Comments on: Squash, potato and chicken soup with croutons and cheese http://casaveneracion.com/squash-potato-and-chicken-soup-with-croutons-and-cheese/ Family, food, photography Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:42:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Connie http://casaveneracion.com/squash-potato-and-chicken-soup-with-croutons-and-cheese/comment-page-1/#comment-83131 Connie Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:52:10 +0000 http://www.pinoycook.net/?p=8190#comment-83131 Hehehe I heard that one too. Surprisingly, not from oldies in my family but from high school classmates who were following their mothers' instructions. Hehehe I heard that one too. Surprisingly, not from oldies in my family but from high school classmates who were following their mothers’ instructions.

]]> By: maria http://casaveneracion.com/squash-potato-and-chicken-soup-with-croutons-and-cheese/comment-page-1/#comment-83130 maria Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:42:09 +0000 http://www.pinoycook.net/?p=8190#comment-83130 I'm reminded of my own mom who insisted that one has to fry garlic first and followed by onions - with the sort of tone that if this golden rule is broken, all hell would break loose.. I've since broken that rule millions of times with delicious results much to my mother's astonishment and chagrin. I’m reminded of my own mom who insisted that one has to fry garlic first and followed by onions – with the sort of tone that if this golden rule is broken, all hell would break loose.. I’ve since broken that rule millions of times with delicious results much to my mother’s astonishment and chagrin.

]]> By: Old wives’ tales in the 21st century | Sassy Lawyer http://casaveneracion.com/squash-potato-and-chicken-soup-with-croutons-and-cheese/comment-page-1/#comment-83129 Old wives’ tales in the 21st century | Sassy Lawyer Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:20:17 +0000 http://www.pinoycook.net/?p=8190#comment-83129 [...] yesterday in my food blog, I learned a new one. I recently posted a recipe that I called "Squash, potato and chicken soup with croutons and cheese." In the comment thread, a regular reader, Natz, shared the following story. This is a slightly [...] [...] yesterday in my food blog, I learned a new one. I recently posted a recipe that I called “Squash, potato and chicken soup with croutons and cheese.” In the comment thread, a regular reader, Natz, shared the following story. This is a slightly [...]

]]> By: Connie http://casaveneracion.com/squash-potato-and-chicken-soup-with-croutons-and-cheese/comment-page-1/#comment-83128 Connie Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:53:35 +0000 http://www.pinoycook.net/?p=8190#comment-83128 Leprosy? Wow, and I thought I've heard them all. You might want to read <a href="http://casaveneracion.com/causes-of-the-common-cold-and-other-old-wives-tales/" rel="nofollow">Causes of the common cold and old wives' tales.</a> The comments are hilarious. Leprosy? Wow, and I thought I’ve heard them all. You might want to read Causes of the common cold and old wives’ tales. The comments are hilarious.

]]> By: Natz http://casaveneracion.com/squash-potato-and-chicken-soup-with-croutons-and-cheese/comment-page-1/#comment-83127 Natz Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:43:21 +0000 http://www.pinoycook.net/?p=8190#comment-83127 Hello Ms. Connie, I have tried and enjoyed many recipes from your site and to say that everyone has enjoyed each and every one of your recipes would be an understatement. Your recipes have somewhat made it to our list of family favorites being served not only for everyday meals but for every special occasion. This particular recipe though stired some controversy and additional "research" before I was able to convince my mother, now 76 years old, to try it. It is really a humorous story: After announcing that I would be trying your soup for lunch, my mom suddenly warned me and said that her mother "NEVER" combined KALABASA and CHICKEN together in the same dish because it causes KETONG (leprosy). I of course questioned her how could this be true; chicken and squash being a traditional western combination either served individually in the same meal or literally cooked together. I laughed and dismissed it as "an old wive's tale". My dad hearing our discussion told me that there could be truth to these "tales" and that westerners have yet to learn more about superstition and eastern ways. I couldn't believe that my parents- both being highly educated could even consider believing in something like this. I even reminded tham of our roasted chicken and pumpkin pie dinners in the USA. The funny thing about it was that I too suddenly wondered if there could be truth to this "old wives tale". I spent literally the whole morning googling about chicken and kalabasa combinations and found nothing about it causing any skin diseases. I was hoping to maybe find the origins of the belief but found nothing on the subject matter. Instead, I found 100's of thousands of recipes with chicken and squash combination. This, and my experience that you have consistently given us recipes that are always delicious further convinced me to go on with this recipe. Because I like my soup somewhat chunky, I left some of the potatoes and squash unprocessed. I decided to put in more chicken chunks, I also fried a few sliced of bacon till crisp and crumbled these on top of the soup. I served the soup with slightly toasted bread on the side and that was a full meal in itself! It was so good that there were no more discusions about the chicken-kalabasa combination causing ketong. Everyone just enjoyed the soup. I plan to put the soup in a bread bowl for added presentaion next time. Hello Ms. Connie,

I have tried and enjoyed many recipes from your site and to say that everyone has enjoyed each and every one of your recipes would be an understatement. Your recipes have somewhat made it to our list of family favorites being served not only for everyday meals but for every special occasion.

This particular recipe though stired some controversy and additional “research” before I was able to convince my mother, now 76 years old, to try it.

It is really a humorous story:

After announcing that I would be trying your soup for lunch, my mom suddenly warned me and said that her mother “NEVER” combined KALABASA and CHICKEN together in the same dish because it causes KETONG (leprosy).

I of course questioned her how could this be true; chicken and squash being a traditional western combination either served individually in the same meal or literally cooked together. I laughed and dismissed it as “an old wive’s tale”. My dad hearing our discussion told me that there could be truth to these “tales” and that westerners have yet to learn more about superstition and eastern ways.

I couldn’t believe that my parents- both being highly educated could even consider believing in something like this. I even reminded tham of our roasted chicken and pumpkin pie dinners in the USA.

The funny thing about it was that I too suddenly wondered if there could be truth to this “old wives tale”.

I spent literally the whole morning googling about chicken and kalabasa combinations and found nothing about it causing any skin diseases. I was hoping to maybe find the origins of the belief but found nothing on the subject matter.

Instead, I found 100′s of thousands of recipes with chicken and squash combination.

This, and my experience that you have consistently given us recipes that are always delicious further convinced me to go on with this recipe. Because I like my soup somewhat chunky, I left some of the potatoes and squash unprocessed. I decided to put in more chicken chunks, I also fried a few sliced of bacon till crisp and crumbled these on top of the soup.

I served the soup with slightly toasted bread on the side and that was a full meal in itself!

It was so good that there were no more discusions about the chicken-kalabasa combination causing ketong. Everyone just enjoyed the soup.

I plan to put the soup in a bread bowl for added presentaion next time.

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