Lemon chicken soup, apples and Siamese cats

7 years ago

I have befriended a very very eccentric older couple. I recently took them on a long discussed jaunt. The next day the wife called me to ask if I would drive her two states away to look at Siamese kittens. I agreed but suggested look more locally first. We ended taking a beautiful drive in an unfamiliar to me area of Maine at a somewhat scary household looking at a not quite Siamese cat. I was trying to figure out how to extricate ourselves when she decided the cat was for her. On our way back she offered to treat me at a bakery that she knew about as a thank you. A bakery that tended towards soft and sweet treats. But they had a soup in stock that day - we both loved it! Light lemony flavor, slightly creamy broth, big chunks of carrots and chicken. Some kind of greens - maybe chard. Now I am on a recipe search....

I also was gifted a big bag of Black Oxford apples - so a batch of pink applesauce is coming up...

http://www.outonalimbapples.com/varieties/black-oxford

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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)

7 years ago

I like very eccentric old people!! In fact, I am grooming myself to become one. Don't wanna be a boring, staid old lady.....quirky and eccentric is way more fun :-)

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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
7 years ago
I love lemon chicken soup!! Google "avgolemono" soup recipes. It is a Greek soup made with chicken broth, lemon and eggs and is light and delicious! It usually includes rice or orzo and often shredded chicken and I think adding vegetables of your choice is a perfectly viable option as well.

Very cute little kitten, Siamese or not :-)
petalique
7 years ago
That’s a “porcelain” kitty ;)
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It's pouring rain here today and I am dreaming of avgolemono soup. But it would require a trip to the grocery store.
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Yes, avgolemono popped into my mind, too. Lovely taste and texture.

Adorable kitten!
ediej1209 AL Zn 7
7 years ago
If you find a recipe you like, do share! And I love the kitten. And how nice of you to help the lady out on her search for said kitten!
CA Kate z9
7 years ago
I had to check out this recipe, and it sounds delicious.

Gardengal: I like the way you think!

Does the cat have blue eyes?
colleenoz
7 years ago
Me too, gardengal! I've been eccentric for years: I figure that when I finally do go around the twist, no one will notice the difference :-D
agmss15
Original Author
7 years ago
I like eccentrics too. I also love nerds with narrow obsessive areas of knowledge. In this case I got a truncated lecture on the careful study of and collectability of buttons. I think people think I am more than a bit odd with a dollop of nerdiness.

I will research avgolemeno. I think my half Greek cousin makes this soup. This particular soup didn’t have orzo.

I made pink applesauce with the black Oxford apples mixed with some of the Canadian Strawberry apples from my dad’s place.
ediej1209 AL Zn 7
7 years ago
agmss15, those are beautiful apples and I bet the applesauce is delicious. I was given a couple of Strawberry apples many years ago and they were sooo good. I tried for years to find a tree but every nursery I contacted more or less told me there is no such thing. Glad I just got vindicated
agmss15
Original Author
7 years ago
Oh Edie - are you from Maine? I believe there is another kind of Strawberry Apple variety with pink flesh. Canadian Strawberry apples are an old from the farm I grew up on or from cuttings of those ancient trees.
agmss15
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7 years ago
https://outonalimbcsa.wordpress.com/apple-varieties/canadian-strawberry/
ediej1209 AL Zn 7
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agmss15, no not from Maine. It was my husband's Aunt that gave me the apples and this was in West Virginia and she had gotten them from someone else but didn't remember who had given them to her. The ones I had sure look like the one pictured in your link, though! We live in Alabama now so I'm pretty sure it's totally the wrong growing region but I will check the Fedco site to see what it says. Thank you!!
3katz4me
6 years ago
Cute kitty - I have a very cool looking six year old cat that looked like that when younger. It's a snowshoe siamese mix - kind of like a calico only siamese coloring. It's markings will become more noticeable as it gets older. I love siamese and not quite siamese cats.

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