3 Nov 1973
Monthly Archives: September 2018
French Onion Soup, the easy(ish) way.
As I said last night I'm not really a soup kind of person. Though, now that I think about it I actually have become more of a soup person over the years. We make a green chili stew when it's not hotter'n the blazes - which here is like 2 months of the year - and I'll order pho over bun every day ... and we've been making this white bean and corn soup ... and we've been making crab and corn bisque ... I'm a soup guy? That doesn't line up with my self image. anywho ...
This is lifted from America's Test Kitchen
4lbs onion - yeah, seems like a lot ... it isn't
3 tbs butter cut into three slices
1/2 cup dry sherry
2 cups of water plus additional for deglazing
4 cups of chicken broth
2 cups of beef broth - I used better than broth - its my secret weapon for beefy magic flavor
4 sprigs of fresh thyme
1 bay leaf
crusty baguette
shredded gruyere
Method:
Cut onions in half through the roots, and slice pole to pole in 1/4 inch slices. Preheat oven to 400˚. Put onions into a well oiled dutch oven, top with butter and a 1/4 tsp salt. Put dutch oven in oven covered for an hour. (their method has you then take the pot out of the oven and stir the onions, replace the pot in the oven with the lid cracked for another 1.5 to 1.75 hours- I just cranked up the heat on the burner and stirred the onions to keep them from burning. You're looking for the liquid to evaporate and for the pot to run dry. When a dark crust begins to form on the bottom of the pan add a quarter cup of water to deglaze the pan. Continue to run the pot dry several times until the onions are dark brown - but not burnt! - and are beginning to break apart. the last time you deglaze the pot use the 1/2 cup of dry sherry and cook until the liquid evaporates. Add the water, stock beef broth (or better than broth), bay leaf, and thyme stir to combine, and then bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes. Slice the baguette into thick slices and bake dry in the oven - drying these out will improve the crunchy texture of the crust when they're submerged into the soup - once dry top with shredded gruyere and broil until the cheese is bubbly and golden brown on top. Serve in a deep bowl with cheesy bread dunked into the bowl.
This was phenomenal. The hardest part is standing over the pot making sure the onions don't burn.
Happy Birthday–September 2
Al Spalding (1850)
Joe Heving (1900)
Monte Pearson (1908)
Marv Throneberry (1933)
Don Williams (1935)
Jerry Crider (1941)
Danny Goodwin (1953)
Rick Manning (1954)
Rex Hudler (1960)
Jeff Russell (1961)
Terry Jorgensen (1966)
Rich Aurilia (1971)
Jason Hammel (1982)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to bjhess.
September 2, 2018: Drafts
One fantasy draft is tomorrow night, and the other is the next. Check your local listings!
Game 135: Minnesota at Texas
And so we enter the last month of the season. It somehow seems like it should be later in the season than it is. Maybe it's because football has started, maybe it's because the minor league seasons are nearly over, maybe it's because the Twins have been out of the race for quite a while now. But the fact is that we still have a month of the season to play.
That's all right. The off-season is too long as it is--I'm certainly not wishing for it to be longer. Let's enjoy this last month of the season. We have Jose Berrios going tonight, and we can hope that he'll actually pitch like Jose Berrios. The Rangers counter with Yovani Gallardo. Let's win tonight and give ourselves a chance for a sweep tomorrow. Go Twins!
Minor Details: Games of August 31
A good game for Lewis Thorpe. Jimmy Kerrigan and Tyler Wells lead the Lookouts. Alex Kirilloff goes deep. Victor Tademo is off to a good start in Class A. Josh Winder leads the E-Twins to victory in the playoffs.
September 1, 2018: Gimmy!
Happy Birthday–September 1
Jim O’Rourke (1850)
Joe Brown (1918)
Joe Astroth (1922)
Cloyd Boyer (1927)
Rico Carty (1939)
Craig Skok (1947)
Garry Maddox (1949)
Rob Wilfong (1953)
David West (1964)
Joe Brown was the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1956-1976.
Craig Skok was drafted by Minnesota in 1967, but did not sign.
Glenn Gould – The Well-Tempered Clavier
There's text saying which ones, but if you want to ignore it and guess which prelude(s) or fugue(s) or what have you he's playing, I will certainly be impressed.