Spoon Rests! What A Totally Superflous Kitchen Item!

[icyfroth]

I often see them in the op shops and think pffft, what a useless item. As if you couldn't use a saucer or whatever you have at hand while you're cooking. Making bolognese tonight I just rested the spoon on the side of the can.

[debra9275]

Cooking properly kills off all that stuff anyway We don't usually eat raw chicken here

[lloydslights]

I guess the reason I have an iron stomach.  I grew up with some suspect kitchen dry storeage.  "Just skim off the weavils".

Are the cleansing processes now used for food, been an instigation to current day allergies, etc.  I wonder.  Not filthiness but not absolute bacterially clean.

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I agree with your thoughts on the basics, Crikey. Similar to a dancer or musician who uses basics and adds pirouettes or pizzicato. The embellishments.

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Discovered last night, whilst eating grilled fish and veges, that lemon juice on pumpkin is delectable.  (Was that a sweet/sour moment?)

DEB

[debra9275]

Lloyd, for a different take on pumpkin soup, I add a bit of curry powder & lemon juice to it. Beautiful,
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[debra9275]

& a dollop of sour cream goes very well with it.

Wish I had some pumpkin soup to eat now, lol

[j*oono]

i'm going to make a great big batch of chicken stock this weekend and freeze it for some quick soup meals.  I usually rest my spoon in a cup when I'm making soup.  Rinsed of course.

[icyfroth]

I'm going to make pea and ham soup with a ham hock and split peas.

I'll rest the spoon on a plate or or cup or bowl or whatever happens to come to hand.

[*crikey*mate*]

for a pumpkin soup Lloyd/Deb

sometimes I will rub the pumpkin pieces with tandoori paste, then roast the pumpkin....

finish as usual

yummo

[flashie*]

Do you add any oil?

[*crikey*mate*]

only to the roasting pan

[amber-eyed-girl]

Oils vs no oils

Oil in a pan for toasting/browning yes

Pasta and rice nooooo

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Pumpkin soup...add sour cream at the finish, when served, to create a little swirl...yummy and pretty.