Bacon Barley Soup

[Rudy]

A brand new invention. I just finished putting all the ingredients in. Pictures will be coming.

2 quarts beef broth

1lb sliced bacon cut into 2 inch pieces

1/2 cup barley

3 stalks celery sliced

30 baby carrots cut into thirds

3 cloves garlic diced

2 cups raw spinach cut into small pieces

1 tsp pepper

1 tsp curry powder.

I'm going to leave the crockpot on high.

[Rudy]

Shortly after I put all the ingredients in.





I'll post another picture after it is cooked. Sure looks yummy. It smells great.

[Dennis The Bus Dweller]

Rudys bouncing back, looks like dinner to me

[Rudy]

Well, because of my ignorance, I made something that I must throw away. This batch gets two thumbs down.

The mistake I made was not frying the bacon and getting rid of the grease.
I just cut up the bacon and put it in the crockpot, fat and all.

It was like eating a bowl of grease.

The recipe is a good one EXCEPT, do not put raw bacon in there.

Some you win, some you lose.

[Rudy]

Just posting to see if my signature appears. It reads. Get ready. Be prepared. Let's see if it shows up.

[Dennis The Bus Dweller]

keep cookin Rudy, I'll check in to see what you guys are up to in a few days

[Mark B]

The mistake I made was not frying the bacon and getting rid of the grease.

You probably could have let it cooled, skimmed the grease off and then reheated. At least that way, you wouldn't waste the entire batch.

I kinda wondered when I read your original post. I thought that was a lot of fat going in.

Keep on trying, Rudy!

Mark

[Rudy]

The crockpot is in the fridge. I looked inside it this morning. There is a layer of the fat on the top. I will skim it off and brave another bowl.

A friend gave me a package of cooked/dried bacon yesterday. It is what I will use next time.

I will give a report later to tell you if I managed to save this current soup.

[Rudy]

No saving this batch. Look for version 2.

[Rudy]

What was I thinking to put that raw bacon fat in there? I thought that maybe it would disappear.

It's all science experiments to me. Luckily, most of my experiments are successful.

[Le Mirage]

Hmmm! A delicious « canadian» soup

Like Asian: «soupe repas» with rice noodle, pork, chicken, shrimp and vegetable.

http://www.recettes.qc.ca/livre/imprime ... ?id=187692

Delicious!