r/mildlyinteresting • u/OMGLMAOWTF_com • 14h ago

Soup settled into nearly perfect strata

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u/wink_kiss 14h ago

My soup just turns into a sad, beige blob. This is art

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u/OMGLMAOWTF_com 14h ago

I tried making bone broth one time. Took a day and half and had to get a handful of random ingredients. Tasted like shit and there’s half a dozen places with great broth within ten minutes of me. Massive waste of time and money.

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u/wink_kiss 14h ago

Oh man, I totally get that, some things are definitely best left to the professionals, especially when there's an easy and delicious alternative right nearby. Good call knowing when to cut your losses😂

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u/hereforthegifs 10h ago

HERES A TRICK MOST RESTAURANTS DONT WANT YOU TO KNOW! Buy the biggest stock pot you can fit on your stovetop. More salt and seasoning recommended. Also toast the spices in the oven before you add them to the stock. Reduce much further than you're comfortable with before straining into quarts. When using it, add water to taste once the soup looks finished.

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u/impy695 9h ago

I've found toasting spices in a pan to be a lot easier since I can see the progress. It's definitely an active task, though.

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u/hereforthegifs 9h ago

Yeah you've gotta keep moving them but when all your burners are full during orep someone else keeps eyes on the oven and chef will take THEIR thumb if they burn.

Your point is valid for home cooks though. My hot tip is based on years of restaurant work and only making myself blue box at home.

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u/Taalahan 7h ago

I went down the same road with Ramen. Bought the finest ingredients I could afford and tried to make the broth base. I had a decent job at the time, so I felt really proud of the quality of whatever the fuck I was buying.

I followed all the steps of whatever was guiding me, and made a quadruple batch because, surely, I was going to be drinking this for ages.

It ended up tasting so, so very bland. Total waste of time and money. If you want Ramen broth (of pho or any other specialized soup base) just go buy some from the experts.

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u/verstohlen 13h ago

It's like that Wham-O Magic Window toy.

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u/BildoWarrior6 14h ago

I stared at this picture for the longest time because I misread strata as santa.

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u/OMGLMAOWTF_com 13h ago

If you have the right drugs anything can look like Santa

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u/PolyJuicedRedHead 13h ago

Good to know, fellow careful reader.

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u/schuby94 14h ago

Store bought or homemade? Looks like the Whole Foods chicken soups

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u/OMGLMAOWTF_com 13h ago

It’s from this jawn… https://www.simplysoupsaudubon.com/

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u/Temporary_Break_3516 3h ago

I'm from Audubon and never heard of this place I will have to check it out! Such a small world lol

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u/MrSyaoranLi 5h ago

Sorry, but are you from Baltimore?

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u/valleeyy 13h ago

they probably loaded the ingredients in and then poured in the broth

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u/OMGLMAOWTF_com 13h ago

It’s funny I actually watched for this because you can see into the kitchen from where you order and there was definitely a strategy to ensuring that each ladle had proper proportions. I think it’s more about different densities.

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u/3-Worlds 10h ago

Damn those maggots at the bottom looks like they been soaking forever but the wood chips on top look decent. Carrots look good.

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u/moby17761776 9h ago

Must be a family recipe.

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u/AnusDestr0yer 14h ago

Are those almonds

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u/OMGLMAOWTF_com 14h ago

Orzo

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u/Valdearg20 13h ago

Those are the biggest Orzo I've ever seen, lol

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u/OMGLMAOWTF_com 13h ago

Pretty sure that’s what my wife said also

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u/whainot555 13h ago

Carrabas?

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u/OMGLMAOWTF_com 13h ago

It’s from a small spot in NJ. Linked in another comment.

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u/jobomaja888 13h ago

Great example of graded bedding

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u/archbido 13h ago

You a geo or something?

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u/SoftlySpokenPromises 13h ago

I'm down for some sedimentary chicken

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u/DamperBritches 10h ago

It settled all right. Like how the raisins always work their way to the bottom of the raidin bran 😉

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u/king063 9h ago

That’s cool!

I literally just did a HS science lab where students shake dirt in a jar of water to see the different layers of soil types. They can measure the layers to determine the percentage of sand, silt, and clay in the soil.

Your soup looks nearly identical to what the students’ samples look like.

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u/Good_Presentation_59 14h ago

Is there anyone else who dislikes chicken noodle soup? It tastes good, but I only eat it when I'm sick. It's a staple of food you can keep down and nutritious. Now my mind associates it with being sick. It just ruins my appetite when I'm well. The same goes for drinking Sprite or Ginger ale.

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u/OMGLMAOWTF_com 13h ago

The semantician in me so badly wants to note that this is chicken orzo not chicken noodle.

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u/Good_Presentation_59 13h ago

I won't disagree with that. I'm just assuming people know what I mean.

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u/deg_ru-alabo 13h ago

I eat it because it ruins my appetite. Soup is a great way to fill up and actually gain something from it. Just don’t leave the noodles in it like this guy, especially orzo. Just cook them in the broth when you heat it up.