say, you wanted to make a chicken soup

First, the best chicken soup is made from turkey- so why call it a chicken soup?

Maybe it’s easier then asking why is turkey named a turkey- since it doesn’t come from turkey?? See, let’s just say chicken soup.

 

So go to the market and buy 2 big pieces of wing and thigh of turkey,  also buy 10 wings-  not those with hot sauce in a restaurant  , but those with the ugly skin on them.

I know it’s a turkey soup, but it does have chicken in it.

 

Buy carrots- there are the standard ones (that bugs eats), there are huge ones – carrots on steroids, little baby ones, pilled In a bag, chopped, sliced – I took a standard size bag of carrots (need 6).

Get a batch of parsley, and look for the other green thing that looks like a parsley, but has smaller branches- after some browsing- it turned out to be dill – the market guys did not know who was the prime minister in 1984.

Look for the veggie with the white root- celery I believe it’s called (also in Hebrew, but when mom can’t remember then name, you have a problem).

Get 1 onion- go figure, how can that be a problem- do you know how many types of onions are in the west side market-   well neither did I!  a lot of them- small large, purple, sweet and Onion Bisli- I think I got a big Oregular one.

Now you have the ingredients- all you need is a big Sir- since you are making soup for 30+ people.

Make sure you take a charged phone with you when you go to your girl friends moms house to pick up the sir – otherwise you would have to go back.

You have the Sir-  good – remember you need eggs, vegi oil, and kneidalach powder for the soup- you have them   good-  not a vegi oil?, - just oil- ok no worries.

 

Pill the carrots  - use the new cutter that you bought a year prior,  the thing doesn’t work? Why? But it’s new!!!  Oh there is little vax cover- ok take it off, now we’re cooking (literally) and placed them in the sir.

Pill the outer layer from the big onion and add it- no need to cut it all out and cry. You can cry while it’s whole.

Chop the parsley , the dill and the celery (you don’t have to do it actually, but I did and so should you).

Put it all in the sir.

Take turkey and chicken that you forgot to though out , and use the micro wave to work for you

Clean the chicken a bit – not a pleasant work- but your mom did it for years, so you can do it too

Put it all in the sir- add water till the end, let it boil.

Forever later….it boiled

Remove the goo from the top, mix- add pepper  and chicken powder (if we have chicken powder-  why do we need the chicken, and the turkey – is there a turkey powder?)

Mix every now and then, make sure the carrots and the chicken soften and wait.

You can blog, do homework, watch the Simpsons or do any number of things while you wait- I recommend laundry – it’s the precise amount of time- to wash and put clothes in the dryer- for maximum efficiency.

Now to make the matzo balls and take the soup out of the flames….to be continued ….its nappy time