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Title: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: lady serena on June 23, 2010, 09:02:53 PM
I would like to know cuz, that may be the only thing I get to eat this at MNRF this year after my Gastric By-pass surgery. I know they have Chicken Wild Rice but what else do they have?
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: groomporter on June 23, 2010, 09:18:05 PM
There's two or three soups at the soup in a bread bowl booth, but I don't recall the others beyond the wild rice

Here's the basic list of food types available
http://www.renaissancefest.com/MRF/foodmenu.html

How recent is your surgery? My wife is about 5 years out now and continues to prefer things with a sauce to help them more easily pass the stoma at the top of her stomach. She's been lucky she hasn't become sensitive to any foods that didn't bother her before except for over doing sugar.
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: lady serena on June 23, 2010, 09:53:22 PM
Thanks. According to the hospital staff (St Josephs Hospital, Park Rapids MN) they are working on getting me and the hubby in for the surgery in August, if we get pushed into September then we won't be coming down or if there are complications. We will be done with all paperwork and insurance stuff the 6th of July, then a 2 week wait for the authorization from insurance company. We are hoping to attend one of the last 2 weekends, so we will still be on a pureed diet just to be safe.
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: Sitara on June 23, 2010, 10:06:32 PM
They have chicken wild rice, beer cheese, stew and chili. There is also a place with fruit smoothies and I think there might be yogurt somewhere.
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: groomporter on June 23, 2010, 10:25:28 PM
One tip is after surgery you need -some- carbs. My wife followed the guidelines too closely and developed ketosis
http://diet.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Ketosis_Symptoms which is something no one warned her about. Otherwise she is a poster child for what goes right for a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. She lost about 200 lbs. and is healthier now at 49 than she has ever been.
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: DeadBishop on June 24, 2010, 02:03:48 AM
One of my coworkers just had gastric bypass about a month ago.  She's still on a fairly simple diet, but I don't see why you wouldn't be able to have any of the soups out there.  Heck, you guys will be able to eat cheap out there, that's for sure, with the small portions you'll be relegated to!  Good luck!
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: lady serena on June 24, 2010, 10:47:47 AM
Sitara: Thank you for letting me know what kinds they have, this makes it easier for planning our meals out as we should eat 3 small meals and 3 snacks all day.

Groomporter: Please tell your wife congrats! Thanks for letting us know about ketosis, the dietitian, doctor or his nurses have said nothing of this.

DeadBishop: Thank you for the good wishes. We are both looking forward to this and for me at least I wish it was already over and I was on the healing end, so I could make more weekends at fair that way. ;D That is very true that we will be able to eat really cheap at fair, as one soup bowl would be enough fro the both of us, maybe a little to much.
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: groomporter on June 24, 2010, 01:45:26 PM
They also may not tell you that you may experience some hair thinning due to reduced protein intake. Look into New Whey liquid protein. it comes in four fruit flavors. The 3.4 oz tubes have 42 grams of protein, 0 sugar and 180 calories. (There's also a 25g version)
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: Noble Dreg on June 24, 2010, 06:01:55 PM
Last year I could not make up my mind, chilli or beer-cheeze...The young woman behind the counter said they are great together...Indeed they were!

I do like the wild rice soup best.

Good luck!
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: Sitara on June 24, 2010, 07:46:05 PM
I like the chicken and cheese mix myself.
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: MissBubu on June 25, 2010, 09:26:44 AM
There was an independent soup vendor over by the stocks. Are they still there? They had some different soup selections.
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: Leyla on June 25, 2010, 04:53:02 PM
Quote from: Noble Dreg on June 24, 2010, 06:01:55 PM
Last year I could not make up my mind, chilli or beer-cheeze...The young woman behind the counter said they are great together...Indeed they were!

I do like the wild rice soup best.

Good luck!

I haven't been able to stop wanting chili with beer-cheese soup since reading this yesterday.
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: Captain Jack Wolfe on June 25, 2010, 04:55:12 PM
Nice to know I'm not the only one!
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: Marietta Graziella on June 25, 2010, 09:25:40 PM
I'd much rather get a crock pot going at the booth and eat good soup.  Sorry, don't really like any of the food out at fest.  I prefer to cook.
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: Captain Jack Wolfe on June 25, 2010, 10:19:31 PM
Well, now that you toss out that idea...  Bring out a crock of fixings, add stock, and slow cook for a few hours?  I like it!
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: groomporter on June 26, 2010, 07:44:58 AM
That's what we do to feed our booth help after hours. We have an 18 quart roaster that we use kinda like a crockpot, and borrow electricity from the neighbor's hook-up and have a cooler with sandwich fixings during the day so our shop slaves to have to pay to eat on site.
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: Marietta Graziella on June 26, 2010, 12:40:41 PM
Quote from: groomporter on June 26, 2010, 07:44:58 AM
That's what we do to feed our booth help after hours. We have an 18 quart roaster that we use kinda like a crockpot, and borrow electricity from the neighbor's hook-up and have a cooler with sandwich fixings during the day so our shop slaves to have to pay to eat on site.

That's because you take excellent care of your shop slaves, Groomporter!   I'd like to work your booth just for all the tastey yummies you always cook!   ;D

And Jack, of course you like the idea, we work together!  I'll make soup, you make bread.  ;)
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: LadyFae on June 26, 2010, 08:48:19 PM
Mmm, I really want beer cheese soup now.
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: Captain Jack Wolfe on June 26, 2010, 08:52:49 PM
Quote from: Marietta Graziella on June 26, 2010, 12:40:41 PM
And Jack, of course you like the idea, we work together!  I'll make soup, you make bread.  ;)

French bread, here we come!  ;D
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: Welsh Wench on June 26, 2010, 10:30:58 PM
(http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00055/IN3193683Mark-Lester_55371t.jpg)

"Please, Miss MG--I want some more."


Remember--MN adopted me.
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: Captain Jack Wolfe on June 26, 2010, 10:34:15 PM
Of course we remember that you're adopted here!  And I'm your personal guide.  Which should make you very nervous or a little excited, your choice...   ;)
Title: Re: What types of soups are there at MNRF?
Post by: Marietta Graziella on June 27, 2010, 08:26:59 AM
ROFL!!  Of course!  Soup for the lovely Welsh Wench.  ROFL!!

BTW, that is one of my very most favorite musicals!!   ;D

See, now I have the urge to come up with a new soup recipe for each weekend.  Would've been perfect for last year since it was so damned cold.  This year will be in the 90's.  *sigh*