Here are your Soup Tips...

1. Vegetables added to a soup taste better if you sauté them in a little butter first.

2. Did you know that Lettuce loves fat: Fat can be removed from hot soup by floating a large lettuce leaf on the surface.

3. Eliminate fat from soup and stew by dropping ice cubes into the pot. As you stir, the fat will cling to the cubes. Discard the cubes before they melt.

4. Never over-boil soups as they lose their color .

5. You can camouflage the burnt taste from your soups & Stews by pouring the liquid gently and carefully into a clean pan and flavor it with curry powder or mustard or some chutney.

6. Salty Soup - Place a raw potato in the bowl & it will absorb the extra salt.

7. Thickening for the Soups - Put instant mashed potato and gravies to thicken. Stir thoroughly and Keep on adding as much desired.

8. A cold soup should always be thoroughly chilled. Prepare and refrigerate the day before, if you can. When serving a cold soup, chill the bowls or cups you are going to serve it in. The soup will remain cold longer

9. A liner plate placed under each bowl allows you to serve bowls filled with hot or cold liquid gracefully. Use a salad plate beneath rimless bowls, and a ten-inch dinner plate beneath rimmed bowls.

10. The plate also gives your guests a place to put the spoon when they have finished eating, and helps to protect the table.

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