Perpetual Soup

On December 21st 2016, I started making soup in my slow cooker and I haven’t turned it off since that day…..That would be mean that I have been cooking soup for about 70 over days!  When I told people about it, I was greeted with reactions of mostly incredulity.  Usually they are puzzled how I could drink soup that was 30, 40,70-day old? lol They also wonder if my electricity bill is through the roof.

I started a few days before Christmas, one of my busiest days of the year as I host gatherings at my home for friends.   When a good friend told me about bone broth, it sounded easy enough.  So I threw some pork ribs, pork bone marrow, onions, carrot, garlic into my slow cooker and that was dinner.  As I was rather busy, I didn’t relish the thought of cleaning my slow cooker that night.  So I had a brain-wave to add in more water and keep the slow cooker going (just to put off cleaning heehee).  Then every day ever since then I have just been topping up the slow cooker with more filtered water and fresh food.

A friend asked me for my recipe.

Let me put it simply.

In a slow cooker, put pork bones/bone marrow/chicken bones, vegetables (like carrots, onions, tomatoes, whatever) and seasoning (garlic, ginger, bay leaf, salt etc). Top it off with filtered water.  Turn on the slow cooker on high until it starts to boil.  After that, turn it on low and just let it cruise.  We usually have it for dinner with rice or groats.  At the end of the meal, I just top up the slow cooker with more filtered water and add in more bones/meat/veg.  Hey! That means my dinner is always done!

Frequently Asked Questions

Is your electricity bill through the roof? – There is no big difference in my electricity bill.  In fact, for some reason, it’s lower than before.  But, having said that, my slow cooker is a very simple one.  It is also 10 years old.

How can you drink 70+day old soup?? – Well, it isn’t really 70+ days old.  We eat it up everyday and I just leave the bones there for about 2 days before fishing them up and adding fresh bones.

Don’t you get sick of the same soup everyday? – I vary the ingredients I add into my soup.

Won’t your slow cooker explode? – I don’t think so.  So far, it hasn’t exploded.

Don’t you need to clean the slow cooker?? – Er….but I’m still cooking!

Do you plan to keep this up forever?? – I’m probably going to keep this going until end of May.  That’s when our school hols start.  You’ll have to turn it off if you aren’t going to be home.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Remember to check the water level everyday to make sure it does not dry up.