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Originally posted by Radeke

I made a boiled dinner tonight, with a ham…I know, not "traditional" but we aren’t Irish that I’m aware of and definitly not corned beef lovers. I actually stumbled upon Roadfood lokking for suggestions. It came out Awsome!!! I used a 7lb. smoked shoulder, potatoes, carrots, white boiling onions and a head of cabbage. I just couldn’t bear throw away the couple GALLONS (I used a huge All-Clad stock pot) of broth. The bone was quite nice as well. Long story short 🙂 I ended up boiling the bone in the leftover broth and stored it in the fridge. Now what? I’ve had a great homemade Split Pea Soup, but never attempted any homemade soup. Help please!

1st off let me say welcome to Roadfood!

For a soup it’s going to be very easy. 1st decide what kind, with this broth you could easily do a vegetable or a legume soup. Take your favorite vegetables, potato, carrot, turnips, or even cauliflower and broccoli. Basically whatever.

Chop veggies into approx. 1/2 inch size for potatoes or 1/8 slice for carrots. Put into boiling broth and then turn down to a simmer until tender.

For leguems, beans/peas, rinse with cold water in a colander to wash off any dirt. Some people recommend a soak in for for a few to several hours. I don’t. Put beans into boiling broth and then simmer for 2 – 4 hours. Again until tender. The time is going to depend on what bean/pea you used.

You are going to have plenty of salt in this broth already so I sure wouldn’t add any to start with. Add some pepper and a bit of garlic I always add some onion to most of mine.

Feel free to ask more ?s if ya have them.

MikeS.