Weekly Newsletter: Vol. 1 Issue 44

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It’s cold, the days are short and the experiments are long.
What’s the remedy – a nice bowl of warm soup? Nope, another MSB contest! This week, submit your favorite soup recipe here and the one chosen as most appetizing by an expert team of culinary reviewers will get a special prize. Soups on!  (But please, no more eel.)

 

For post-doc approved Mushroom Barley soup see the recipe below.

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Congrats to the 2020-2021 Ryan Fellows!
The Albert J. Ryan Fellowship was established to perpetuate the name of the Ryan family and the name of Albert J. Ryan, through the advancement of medical knowledge for the good of all humanity by encouraging basic research in any or all fields of medicine and related sciences. Ryan Fellows are nominated and selected from accomplished graduate students.

Congratulations to the following graduate students selected as Fellows of the Albert J. Ryan Foundation:

Leena Abdullah, Micro/Immuno, Huang lab
Hieu Nguyen, BCB, Kettenbach lab
Benjamin Wucher, Biology, Nadell lab
Zachary Spencer, MSB, Ahmed lab
Kamran Tariq, MSB, Luikart lab
Meredith Brown, MSB, Pattabiraman lab

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NOTABLE COMMENTARY & ENTERTAINMENT
What To Read

How Andy Warhol Came to Paint Campbell’s Soup Cans

He was talented and prosperous, but the young visionary worried the art world had left him behind. Then he discovered soup.

Experimental evidence for chicken soup as a cold remedy

Chicken soup may contain a number of substances with beneficial medicinal activity including an anti-inflammatory mechanism that could ease the symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections.

 

 

Groundhogs: The Truth Comes Out

Hey, all you groundhogs out there, rise and shine! It’s February 2—your big day! What? You’re still snoozing? What’s going on here?

What To Listen To:

 

1975 - Carole King - Chicken Soup with Rice
What To Watch
Tortilla Soup
A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food but not for life.

RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Mushroom Barley Soup
From Tori Avey, https://toriavey.com/toris-kitchen/mushroom-barley-soup/

Ingredients
  • 3 quarts chicken or mushroom stock (low sodium okay)
  • 1 1/4 cups pearl barley
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 6 dried shitake mushrooms
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, divided
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 cup chopped celery, including leaves
  • 1 cup peeled and chopped carrots
  • 2 cloves crushed garlic
  • 1 lb white mushrooms, scrubbed and sliced
  • Salt and pepper

Instructions

  • Pour chicken or mushroom stock into a large stockpot and bring to a boil. Stir in the barley, add the bay leaves, then reduce heat and simmer uncovered. Set your timer for 2:15 (2 hours 15 minutes) starting now.
  • While the soup simmers, place dried mushrooms in a separate small saucepan. Add 3 cups of water to the saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. As soon as the water boils, remove saucepan from heat and let the mushrooms soak for 20 minutes.
  • Drain the mushroom water by straining it through a coffee filter (use a mesh strainer or colander to hold the filter). Reserve the mushroom water.
  • Chop the soaked, softened mushrooms into small pieces and reserve.
  • Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the onion to the skillet and sauté till softened.
  • Add the celery and carrots and sauté for 5 more minutes till everything is browning and starting to caramelize.
  • Add the soaked chopped dried mushroom pieces and crushed garlic, sauté for 2 more minutes. Your kitchen should smell really good right about now!
  • Scrape up any brown bits from the bottom of the skillet. Pour the strained mushroom broth into the skillet, bring to a boil, stir. Cook for 2 more minutes till mixture is hot and bubbly. Add the contents of the skillet to the simmering stockpot with the broth and barley.
  • Without rinsing the skillet, heat 1 tbsp of olive oil over medium high heat, tilting to coat the bottom of the pan. Spread half of the sliced white mushrooms in a single layer at the bottom of the skillet. Sprinkle them with salt and pepper and turn heat to high. Let the mushrooms sear without stirring.
  • After 2 minutes, stir the mushrooms continuously for another 1-2 minutes until they are seared golden brown and shrink to about half their size.
  • Pour the seared mushrooms into the soup pot. Heat the last 1 tbsp olive oil in the skillet and repeat the process for the remaining mushrooms. Add the rest of the seared mushrooms to the soup pot, stir to blend all ingredients.
  • Reduce heat to a low simmer. Let the soup cook uncovered until your timer goes off (2 hours 15 minutes total cooking time), or until the barley is completely tender and the soup is nicely thickened. Add water during the simmer if the soup becomes overly thick. At the end of cooking, season with salt and pepper to taste.

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