Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🥬 Tuesday, April 30, 2024

TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Good soup is not cheap to make, minestrone especially. And then there is time and rent.

  The big problem is our wages have stagnated so much the past few decades everyday items are becoming unaffordable.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I don’t know, pumpkin isn’t too expensive on special. Chicken isn’t too bad when drumsticks are on special. A poor soup is still pretty cheap. But a fancy one with tons of ingredients? absolutely.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Pumpkin is not the only ingredient. There is cream, cheese, a stock cube or stock, onion, garlic, black pepper, salt, carrot, potato, turmeric

      minestrone with meat balls costs me $25 to make and a solid 1 hour of work , makes about 15 big serves

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      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Your pumpkin soup is very different to mine.

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  The price of soup is outta control! I paid $15 recently for a very average minestrone (honestly, the canned one’s better). Always wanted to run a business that was just soups and stews and nothing else, done well and cheap.

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Seinfeld may have made an episode about something like that.

    If you want to make it unique, have an option to serve it trenchers (bread bowls). Eat the soup, eat the bowl after

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Would 100% be a customer of such a business.

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I used to freeze leftover soup in containers then I worked out it was easier to buy those sistema cups with a lid when they’re half price and freeze soup in those. Always handy to have on days like this.

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    fun fact: reusable breast milk freezer bags don’t have to just be for boob milk. Great for portioning out little side soups.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    yeah I’m not confident I’d trust a cup like that in my bag if I’m being totally honest. But i guess if its frozen its less likely to be a disaster.

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I used to freeze things in ice cube trays (small amounts), large muffin trays (lump or disc), or in Chinese food containers/glass containers (full serve).

      If you froze soup in muffin trays and popped the frozen blocks out into a big ziploc in the freezer, you could pull out however many and quickly defrost them in a pyrex jug in the microwave while you got ready. Then pour it into a proper secure thermos and chuck a bread roll in a brown paper bag.

      My mum’s recipe for pumpkin soup is frying onion and garlic in olive oil, adding water + 1-2 stock cubes depending on size, then simmering the chunks of pumpkin and blending it. Pretty cheap version. Also consider cockaleekie soup, or chicken or beef soup padded out with veg and barley.

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      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Oooooh, I like this too!

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      You can get Smash soup cups and they are super leak proof but if you are worried you can put the cup in a large zip lock bag.

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      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        yeah that might be the way to do it.

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