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Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

Chicken Noodle Soup is one of my specialties. The recipe I use varies in the way I make it each time. This is my own recipe, never written down, one of those experiments that comes from my head. As with the many of my recipes, I will throw this and that together; a handful of this and several shakes of that. When I do use a recipe, rarely do I follow it completely the way it is written.

This is a recipe is for a slow cooker, but a large stock pan can be substituted. Adjust the seasoning to your taste.

3 1/2 to 4 lbs. frying chicken
1 large onion (or 2 medium) - diced
3 carrots, sliced
3 celery stalks, sliced
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
2 tsp. lemon pepper
1 tsp. basil
1/2 tsp. thyme
2 tsp. parsley flakes (crushed)
1/2 tsp sage
2 tsp. beef bouillon (or 2 cubes)
2 tsp chicken bouillon (or 2 cubes)
1 1/2 to 2 c. 100% orange juice
2 1/2 to 3 c. egg noodles
5 c. of water
1 c. of water for bouillon

Wash chicken thoroughly, peel off skin and cut off any excess fat. Place chicken in slow cooker with 5 cups of water (or enough to cover chicken). Follow the directions on the slow cooker. In most cases, heat at 300 degrees until boiling, then simmer 3 to 4 hours. Chicken will be done when the meat falls off the bone.

During the time that you are cooking the chicken, cut up the vegetables and set aside.

When the chicken is done, take it out of the cooker, debone the chicken and break it into pieces. Strain the broth for any small bones through a strainer. (You can also strain it through cheesecloth to trap some of the grease. The fat can also be removed by chilling the broth overnight and skimming off the layer of fat from the top.)

Add back all of the broth to the slow cooker. Place the bouillon in the cup of hot water and mix until dissolved. Add the bouillon mixture and the orange juice to the slow cooker. Combine the chicken, vegetables and spices to the slow cooker. Heat the soup to boil and then simmer for at least an hour or until vegetables are tender.

Cook the egg noodles according to the directions, and then add to the pot. Cook another 30 minutes.

Makes about 4 1/2 quarts
Serves 10 (or 4 very hungry people)

Added notes:

Soup can be placed in smaller containers for the freezer. Soup can be frozen for several months.

To see the video of this and read about the history of Chicken Noodle soup, go to Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

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Tips on making barbecue with the Weber Smokey Mountain

Barbecue - REAL barbecue - is meat or fish cooked in the heat and smoke of a wood fire. The Weber Smoky Mountain (WSM) bullet smoker is one of the easiest tools you can use to turn out outstanding barbecue from your own backyard. This follow-on video to "How to Barbecue Ribs on the Weber Smokey Mountain" www.youtube.com goes more in-depth into how I like to run my WSM

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How To Tell If Eggs Are Rotten

When eggs reach their expiration date you shouldn't just through them away. There is a few ways and tests that you can do to see if they are still fine. I test my eggs to see if they are still eatable by doing the following tests.

Firstly I take a deep bowl and fill it up with water. Now put the egg in the bowl and if the egg sinks straight to the bottom it is still fresh, if you put the egg in the water and it floats it means that it is old but may still be safe to eat. Make sure the bowl is deep enough so that if you put the egg in the water you can be sure that it sinks when it goes to the bottom.

Seeing that the egg might still be eatable when it floats but just a bit old, I do the crack tests to see if it would be safe to eat. What I do is I crack the egg on a separate bowl and through the egg inside. I then smell the egg and if it gives off a unpleasant smell it is rotten and you need to through it away.

But if it still doesn't give of a smell I look at the egg white to make sure that it is safe to eat. If the egg white has a pink look to it that means that it is off and not safe to eat. Don't worry about red spots as they are only the blood vessels that occur during ovulation and has nothing to do with freshness.

One more thing to notice when looking at the egg white is this, if the egg white is cloudy then it is very fresh, if it is clear however it means that it is aging.

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