Welcome To My Humble (and I do mean Humble) Post

I have returned.  It took some time for me to figure out how to post to my blog.  I expected that when I logged in there would be drop-down menus and such that would lead me to this brave new world of blogging.  Alas, I discovered the mysteries revealed to me in a run-of-the-mill e-mail.  So here I am.

Since we’re new to each other I would like to welcome you to this site in the manner in which my grandmother (my “Big Momma”) would welcome friends into our home… with food.  As I stated in my initial post, I was going to the market to get fixin’ for dinner.  Well since I can’t invite you to dinner, I thought that I might share this little recipe with you.  I call it “Wing Tip Soup“.  No, I don’t intend for this to be a cook’s blog but since I enjoy cooking on occassion and I had nothing in particular to write about here’s something to do with chicken wings:

Wing Tip Soup

• 5 lbs. Chicken wings

• 3 quarts water

• 1-28 oz can petite diced tomatoes

• 2 lbs Frozen mixed vegetables

• 1 lb Frozen cut okra 

• 1-8pc. pack Frozen corn coblets

• Spices to taste

(I use salt,black pepper, granulated garlic, Italian dry seasonings, chilli powder and cayenne pepper.)

Cut wings at joints.  Place in a large pot, with water.  Bring to a boil over high heat.  Skim foam from the top.  Reduce heat to medium low, simmer wings for about 30 minutes.   Remove wings to a bowl large enough to fit.  Set aside.

Pour diced tomatoes, frozen vegetables, including frozen okra and frozen corn coblets into the pot, and return broth to a boil over high heat.  Once broth is boiling, reduce to simmer and cook vegetables until tender.  Return wing pieces to pot and serve soup, piping hot.

Enjoy!

This soup is to be viewed as finger-food. That is why the wings are used (including the tips) instead of boneless pieces of chicken. That is also why I use corn coblets, instead of cut corn  Even if you don’t eat wing tips, incclude them in the soup because they improve the flavor of the soup’s broth.  There is a special comfort and goodness to eating with your fingers.  It is that comfort and goodness that I wish to share with you.  Thank you and Good Night.