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Make Four Different Soups (1/2 Gallon) - food.straw.soupsfour PEP BB

BB Food Prep and Preservation - straw badge
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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Food Prep and Preservation

For this badge bit, you will make four types of soup!

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Minimum requirements for this BB:
- Soup - make 4 types of soup
  - ½ gallon minimum of each
      - Soup
      - Stew
      - Chowder
      - Chili
  - Minimum of 4 raw ingredients per soup
  - At least 1 is cooked on a rocket stove or Dakota stove
  - At least 2 are finished in a haybox cooker
     - You can combine the rocket stove and haybox cooker activities

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
   - preparing the soups with at least 4 ingredients per soup
   - cooking the soups
   - finished soups that are at least 1/2 gallon each
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Neat; it's fun to be the first to submit for a BB! I made four soups -- Dakota pit chowder, leek soup, haybox chili, and today haybox sweet potato stew.
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Getting my Dakota Pit chowder ingredients together.
Getting my Dakota Pit chowder ingredients together.
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The initial sauté.
The initial sauté.
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Cooking.
Cooking.
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Done!
Done!
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Leek soup ingredients.
Leek soup ingredients.
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Cooking.
Cooking.
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And served!
And served!
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Haybox chili ingredients.
Haybox chili ingredients.
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Brought to a simmer.
Brought to a simmer.
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In the haybox.
In the haybox.
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Done.
Done.
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Haybox sweet potato soup.
Haybox sweet potato soup.
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Getting it started.
Getting it started.
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I boiled it for five minutes.
I boiled it for five minutes.
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Into the haybox about noon.
Into the haybox about noon.
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Out of the haybox about 5, still warm, and fully done.
Out of the haybox about 5, still warm, and fully done.
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Note: this kind of lid isn't great in the haybox because crud gets into the soup!
Note: this kind of lid isn't great in the haybox because crud gets into the soup!
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Done. And delicious! I'm going to make this again next week and add peanut butter and cilantro.
Done. And delicious! I'm going to make this again next week and add peanut butter and cilantro.
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Dave Burton wrote:
Minimum requirements for this BB:
- Soup - make 4 types of soup
  - ½ gallon minimum of each
      - Soup
      - Stew
      - Chowder
      - Chili
  - Minimum of 4 raw ingredients per soup
  - At least 1 is cooked on a rocket stove or Dakota stove
  - At least 2 are finished in a haybox cooker
     - You can combine the rocket stove and haybox cooker activities

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
   - preparing the soups with at least 4 ingredients per soup
   - cooking the soups
   - finished soups that are at least 1/2 gallon each



Cauliflower Squash Soup cooked on a Dakota stove


Vegetable Stew


Chowder in a Haybox


Chili in a Haybox


This is the first time I've tried in line photos!
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It took a while to get this one but I think I got it :)

One haybox was at Wheaton Labs, the other was a cooler and blankets at my house.  Sorry for all the pics, it's better to do these BBs as a concentrated effort, not spread over two years :)
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Chili ingredients
Chili ingredients
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Chili heating on haybox
Chili heating on haybox
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Chili in haybox
Chili in haybox
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Chowder ingredients
Chowder ingredients
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Chowder prep
Chowder prep
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Chowder cooking
Chowder cooking
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Chowder done
Chowder done
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Soup peas cooked in instapot first
Soup peas cooked in instapot first
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Soup done
Soup done
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More stew flavor
More stew flavor
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Stew meat (canned venison)
Stew meat (canned venison)
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Stew cooking
Stew cooking
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Stew in haybox
Stew in haybox
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Stew done
Stew done
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Minimum requirements for this BB:
- Soup - make 4 types of soup
 - ½ gallon minimum of each
     - Soup (Rocket Stove/Haybox Soup)
     - Stew (Slow Cooker Stew)
     - Chowder (Stovetop Chowder)
     - Chili (Death Ray/Haybox Chili)
 - Minimum of 4 raw ingredients per soup
 - At least 1 is cooked on a rocket stove or Dakota stove (soup)
 - At least 2 are finished in a haybox cooker (soup and chili)
    - You can combine the rocket stove and haybox cooker activities

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
  - preparing the soups with at least 4 ingredients per soup
  - cooking the soups
  - finished soups that are at least 1/2 gallon each

Soup (Rocket Stove/Haybox Soup)
Ingredients: Leek, carrot, cabbage, celery, sunchoke, ground beef, summer sausage, chicken broth, tomato, olive oil, salt/pepper
Garnish/toppings: parmesan cheese



Stew (Slow Cooker Stew)
Ingredients: Leek, sunchoke, red onion, mushroom, zucchini, garlic, stew meat (beef), great northern beans, summer sausage, artichoke hearts, broth, tomato, green beans, Italian seasoning mix, salt/pepper, elbow macaroni noodles
Garnish/toppings: parmesan cheese


Chowder (Stovetop Chowder)
Ingredients: russet potato, broth, milk, ground beef, broccoli, olive oil, cheddar cheese, nutritional yeast, salt/pepper
Garnish/toppings: bacon, gorgonzola, green onion, kefir sour cream



Chili (Death Ray/Haybox Chili)
Ingredients: red onion, garlic, tomato, tomato paste, an assortment of beans, broth, apple cider vinegar, balsalmic vinegar, salt/pepper, olive oil, ground beef
Chili-free chili spice mix (recipe credit to Jenkin): 1.5 Tbs cinnamon, 1 tsp ginger, 1 tsp cloves, 1 tsp nutmet, 1 tsp oregano, and some turmeric
Garnish/topping: add frozen leftover rice to cool it down and pad it out for more servings

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Note: Those look delicious!

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