i gave up and gave away my fancy crock pot, Lynne. I can ruin any soup or stew recipe... my kids have begged me to stop trying and go to Panera Bread and buy soup. I would love just a basic chicken soup recipe that i could not mess up..

Damn stright. You didn't have any reason to bring loml's name into it. Like I said, passive aggressive.

Not so nice now, are you? Even to people that are mean to you?

At least people see me coming a mile away.

Let me think about it because I usually throw stuff together.

I usually start with a baked chicken or deli chicken that still has meat on it and stick it in a large pot with about 3 quarts of water. I boil the carcass about an hour and let it cool, then take the chicken off and cut it in chunks.

Add to the broth in the pot sliced carrots, chopped fresh onion, chopped celery. I use a handful of baby carrots and slice them - a yellow onion (medium) that I chop and about l c chopped celery.

Add spices - about l tsp salt and l/4 to l/2 tsp pepper - I usually throw in a tsp of basil and oregano.

Most stores have dried soup mix (beans, lentils,etc.) and I add about half a package and cook for an hour. If you want, you can add rice or noodle. Then I add the chicken back to the liquid and cook awhile.

Hope this helps.

Lynne

I am using the thin ones that come in a packed in bunches

Lola - think we are talking about the same kind and I think frying them really works.

Lynne

Thank you Lynne! copying and pasting and printing!

I will fry them next time..Since I have to stay away from wheat..There goes my love for bread and baked goods, I started to use bean threads and rice noodles as substitutes for regular noodles..I was about to give up on them

OMGosh, Frank, YOU told me to and I didn't name names. Man, now you sound like my husband. He always accuses me of doing things that he does. Maybe what you're doing could be passive aggressive, Frank. Or maybe just mean. I'm sorry I didn't want to come back but gosh, Frank, just listen to yourself.

Oh, that's classic victimization. Instead of talking about what you did, you try to turn tables. Not going to work.

You're two-faced, Vee. Deal with it.

And never mention loml to me again.

who made spelling THIS important?

Oh, I won't Frank but what do you call it when you ask someone to do something and when they do it, you chastise them for it? Isn't that some form of abuse?

I agree with you, Jaken.....I think loml is a sweet person. And I don't believe spelling is this important either, Joy.

i'm probably going to be shot for this, but am I the only person who finds it ironic that under a thread labelled "Your Best" Quality" we have two and three respected members having a pissing contest?

I have a lot of respect for both of you and I would hope that we can call this over.

Lynne

I'd like to make a request we use some other psychological criticisms, the passive/aggressive one is getting overused. For instance -- "hey phlegm girl -- your hypochondria is showing", or "nice counter-transference ya got there".