Comment on Why does everyone put celery in soup stock?

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• tjhowse@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yep, exactly. If it’s palpably in the dish then it wasn’t chopped finely enough or cooked long enough.

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• spongebue@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And if it is done right it can add a dimension of flavor. Carrot and onion develop a bit of sweetness when cooked a while. Nothing inherently wrong with that, but it’s not exactly what you’re looking for in a bowl of chicken noodle. Celery, being disgusting when raw, doesn’t do that and helps break that pattern up.

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  • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Celery, being disgusting when raw[…]

    You take that back!

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    • spongebue@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You take that back!

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      • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Spiderman’s pointing

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• communism@lemmy.ml ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s interesting… I like getting chunks of carrot and celery in my soups. I deliberately cut them large, about as large as you can get whilst fitting on a spoon, for that reason.

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  • Witchfire@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Carrots get sweet when boiled in a stew, it’s lovely

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sounds like OP would hate your soup

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    • Deconceptualist@leminal.space ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I appreciate that large chunks are easy to avoid… but that taste lingers, ew.

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  • valek879@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I make my stock with different veggies than my soup. I’ll do a mirepoix both times but when I’m making stock I dice everything and when I make the soup I want big chewable veggies.

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  • EbenezerScrew@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I 100% agree with your celery position.

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• SatyrSack@quokk.au ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This post has nothing to do with texture. OP is complaining about the flavor of celery.

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, and the flavor doesn’t stand out if it breaks down all the way. Their mention of crunch was a clue that they encounter chunks of it, which I agree are nasty in soup.

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    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It does to some people, me included

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  • Linktank@lemmy.today ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    40 people showing off their lack of reading comprehension by upvoting that comment.

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  • Deconceptualist@leminal.space ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Thanks. I think my side note about water chestnuts is throwing people off? Maybe I shouldn’t have mentioned that.

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    • hateisreality@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Water chestnuts are delicious though…so crunchy too

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      • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        They don’t taste like yummy celery though, they taste like water chestnuts. Which don’t taste bad, it just doesn’t taste like celery.

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• barkingspiders@infosec.pub ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  this is the way

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• Deconceptualist@leminal.space ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I hate the flavor so I still usually notice it even when it’s totally broken down beyond mush.

  Raw celery texture is kinda nice but I agree that doesn’t go with soup.

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