Wife did the cooking tonight !

[OU812]

I'm not much on soup, but I could go with that and be satisfied.  Looks delish!

Soup warms the heart.  ;D

[wyoduke]

When the wife gets home she said she will give up the goods and put it on here for me  ;D

[TestRocket]

I kind of like to eat my dinner with a fork (and knife) or using my hands like a sandwich or such. So I was thinking if you put the lid back on that bowl I could eat it like a really messy sandwich...maybe having to lick my fingers all the way up to my elbows!  ;)

[wyoduke]

All Measurements are Approximate:
Small Batch
6 Cups Water
3-4 Cubes of Chicken Bullion
4 lbs Potatoes small cubed
4 Stalks Celery Chopped
15-20 Baby Carrots Chopped
6 Mushrooms Chopped
3/4 lb Bacon (Preferably homemade smoked, but store bought peppered bacon will do in a pinch)
1 Block 2% Velveeta Cheese

Add bullion, potatoes, celery, carrots and mushrooms to boiling water.
Cut up bacon into @ 1 inch pieces and fry. Drain grease off of bacon and add to pot with potatoes & other veggies.
Boil until potatoes & carrots are done, but not getting mushy.
Add salt & pepper to your preference @ 1-1/2 tsp each.
I add a little of something from the spice rack @1tsp, Rosemary, Marjoram, Italian Seasoning whatever spice I feel like at the moment, sometimes I get really wildand add a couple!
Turn heat down to low-med low.
Cut Velveeta into @ 1 inch cubes.
Slowly add 3-5 pieces of cheese at a time stirring into melt.
Keep adding cheese until desired taste of cheese and consistency.
Sometimes need the whole block of cheese sometimes not.
Some of our family/friends like a thinner soup & some like it thicker, so I make accordingly to who is eating with us that night.

Cut off top of bread bowl (I try to get Sheppard's bread, but the sour dough sounds awesome. )
I just use my fingers to pull out pieces of the inside, try to pull out in 1" or so pieces to hollow out and make a "bowl"
SAVE the pieces in a bowl to serve for dipping!
Put bread bowl in an actual bowl, they do leak sometimes , and when you get around to eating the bowl it's pretty handy.
Ladle soup into bred bowl & set cut off top of bread on side/top and serve.
Serve with salt pepper and \Tobasssco to taste

[grnhs]

chili is great in a bread bowl also, then  8)tear off pieces and mop up the rest 8)

[OU812]

Man that looks and sounds soooooooooooo gooooooooooood.

Now i gotta try n make them there bowls.

See, I didnt spell it wrong this time.  ;D

Thanks for the recpie.

[smoker pete]

Thanks for the recipe Mrs wyoduke.   Printed out the recipe and it's on my bucket list!!  I've had countless bread bowls filled with Clam Chowder and a bunch with Chili so this soup should be great ...

[deb415611]

OU -- I just posted a sourdough bread bowl recipe in the non-smoked recipe section for you. 

[OU812]

OU -- I just posted a sourdough bread bowl recipe in the non-smoked recipe section for you. 

Thanks Deb, I'm on my way there.