The Old Gray Mare

Old Fashioned German Potato Soup Recipe


Posted: Thursday, October 08, 2009

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www.DressYourHorse.com

Make this Old Fashioned German Potato Soup - it's robust and especially great on cold, blustery days.

Ingredients:

4 Cups Potatoes, Peeled & Diced

1 Cup Finely Diced Celery

1 Cup Chopped Onion, Coarse

2 Cups Water

1 Cup Milk

1 Cup Whipping Cream (I like the heavy)

3 Tbsp Butter (or Margarine), Melted

2 Tsp Garlic Powder

2 Tsp Salt

Pinch (1/8 Tsp or Taste) Pepper

Dried Parsley Flakes

Oh so easy! This is a hearty soup that takes no time to prepare and is excellent when served in mid-winter with corned beef or a pork dish. You can add some cubed meats if the plan is to serve for lunch.

This is the basic recipe. Use it exactly as The Old Gray Mare's mother used to make it or try some minor variations of your own. Substitute cream of mushroom soup or chicken broth for some of the water. If you like onion soup, that also works. If you like a chunkier soup, dice the potatoes coarsely.

We always put a lot of variations into our basic home-tried-and-true recipes and they are always excellent. Here's the few steps, one by one:

Step 1 - Cook these ingredients: potatoes, celery, onion, salt, pepper & garlic powder in 2 cups of water. Cover and bring to a boil.

Step 2 - Allow a brisk boil. Stir occasionally. Boil for 20 minutes, maybe longer get the potatoes soft.

Step 3 - Remove momentarily from heat source lightly mash the potatoes with a potato masher or pot blender for a smoother consistency.

Step 4 - Place back on burner, bring to boil, turn to medium/hot burner, stir in the milk and cream. Stir constantly to prevent sticking.

Finally, Step 5 - Continue for a minute or two and let the soup thicken.

It's good and wholesome.

This article was written by The Old Gray Mare of www.DressYourHorse.com.

Heidi Rucki brings expertise as a horsewoman, dog lover and stained glass/mosaic artist. She is an accomplished freelance writer in the horse industry. Writing online as The Old Gray Mare, many of her current articles can be found on www.DressYourHorse.com. In the past, Rucki wrote for numerous horse organizations including The Connecticut Horse Council. She took early retirement from Phoenix Home Life where she wrote mutual fund prospectuses and was responsible for their submissions to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Old Gray Mare writes to share knowledge and her love of horses for everyone but especially for novice and new horse owners. Besides her two main websites, she has recently published three new blog sites. Of those, her favorite is www.BeautyOfHorses.com.
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» left by Lorrie Davids
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Welcome to SearchWarp, OGM! This sounds heavenly. Especially for this time of year.
» left by The Old Gray Mare 2 years 119 days ago.
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Hi Lorrie. It's a good old recipe that's easy. (It has to be for our household.) No one has time to fuss over gourmet stuff or fancy cooking or even too many ingredients-type of cooking. So we make do with the traditional old fashioned stuff. This one has been in the family forever. It's one of those with a pinch this and a pinch that. Basically it's just plaint easy. My kind of cooking. Thank you for your welcome to me. I hope you'll visit me again. Now I'm headed over to you.
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