A Bare-Bones Soup Recipe

[elleng]

Over the ensuing years, all the hams I baked were boneless. No bone, no soup.

Finally, I asked my butcher for one instead, even though it felt like cheating. The butcher, who presented me with a Neolithic-size bone, was nice enough to cut it into pieces with his band saw so it would fit into my soup pot.

Wanting to maintain the spirit of the Junior League recipe, I kept things straightforward once I got home. I stuck the bone into the pot with some onions (for a sweet aromatic note), shredded cabbage and carrots (to add vegetables and more layers of flavor), and cooked beans (for plush bites of contrasting texture). I let the whole thing simmer for a good chunk of the afternoon.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/dining/26appe.html?hpw

[Phentex]

1. Years ago, I'd buy the bones from the Honeybaked Ham store....

and there was a ton of meat still left on them!

It's not really a convenient thing for me so I haven't done it in a while.

I'm really in the mood for a bean soup now. :)

[hippywife]

2. I've bought beef soup bones from our coop producers

and they have so much meat on them they look like small steaks. :wow:

[Callalily]

3. At my previous employer, we were not

allowed to accept "gifts", but at holiday (nee Christmas) time a vendor gave us the most fabulous spiral ham (on a bone to boot) to the "group". There were two of us who truly "pined" for the bone/leftovers, so we traded "years."

Needless to say several of the best soups that I ever made was from those "bones"; wonderful pea soup and wonderful bean soup.