exercise program for myself. I want to buy a desk, an office chair, a bookshelf, a desktop computer, and a printer. It's been a long time since I could sit down and write letters, etc., use software instead of a phone, and print anything. I want to buy a Pixel 10 XL and experiment with the camera. I might want to buy a digital camera at some point. I want to find an online college level course to learn Latin.
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An ode to pot roast:
https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=2014%252F04%252F11.html
