French Onion Soup Mix (with Photo)

[judydawn]

In the herbs & spices aisle medusa you will find dried onion flakes - I presume this is what is meant here.  I bought the dried fried onion flakes from an Indian supermarket for my Indian cooking so I use that.

[Wonder]

Where do you buy celery seeds, I have a few recipes which use them and haven't been able to buy them near me.

[judydawn]

They are hard to find Wonder, I found this question and answer on the net if it helps.  Keep looking and asking around though for the real thing. Try health shops or buy online here.

'Please let me know if there is a substitute for celery seed which I I cannot find in local shops. I want to use it in a German potato salad.
Thank you,  JB
Caraway or dill seeds would be acceptable substitutes, especially for a German potato salad.'
 

[trudy]

Thanks for the recipe.

[dede]

I just brought the Vegeta brand stock from the supermarket with no yeast extract in the ingredient list. Where the other brand Massel had yeast extract. So hopefully this is a better brand to buy.

[Wonder]

Thanks JudyDawn, there's actually a specialist store not far from me that sells Herbie's products so I'll give them a try - not sure why I hadn't thought of them before.

[judydawn]

Thanks Mandi, so there is one without yeast extract - great news.

Nadine, lucky you living near a store that sells Herbie's products.  If they haven't got it, I'm sure they can get it in for you.

[trudy]

Judy there is a store near me that has Herbie's spices - I will try there tomorrow and if I am successful I bring them to our get together.

[Frozzie]

just a question...the dried onion..wouldnt it be ful of preservatives etc..i have seen them here but have never looked at the ingredients?? anyone know..think it would kind of defeat the purpose of making your own if it is???

[dede]

Hi Frozzie, I just had a look at my dried onion flakes and the ingredient is just Onion, so no preservatives here. You had me worried then lol.

[Frozzie]

sorry not my intention dede  ..but good to know there are no preservatives...will have to check out the version over here!

[dede]

Thats ok Frozzie, Sometimes I buy things and dont think to look at the ingredients. Im still not in that habit. Glad you brought it up.

[judydawn]

Made a batch of this - will keep it in a ziplock bag in the freezer because the dried onions I used have been in there.

[dede]

Hi Judy, Which beef stock did you use? I end up using the Vegeta brand gourmet stock (Not beef) but smells great anyway.

[judydawn]

I just used what I had in the pantry Mandi, Continental low salt variety. I didn't look on the back to see what nasties it has in it, just want to get rid of it then buy something more healthy