{"id":1020,"date":"2010-09-28T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T09:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2010-09-27T14:39:53","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T18:39:53","slug":"potato-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/potato-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Potato Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"George<\/a><\/p>\n

George cooking up a pot of Michael's potato soup!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

When I was a college student at The Ohio State University<\/a>, I lived in the Phi Kappa Tau<\/a> Fraternity house. My fellow frat brothers were a bunch of really good guys.\u00a0 And the years spent in that house were some of the best of all my college days.\u00a0 I made a lot of good and fast friends in that house. And I learned that Ohio is pretty darn big.\u00a0 My fellow frat brothers came from all geographic corners of the buckeye state.<\/p>\n

Guys came from cities that we all know.\u00a0 Columbus, Toledo, Cincinnati, and Cleveland.\u00a0 But they also came from towns I never heard of before.\u00a0 Shadyside, Ironton, Van Wert, and Urbana (to name a few).<\/p>\n

Urbana, Ohio<\/a>.\u00a0 For sure, while growing up in Cleveland, Urbana was a town I never even knew existed.<\/p>\n

And, for some reason, Phi Kappa Tau attracted a lot of guys from Urbana.\u00a0 Looking back, the frat house easily had a dozen or so members from this wonderful farming community just an hour or so northwest of Columbus.<\/p>\n

Dave Warye, Mike Woodruff, Kym Moore, Steve Diebert, Gary Burris, the Michael Brothers (Scott, Todd and Kurt), and a whole lot of other guys all came from Urbana!<\/p>\n

And through their friendship, I gained a whole new respect for farmers and farming.\u00a0 And also came away with a great potato soup recipe!<\/p>\n

You see, the Michael brothers have one of the largest potato farms in Ohio<\/a>.\u00a0 Now, I love potatoes and always have.\u00a0 So, it was pretty cool having fraternity brothers who grew my favorite vegetable!\u00a0 Their mom, many years ago, passed along a potato soup recipe that I handed to my mother.\u00a0 Mom whipped up pot after pot of that soup. And with each bowl, it brought back memories of Ohio State, Phi Kappa Tau and Urbana.<\/p>\n

Because of the Internet, Facebook, and email, I’ve been able to once again get in touch with all my Phi Tau brothers.<\/p>\n

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\"Todd,<\/a><\/p>\n

Todd, Kurt, Scott, and Jody of Michael Farms<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

And, it’s wonderful to know that Scott, Todd and Kurt Michael are still operating the family farm<\/a>. And you just know that all those potato recipes are tucked away for safe keeping. A Michael family tradition for sure.<\/p>\n

With just a quick email request to Todd’s wife Jill, I once again had the Potato soup recipe in hand. I was elated because the recipe was lost someplace in my mother’s kitchen.<\/p>\n

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(Jill has kept the original recipe and refined it a bit combining it with a couple of others.)<\/p>\n

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Here then, straight from Jill Michael’s kitchen in Urbana,Ohio, is the famous Michael Family Potato Soup Recipe<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

POTATO SOUP<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
6 medium Michael Farms potatoes (cooked in salted water)<\/span><\/div>\n
2 medium onions (chopped) Add a few green onions<\/span> if you would like!<\/span><\/div>\n
1 and 1\/2 quarts chicken broth<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
8 oz. cream cheese<\/span> (chunked)<\/span><\/div>\n
Salt to taste<\/span><\/div>\n
1 tablespoon parsley flakes<\/span><\/div>\n
3 strips bacon cooked and crumbled<\/span><\/div>\n
2 drops tabasco sauce<\/span><\/div>\n
1 teaspoon chopped chives and sprinkling of paprika for topping<\/span><\/div>\n
In dutch oven, cook potatoes and onions in chicken broth<\/span>.\u00a0 Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer\u00a0 and cook for 40 minutes. <\/span><\/div>\n
Place the potato mixture in blender or food processor(take out potatoes for chunks if you like), add cream cheese, and puree until very smooth.\u00a0 Add salt, parsley, and<\/span><\/div>\n
tabasco sauce.\u00a0 Pour mixture into crock pot then add chunked potatoes and crumbled bacon, stir.\u00a0 Top with chopped chives and sprinkle with paprika.<\/span><\/div>\n
Enjoy!<\/span><\/div>\n

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<\/p>\n
\"Michael<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Farms Potatoes. The very best potato!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Now, I have to tell you, the secret ingredient\u00a0 to this potato soup is the potato itself.\u00a0 It’s my humble opinion that this soup tastes best when Michael Farms’ potatoes are used.<\/p>\n

Now that the days are growing shorter and evenings are getting cooler, it’s certainly the perfect time (and weather) for potato soup.\u00a0 So, grab a bag of Michael Farms potatoes and\u00a0 get out the pots and ingredients. \u00a0 I’m willing to bet that when you sit down to a bowl of this potato soup, you’ll think of Urbana, Ohio, too.<\/p>\n

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