Comments on: No Soup for You!

By: Allison

Allison — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:24:27 +0000

This comment was so funny it made me snort at work

By: loribl

loribl — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 07:13:47 +0000

Some offices, such as real estate businesses, are open seven days a week. Sunday is just another day to work.

By: L

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:08:33 +0000

When I make french fries, I microwave them for about 5 minutes to soften them so they’ll get crispy and yummy in the oven but be soft in the middle because I don’t have a deep fryer and that’s about the only time I use the microwave. Because we’ve had issues. But I just cover the bowl with a microwave-safe plate. It’s to trap the stream in, but I see no reason it wouldn’t work for soup.

Also they make plastic wrap you can use in the microwave.

By: L

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:01:32 +0000

I’m too short to reach into my microwave (it’s at a weird angle and I’m short) and my mother never cleans it so I haven’t done it in a while because I rarely use it. (I have microwave issues.)

By: Joe Blow

Joe Blow — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:22:45 +0000

Yeah, I’m someone who has to watch my sodium content, so I know *all about* everything sodium/blood pressure related — I don’t need the generic “everything in moderation” explanation.

It seems other people in this thread do, though..

By: The Elf

The Elf — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:48:31 +0000

Sodium does tend to make your blood pressure increase. But the real questions are: Does it raise it enough to be a problem? And, Is your blood pressure chronically high?

If you normally have a healthy blood pressure, and you have a cup of soup on Monday, and the sodium in it causes your blood pressure to increase a bit, it does not mean that you have hypertension!

That’s where the individual body comes into play. Some of us are more susceptable to high blood pressure problems than others (genetic predisposition), some of us show greater impact from sodium in our diet than others, and some of us have chronic high blood pressure problems already. For those people, it’s probably best to watch the sodium count. For the rest of us, enjoy the soup.

By: Joe Blow

Joe Blow — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:37:24 +0000

I would like to see what it is that has apparently everyone in this thread so convinced that there’s absolutely no link between sodium and high blood pressure..

By: Bug

Bug — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:46:46 +0000

Agreed. Taking on unnecessary responsibility generally only leads to unnecessary frustration. Doing something that everybody wants done does not mean that anybody will appreciate it.

By: UGH

UGH — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:40:54 +0000

Bet yo mom’s soup is fucking delicious.

By: PA Noter

PA Noter — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:39:42 +0000

Made them my famous Red Chile Burritos actually. The public brings them sweets quite a bit and half the time they give that stuff to us.

By: Heloise

Heloise — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:33:44 +0000

Actually, even a week’s worth of baked on splatter is ridiculously easy to clean if you nuke a glass of water for 2-3 mins. The steam does all the work, just wipe with a sponge (w/soap, of course, splatters tend to be greasy business).

By: le lac

le lac — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:57:27 +0000

I wet a paper towel and then spread that over the bowl. It doesn’t sag and stays in place.

By: H for Toy

H for Toy — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:37:07 +0000

Have you thought about buying another freezer, just for stock? Maybe some extra cabinets in the garage for storing more kitchen appliances? Quitting your job, growing a garden, raising chickens and taking up the whole foods lifestyle?

I usually just make one big pot of soup with all the stock at once, because we like leftovers for lunch the next day, and there are enough of us to polish it off, so I wasn’t really thinking about freezer space when I suggested the crockpot.

By: The Elf

The Elf — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:11:55 +0000

Still a freezer space issue! And I don’t have a pressure cooker and am not willing to another appliance. That’s a storage space issue!