Comments on: Spicy Split Pea Soup, and Thoughts on Comfort Food

By: Split Pea Soup and the Sandwich I Look Forward to All Year. « The Endive Chronicles

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:37:59 +0000

[...] in the fall Jen over at Modern Beet* posted a recipe for split pea soup, but I never got around to making it. I blame her for planting the seed in my head. Then later in [...]

By: maybelles mom

maybelles mom — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:22:40 +0000

i do a little. more and more. my mom lives very near so we are starting to make her show us her recipes. but nothing ever tastes as good as mom.

By: Mama JJ

Mama JJ — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:34:53 +0000

Jen, Yes, Simply in Season is the third one. The one in the middle is Extending the Table—foods from all over the world. There are lots of little stories and background information—my mom used to make new dishes and then read the little stories about the country from which the dish came while we were eating our supper. I think you would like the book.

And no, I don’t think I’ve tried the Mexican Chili Beans from More-With-Less.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:09:31 +0000

Mama JJ — so many of those are on my “to-try” list. I made the cream of tomato soup two weeks ago, and will definitely make it again. What are the other two books? I have Simply in Season, which I know is also published by the same MCC, but is it part of the trilogy?

By: Mama JJ

Mama JJ — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:51:50 +0000

Jen, My favorites from the More-with-Less Cookbook are the Indian chicken, the honey-baked chicken, the lentil-sausage soup (I’ve adapted it), the baked lentils with cheese, cream of tomato soup, Edna Ruth Byler’s potato dough donuts, the easy French bread, the oatmeal bread, the quick fruit cobbler, the basic lentils, etc… I’ve posted a number of these recipes (with my modifications) on my blog.

The author’s husband (she died from cancer years ago) attends our church!

I’m also a fan of the other two books in the trilogy. Do you have those as well?

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:58:23 +0000

Erin — scalloped potatoes is one for me too. I took a kids cooking class when I was about 10 years old, and that was one of the things we learned how to make. I felt so happy/proud that I could cook something for my family and they actually liked it! we made another things that I used to love — spaghetti pie — you basically make a crust with cooked spaghetti mixed with egg and cheese, then top with a layer of ricotta, then cooked ground beef mixed with tomato sauce. Sounds strange, but it’s actually quite good. Once I left home, my mom continued (and still continues!) to make it, and always tells me, “I wish you were around to make me spaghetti pie” — I suppose the question is if she makes it because she actually likes it, or because she misses having her children around :)

Mama JJ — do you have any other favorite from this cookbook? I find a lot of the recipes to be good starting points, and allow for you to add your own personal touches. I also love the Mexican Chili Beans — have you tried them?

Maybelles Mom — that makes perfect sense to me! I am curious, do you continue to make the dishes your mom made for you when you were little?

Kelly — well put. I guess it’s still pretty summery in Boston right now, but a warm bowl of soup on a chilly fall day (or a downright cold winter day) is certainly comforting, physically and probably mentally too. When I was at Wellesley I lived in a coop that overlooked the lake, and we often had french onion soup sundays during the winter — it’s one of my favorite memories, sitting around with everyone, looking out the window seeing the snow piling up on top of the frozen lake

Denise — yep, definitely had to be there :)