ElsieD

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I have had this recipe for over 30 years and don't remember where I got it from. But, it continues to get rave reviews for such a simple soup. Thyme Carrot Soup 6 cups chicken stock 1½ lbs carrots 6 tbps unsalted butter 1 onion, minced ½ cup heavy cream 1½ Tbsp fresh thyme, minced (1 ½ tsp dried) freshly grated nutmeg Salt and pepper In a large sauce pan combine 6 cups of chicken stock (or tinned chicken broth) and 1½ lbs of carrots cut into 1” pieces. Bring the stock to a boil and simmer the carrots, covered for 20 minutes or until tender. In a food processor fitted with a steel blade or in a blender, purée the mixture in batches and force the mixture through a food mill into another large sauce pan. In a small skillet, cook onion, minced in unsalted butter over moderate heat, stirring for 3 minutes or until it is softened. Add the onion to the sauce pan with the cream, thyme and freshly grated nutmeg. Salt and pepper to taste. Bring the soup to a boil and simmer it for 5 minutes. Let soup stand, covered, for 5 minutes to let the flavours blend, ladle it into heated bowls and garnish each serving with minced fresh thyme. Serve 4-6

What exactly, did he do?

Arby's is getting sued.

I tried strawberries today and again, no seeds, just pure juice. After that I tried tomatoes with seeds left in and skins on a couple of them. Both had been previously frozen. Again, no seeds, no skin, just pure juice. I got really good peaches this year which I also froze after blanching and skinning. I hadn't thought to try juicing them but I will, just because I can. I also bought a couple of apples just to see how that works. Great fun. I'm keeping the machine.

Aren't the beans mushy?

Oh, the irony! After all the pistachio recalls here in Canada, today came notice of a recall of ground meat. This was sold in 4 stores in London, Ontario. The name of this mini-chain? Pistachios.

You may be interested in this. https://forums.egullet.org/search/?q=Breville control freak&quick=1

I just tried my new machine on an orange. The juice was great - no pulp. I then tried blueberries. The blueberry juice it produced had very few seeds, in fact they were barely noticeable and perfectly adequate for what I wanted the machine for. The residue is quite dry. The machine is very easy to clean, another plus. Given what I paid for it, I have no doubt that I'll get it money's worth. Next up: strawberries and tomatoes.

Have you looked at the Breville Control Freak?

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

This is the one I ended up with. It was advertised at a regular price of $400, I paid $150. Ordered yesterday, arrived today. I see that today Amazon is showing a regular price of $452, sale price $170. I can understand the difference in the sale price but regular price? I wrote to the selling company and they said the machine will indeed separate blueberries from their seeds. I have some thawing to see if this is so.

Thanks, Kerry, but the link didn't work.

I decided to try my pizza oven again tonight as I was making flammekuchen. Well I'll be, it did a great job.