66 Ways: How to Cook Miso Soup - The Japanese Food Report. Time for a miso soup primer: You may recall a post on miso soup I wrote last winter, where I lamented the lack of variety of this most fundamental of Japanese dishes here in America. Yes, we know tofu and wakame seaweed with white miso, the default soup of sushi joints coast to coast. But there's so much more. In Japan, miso soup reflects the full bounty, breath, spontaneity and endless creativity of the cuisine -- the varieties are mind boggling and delicious.
Case in point, the list that follows, sixty six miso soups that a Japanese cookbook editor and fabulous cook named Nobuko-san just sent me. It's a list of her favorite ingredients and combinations of ingredients for miso soup, soups you've got to try. As I did in my earlier post, I'm going to simply list the combinations of main ingredients and type of miso that Nobuko-san thinks work great together. I love miso soup. Notes on miso soup: Miso soup is cooked from dashi (stock), main ingredients, and miso. Notes on ingredients: Beef Barley Stew… Mom’s Recipe | ZestyCook. Happy Friday! Wow – what a week. As of 12:03am this morning I made it home. I had some problems getting internet connection at the airports today so I am putting this post together on very little fuel.
I have been wanting to post this beef barley stew for a couple of weeks now but I keep forgetting. That is until now. With the recent stint of cold weather this wholesome comforting dish will make you warm from the inside out. This recipe is compliments of my mom. Ingredients 1-1/2 pounds lean beef stew meat, cut into 1/2-inch cubes2 large potatoes, cubed1 medium onion, chopped1 tablespoon vegetable oil3 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) beef broth1 cup medium pearl barley1 Tsp. dried thyme1/4 Tsp. dried rosemary, crushed1/4 Tsp. pepper4 medium carrots, sliced1/4 Cup each frozen green beans and corn Method Zesty Tip: Try making your own broth and freezing it. I am back at the office today – so I will be able to catch up on comments, emails and all the great blogs out there.
Happy Friday! Take care. Soup Swap. Excited hardly begins to describe how I feel about today. Years ago, when I started swapping soup with my pals in Seattle as way to overcome my boredom with big pots of soup I’d never have guessed it would have turned into a day that, for me, rivals Thanksgiving or my birthday on the calendar. I wanted to take this opportunity to offer an very heartfelt thank you to all of you that are participating today. I was reminiscing with a friend who was at those very first soup swaps in my tiny Seattle garden cottage when I was 28 or 29 and still working out an easy swapping system. She said this about those awkward swaps, “Yes, we were younger then, and skinnier, and we rode our bicycles everywhere and then smoked cigarettes and oh, life was beautiful.”
How fast time flies and surprising to be forty with so many different things in my life, but “Wow!” Plenty of you that have been with us for four or five years, know we’re still having some issues with the site. Happy National Soup Swap Day!!!!