Just made dried porcini and fresh mushrooms soup
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43041)
Staten Island, New York
January 25, 2021 4:47pm CST
I just made a huge pot of mushroom soup. I turned the soup off and am letting it sit. I hope it will develop more flavor as it sits. It will be out dinner tonight. I will serve it with fresh cilantro and a dollop of sour cream. Can't wait to dive in.
I used dried porcini mushrooms that I had soaked in water and fresh crimini and Portobello mushrooms. Other ingredients I used are leek, onion, carrot, celery, potato, pearl barley, and butter. Everything aside from pearl barley and potatoes I sautéed in the skillet prior to putting it in the pot. I added salt, rainbow peppercorns, and bay leaves. For the liquid I used water and the liquid the dried porcini had soaked in.
I don't know exactly when I got to the kitchen to make the soup but it seems I've been here for many hours. I am a bit tired.
There is enough soup to last for three days and I may even have enough to share with my parents.
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@oahuwriter (26780)
• United States
26 Jan 21
Mmm, sounds delicious. Bon appetite!
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@lovebuglena (43041)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Jan 21
I hope the soup is more flavorful today than it was yesterday.
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@lovebuglena (43041)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jan 21
@oahuwriter Depends what mushroom it is. Not all mushrooms are bland.
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@oahuwriter (26780)
• United States
27 Jan 21
@lovebuglena
If it's like stew, it'll be more flavorful. Mushroom though very good for your health, it's bland in taste.
@lovebuglena (43041)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Jan 21
I sure hope so. Can't wait to try it after it's been sitting for a bit. It wasn't that flavorful originally for some reason.
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@lovebuglena (43041)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Jan 21
I am hoping for much better flavor than from when I tasted it after I turned it off.
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@lovebuglena (43041)
• Staten Island, New York
25 Jan 21
I've made it a few times but I don't think I've ever made it from dried mushrooms.
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@happylearner (1569)
• Indonesia
25 Jan 21
Cooking once and the cook is enough for three days, that's good. You can save your time later since you can still without cooking anymore.
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@lovebuglena (43041)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Jan 21
I like it when I cook something and then I don't have to worry about cooking for a few days.
@LadyDuck (457190)
• Switzerland
27 Jan 21
@lovebuglena Fresh porcini are a lot better, they grow in the woods around us, but this is not the season, you find them from July to the end of September.
@lovebuglena (43041)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jan 21
@LadyDuck Yeah. I've foraged for them before.
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@lovebuglena (43041)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Jan 21
Not a fan of the taste of these particular dried porcini. But I love porcini mushrooms. Fresh ones are probably better.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
29 Jan 21
@lovebuglena I have found that homemade soup and spaghetti sauce both taste better the next day.
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@lovebuglena (43041)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jan 21
It is much better now flavor wise than it was originally. Guess the longer a soup sits the better it gets. I thought that was mainly true for cabbage soup but I guess it's true for any soup.
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@lovebuglena (43041)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Jan 21
Can't say I am a huge of the taste of these particular dried mushrooms. My parents brought them from Cape Cod. But I think she said they are from Chile. The soup should me much tastier but it was still good.
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@lovebuglena (43041)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Mar 21
It was pretty good but I wasn't such a huge fan of the dried mushrooms. And I wonder why there were so dark. Usually they are lighter, much lighter.
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@lovebuglena (43041)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Mar 21
@porwest Do you like mushrooms? The edible kind that is.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
25 Jan 21
Go and have a wee rest Lena
And be all refreshed by dinner time
Enjoy the soup
@lovebuglena (43041)
• Staten Island, New York
25 Jan 21
Thank you. My rest is mylot and Swagbucks. 
I already completed my first daily goal on Swagbucks, thanks to a few surveys I was able to do. And I also completed the 7-day daily goal streak, which will give me a bonus of 25 SB after the month is over.
Now I need to do some mylotting so I can reach payout by month's end.
I already completed my first daily goal on Swagbucks, thanks to a few surveys I was able to do. And I also completed the 7-day daily goal streak, which will give me a bonus of 25 SB after the month is over.
Now I need to do some mylotting so I can reach payout by month's end.1 person likes this
@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
25 Jan 21
@lovebuglena
I might stop Mylot for the rest of.the month
Reached 25.39 a moment.ago.
So over target.
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@lovebuglena (43041)
• Staten Island, New York
25 Jan 21
@JimBo452020 
That's awesome. You can surely take a rest. But then again, you can potentially make it to 30 or even more.
That's awesome. You can surely take a rest. But then again, you can potentially make it to 30 or even more.1 person likes this
@MarieCoyle (28102)
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27 Jan 21
It sounds delicious. I make a mushroom soup with carmelized onions and barley sometimes, but I use a chicken broth base for the liquid to add some flavor, or vegetable broth if I have it. I really like barley and mushrooms together.
@lovebuglena (43041)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jan 21
I did not have any broth or stock available. I would have added it.
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