French onion soup topped with some appropriate cheese...yummy...

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Maybe it's perfect with French bread .

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Exactly; packeted onion soup is not really soup...it's an ingredient.

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Shake it with buttermilk and you´ll have a delicious paté.

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All pate I've ever made (or eaten) has included liver (of some creature or another - I usually use chicken) and mushrooms. What kind of pate do you get by mixing instant soup mix (which has got to be about 75% salt) and buttermilk? Sounds bizarre.

Anybody notice all the yummy pop-ups?

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"Within the next generation I believe that the world's leaders will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

A common finding in parties and receptions down here. Me and my fellow countrymen must be crazy... Why don´t you try it?

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yes, i always thought paté always consisted of some kind of (ground?) raw protine?

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Paté is just a general term for spreadable paste. Re Onion paté, of course the contents of a packet [I like the 'Knorr' brand] is diluted in several parts of buttermilk [assuming I´m referring to the same stuff as you are used to]. That does away with the salt to a reasonable level.

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Round these parts, we call spreadable paste sans raw meat "dip" or "spread" But thanks for the clarification

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Not anymore--the new French pres. seems to be more "hawkish", if our newspapers are accurate (this time). But Congress did repeal the --order? whatever it was requiring Capitol building eateries to call fried "Freedom Fries".

Todd

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Has it all been repealed? No more freedom kissing?

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Excellent , c'est toujours comme ça maintenant !

http://www.750g.com/fiche_de_cuisine.2.123.4165.htm

There is several way of cooking a "soupe à l'oignon" as it is explained in the link above.

In fact cheese (gruyere or ementhal or comté may be) is not mandatory. But i must say i never ate a soup without it. And it is fun fighting with the threads of molten cheese !

The "soupe à l'oignon" is mostly a winter dish, very appreciated when it is very cold like at Chrismas.

" A day without onion soup....is a day without significance !" Voltaire .

And of course....

" Apple Pie without cheese....is like a kiss without a squeeze !

Blanche on the ranch "

Yeah.. perfect for christmas.

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If you like onion soup, try this:

French onion soup

In a stainless steel pan .......



Ingredients:

2 1/2 pounds onions, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 tablespoon butter (unsalted )
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
5 cups chicken broth
5 cups beef broth
1/2 teaspoon dried sage

1/4 cup dry white wine
1 Bay Leaf
Preparation:

Sauté the onions in the oil and butter for 30 minutes, over medium-low heat. Stir in the dry mustard and sauté for an additional 30 minutes

Occasionally, stir the onions to prevent sticking. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for 45 minutes.
This soup is even better the next day.

And yes, gruyere cheese.... a little ... grated on top of the soup serving
is excellent . I don't try to overwhelm a good soup with too much cheese.
It is onion soup. Not cheese soup. A little gruyere will serve you well.
I like to saute some fresh croutons to float on top. These are done in an
iron skillet with a little butter on medium low heat . They look like short,
thick french fries and compliment a good soup.
Bon Appetit .
Dan

GOLLY Dan...

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I disagree. I love French onion soup, and all the French restaurants I've ever been to in the French Quarter (about 20 - I used to live there) serve it this way.

The two resturants I went to in Paris France did, too, floating it on bread croutons.

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Best regards, Dan