DailyInbox: DIB Presents - 11-17-04 - Autumn Pumpkin Soup

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If you can't read this newsletter or the formatting seems incorrect, click here to view our online version. . DailyInbox Presents Knowledge, Insight, Fun and Food for November 17, 2004 .         DailyInbox Also Presents: * Chicken Soup for the Soul * Heloise's Hints * From the Masters * America in Uniform * Bible Verses Good Housekeeping's Site of the Day Museum of Science and Industry http://www.msichicago.org/ The Museum of Science and Technology located in Chicago has an excellent site supporting the exhibits but also featuring an array of online exhibits geared toward the cyber-visitor.  Click on the 'Exhibits' link for your own personal tour of a 'Pioneer Zephyr,' a 'Coal Mine,' a 'U-505 Submarine,' take a walk down 'Yesterday's main street,' to list just a few of these unique presentations, all with outside links for further study, some with movies and activities.  Here's the perfect way to spend a rainy day exploring the archives of this fascinating museum.  There's no need to rush, take your time; the Internet does not have closing hours and you can visit again and again on the same ticket! To submit a specific site for us to review in Site of the Day (or to make a suggestion for a site topic), please click here. Click here for the Good Housekeeping Site of the Day Archive. Proverbs Plus A good denial, the best point in law. -- Irish Proverb And Then There's...   When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff. -- Cicero  Reader's Digest CyberSmiles My dry cleaner very generously gives each customer a free copy of our daily newspaper. As I took my copy, I told him, "I hope the business grows enough to offset the cost." "Oh, don't worry about us," he said. "Nothing dirties clothes more than newsprint."  --Contributed to "All In a Day's Work" by George W. Nordham Smiles, grins & humor from the files of Reader's Digest! The Recipe File Soups and Vegetables: Autumn Pumpkin Soup from Cooking by the Boot Straps... A Taste of Oklahoma Heaven INGREDIENTS: 1 pound onions, chopped 3 cups sliced fresh mushrooms 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter 1/2 cup flour 2 quarts chicken stock 1 (14-ounce) can pumpkin 1-1/2 teaspoons curry powder   Salt and pepper to taste 1/2 cup half-and-half 2 Tablespoons honey TO PREPARE:        Saute the onions and mushrooms in 1/4 cup of the butter in a large saucepan until the onions are tender.  Transfer the undrained onion mixture to a bowl.  Heat the remaining 1/4 cup butter in the same saucepan until melted.  Add the flour and mix well.  Whisk in the stock gradually.      Cook until thickened, stirring constantly.  Stir in the onion mixture, pumpkin, curry powder, salt and pepper.  Add the half-and-half and honey and mix well.  Cook just until heated through, stirring frequently.  Ladle into soup bowls. Garnish each serving with a dollop of sour cream and minced fresh parsley.  Serve with hot crusty French bread. . SERVES:  10 to 12 Copyright 2002 The Junior Welfare League of Enid.  All rights reserved.  Visit The Junior Welfare League of Enid, Oklahoma web site (http://www.jwlofenid.com/cookbooks.htm) to purchase copies of Cooking by the Boot Straps or call the office (580)234-2665.  The previous cookbook, Stir-Ups, is also available for purchase.   Print this recipe Send this recipe to a friend Subscription Information You are subscribed with e-mail address:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] To modify your subscription information visit:  The Subscription Center To unsubscribe immediately, click here:  The Remove Page To unsubscribe using email, forward this message to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail your unsubscribe request to:   DailyInbox P.O. Box 913 Wimberley, TX 78676 View our:  Privacy Policy Contact email address:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]