Comments on: Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

By: MotherHen

MotherHen — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:17:53 +0000

Hi Tina,
I use the jars because they fit in the fridge well without too much wasted space. You could use a bowl or other covered dish. I keep the leftover soup in the fridge, it’s not properly canned, so it is as perishable as any other leftovers. Here are a couple of web pages that show the safe storage length of refrigerated items. #1 and #2
Ya might want to bookmark or print out one of those lists for future reference.
I hope that is what you wanted to know. Feel free to ask any more questions you may have. I’m happy to help!

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:39:28 +0000

Hello I was looking at how you put in jars can you explain how you store this and save for later meals? I am like a sponge right now. Trying to learn everything.

By: MotherHen

MotherHen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:45:49 +0000

Hi Canuck_grad,
Yes, I agree about the bland taste of the broth/soup. Campbell’s etc. have a very high sodium content and we need to adjust our taste buds. Meanwhile we can use sea salt in ever diminishing amounts.
I haven’t ever frozen the soup or the broth and so don’t have any first hand info on that. We eat it up! Here’s a link to the National Center for Home Food Preservation. I bet they know!

By: canuck_grad

canuck_grad — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:47:48 +0000

Your soup looks delicious! I just made my first roasted whole chicken last week, and then made broth in the crockpot using the recipe from nourishing days. I froze all the broth and have been looking for a good soup recipe to use it up, so I will be trying this out soon! The only thing I was concerned about is that my broth tasted a bit bland – I guess because it’s not full of salt like store-bought broths. Hopefully the added salt and spices will be enough to perk it up a bit!

Does the soup freeze well? Do you freeze it in glass jars like that?

By: Susan Godfrey

Susan Godfrey — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:23:52 +0000

the summer after High School, I went to Costa Rica to visit my cousins there who were missionaries. They had regular grocery stores like here in the US, but they also had these really great open markets. I was amazed at what they sold in them…lol! Every part of the chicken you could imagine…feet, heads, etc. Back then I thought it was SO gross and wondered what people used them for…I certainly didn’t think for food…lol! I was so naive…but still don’t think I could use chicken feet in my stock =)

By: Cole

Cole — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:54:31 +0000

There’s almost nothing that some good homemade chicken soup can’t fix! Your recipe looks fabulous!

By: Gail@FaithfulnessFarm

Gail@FaithfulnessFarm — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:59:23 +0000

Your soup (and bread) looks wonderful.

When my children were small we lived in a large city with a big ethnic market that I used to love to go to. The kids ALWAYS had to pass the meat counter and look at the pile of chicken feet behind the glass. I can still see their little faces looking at that mountain of feet, lol. Thanks for the memory jog

Blessings!
Gail

By: MotherHen

MotherHen — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:22:15 +0000

Alright, Kimarie, you win the gross out contest! I thought it was gonna be Momma of Many with her photos of the feet, but,

” (And it was a lot of fun to nibble down to the tendons, then pull them to flex the toes… hee hee)”

EWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!

By: Kimarie @ Cardamom's Pod

Kimarie @ Cardamom's Pod — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:59:25 +0000

Love it! “A dead chicken in a pot…” LOL

I just HAVE to get brave now. I have a picture of the stock I made using, ahem, 4 pounds of chicken feet, and 4 pounds of chicken HEADS. I didn’t have to clean them. They were given to me (FREE) by a dear friend who raises pastured poultry. They made the most delicious broth! I did, however, promise the children that we would not pick the meat off…

I spend 8.5 years in Suriname and used to walk across the street to a Chinese shop to buy fried chicken feet for a snack. They were delicious! (And it was a lot of fun to nibble down to the tendons, then pull them to flex the toes… hee hee)

By: Teresa

Teresa — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:58:31 +0000

Noodles are really easy to make, and taste a lot better than packaged. For chicken soup I rarely let them dry out first (cuts out a lot of the time:). I have made half wheat/white and they were good. I have not had really good all whole wheat, but that could be that I am not use to it.
I am so sorry your littles are sick, we have been going on this for about a month now so I understand your pain. Praying for them and for it to go away quickly. I hear garlic soup is good for what the sickies also.
For high fevers I found that the be cool strips work better than tylenol, but if it is low fevers just let it be:( poor things.

Teresa