such as shredded cheese and frozen chopped onion. (The
supermarket industry has watched restaurants and fast food
stores take more and more of your food dollars away each
year. They're now doing everything they can think of to
reverse this trend and make supermarket shopping so
attractive, quick, convenient and economical that you'll
want to cook at home.)
_Learn to cook chicken in the microwave. A pound of
broiler parts that would take 40 minutes in a 350 degree
oven takes only 6-10 minutes in the microwave. See Chapter
Four, Chicken in the Microwave.

SOUPS

PHOTO: Pot of soup with fresh vegetables surrounding
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Wherever there are people and chickens, there are
chicken soups. Virtually every immigrant group arriving in
America brought along favorite chicken soup recipes and
often the treasured family soup pot, too.
If you grew up on canned, frozen, and dried soups, you
may not realize how easy it is to make truly wonderful
soups at home. If so, try it for yourself, perhaps with
these American classics. All the soups are based on a key
ingredient: rich, homemade chicken stock, made from either
whole birds or from parts, in about three hours. Stock
takes little tending, just slow easy cooking to bring out
all the flavor and wholesome goodness. Why not try making
one of these soups now? And then, with the help of your
freezer, enjoy the results many times in the coming months.