I still remember the first time I tasted french onion soup. We were out to dinner with my grandparents (I must have been seven or eight) and my sister and I were allowed to order anything we wanted. As we were checking out the menu, I saw a waitress go by with a little crock-shaped bowl with melted cheese on it. I knew I had to have it. Thus started a life-long love affair with this delicious soup.
Over the last twenty years I've had some good french onion soup, some bad and some sadly mediocre bowls too. I've experimented with making it totally from scratch and in a pinch have followed Rachael Ray's short cut recipe. Last week the Oregonian's Foodday featured this classic soup, making me consider another round of trial and experimentation. If you're in need of a good, warming bowl of soup, you should check out that article and accompanying recipes.
May is National BBQ Month and National Hamburger Month
Cupcakes, not for dessert (unless beef is your idea of a treat)
Because eating French Fries in the car is so tough
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11-12-2007 @ 11:37AM
melissa.agnew said...
Would this kind of soup freeze well, without the bread and cheese of course. I live alone so I tend to make big pots and freeze the leftovers, and I've been wanting to try out this soup.
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11-12-2007 @ 11:42AM
Marisa McClellan said...
Without the bread or cheese, it should freeze fairly well. Broth and stock freeze beautifully. The only thing I would wonder about is whether you'd have any visible bits of onion left when you defrost it, as they tend to disappear upon defrosting. But you could always remedy that situation by cooking up a few more quickly before serving if you really wanted to have lots of onion in the soup.
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11-13-2007 @ 6:49PM
Mike said...
My love of French onion Soup began in a similar fashion in Portland, We went out to dinner with a visiting Aunt to one of Horst Mager's restaraunts whe I was about 12. I ordered that and have always ordered it if I find it on a menu when we eat out!
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11-19-2007 @ 5:34PM
Kiriel said...
I love French onion soup and have found that it freezes pretty well (though I would never attempt to freeze the cheese and bread topping!). My recipe is on my site:
http://thepapillonpantry.blogspot.com/2007/02/onion-soup-anyone.html
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