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April 24, 2005
Boy Scout Soup
No, this soup is not made of Boy Scouts.
This is an idea that I got based on a description of how someone very close to me used to eat ramen noodles when he was in the Boy Scouts. As it turns out, they have Boy Scouts in Canada. Who knew? Anyway, the Canadian Boy Scouts used to eat ramen noodles with a few eggs cracked into the broth and some frozen peas thrown in. I guess they figured the green in the frozen peas somehow made it healthy, even though you could not find a more disgustingly high saturated fat preservative filled gak-worthy dish than ramen noodled with added egg.
But I was thinking... let's not throw out the protein with the ramen. Here's a fun and CR friendly variation on a former Boy Scout favorite:
2 cups free-range organic chicken broth
1 cup eggwhites
1/2 cup frozen peas
Boil the chicken broth, add the eggwhites, stirring as you go. Microwave the peas separately, then add to the mix. That took about five minutes, so use the extra time you have to figure out how you would make a CR friendly version of toasted marshmellows. And if you figure it out, write to me.
It has a vaguely eggdrop soup-esque feel, which you can accentuate if you choose by adding the green parts of chopped fresh scallions.
If you want to go CR nutrient dense nuts, throw in some brewers yeast.
Posted by april at April 24, 2005 12:42 PM
Comments
This is Egg Drop Soup - with peas instead of green onions and no egg yolks! There really is nothing more to ED soup than eggs and chicken broth.
http://www.therecipebox.com/members/box/soup/sou0011.htm
My older children used to live on ramen noodles as teenagers. I should be arrested for child abuse.
Posted by: Mary at April 25, 2005 10:37 AM
Ouch! Some of us moms (& Boy Scout leaders) thought Ichiban with eggs & frozen peas added in was a great deal better nutritionally than Kraft Dinner (which is the ultimate gak, in my opinion). Question: why couldn't you simply toss the frozen peas into the boiling broth? They'd be done in two minutes. JD :-)
Posted by: Judith at April 26, 2005 10:53 AM