The
concept of a steaming bowl of hot soup is interchangeable with a bowl of “hot
gumbo” around these parts. At Christmas Eve church services a number of
families noted they were headed home for their traditional holiday gumbo.
January
as National Soup Month should be celebrated by more than retailers. It’s a time
to branch out into creamy delicacies, hearty stews and fortifying broths.
I’ve
dropped some boullion cubes into a carafe of bean mix to serve as decorating
until I have time to soak and simmer those beans into a soup to last all week.
Something
I love about soup is that it revives leftovers, transforming those little
containers of this and that into something new.
Some
add-in or topping tips:
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Greek yogurt
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Cheese
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Chopped onions
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Sprig of oregano
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Nuts
Readers,
feel free to share your favorite soups, recipes or tips with us via the e mail
below. We love talking soup.
Celebrate
the soup this month by trying a flavor from a different culture. It seems we
all have a soup to identify ourselves.
Zatarain’s
gets you seasoned for Mardi Gras
Zatarain’s has a box of Cinaltro Lime
rice mix that’s a quick fix and history lesson, with the label noting that the
Spanish introduced this crop to the Mexican culture centuries ago. The box
notes this rice dish is an ideal complment to fajitas, tacos, enchiladas and
burritos. I will add tamales. That’s what I serve another January birthday
girl. This quiet meal turned into “the birthday that ended in a frantic search
for Allen wrenches," but that is another story.
Zatarain’s
jambalaya mix boxes suggest you add meat for a one-pot dinner. That’s the sort
of thing you need for Mardi Gras
season when you’re headed to ball fittings, krewe meetings, etc. Mardi Gras of
Southeast Texas is Feb. 8-11 this year. See you on the grounds in downtown Port
Arthur.
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