French Onion Soup (recipes) and CREEK, mar (law)

French Onion Soup (recipes)

Cook Time: 8 hours

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Yield: Makes 8 servings

Ingredients:

4tablespoons butter, divided

3pounds yellow onions, sliced

1tablespoon sugar

2to 3 tablespoons dry white Wine or water (optional)

2quarts (8 cups) beef broth

8to 16 slices French bread

1/2cup (2 ounces) shredded Gruyère or Swiss cheese

Preparation:

1.Melt butter in large skillet over medium to low heat. Add onions; cover and cook just until onions are tender and transparent, but not browned, about 10 minutes.2.Remove cover. Sprinkle sugar over onions. Cook and stir 8 to 10 minutes or until onions are caramelized. Add onions and any browned bits to 4-quart slow cooker. If desired, add Wine to pan. Bring to a boil, scraping up any browned bits with wooden spoon. Add to slow cooker. Stir in broth. Cover; cook on LOW 8 hours or on HIGH 6 hours.3.Preheat broiler. To serve, ladle soup into individual soup bowls; top with 1 or 2 slices bread and about 1 tablespoon cheese. Place under broiler until cheese is melted and bubbly.

Variation:

Substitute 1 cup dry white Wine for 1 cup of the beef broth.

Other ways:

Serves 10 – 12

Soup:

¼ cup butter

2 lb. thinly sliced yellow onions

1 Tbsp. flour

2 quarts chicken or beef stock

salt & pepper to taste

2 cups dry white Wine

French bread

Parmesan cheese, coarsely grated

Melt the butter and cook the onions slowly in an uncovered saucepan until they are transparent and golden. Add the flour and stir, cook for 3 minutes longer. Add the stock and simmer for 30 minutes or longer. Season with salt and pepper, add Wine.

Serve in soup bowls over the rounds of bread. Pass the Parmesan cheese.

French bread:

1 loaf French bread, cut into 1” slices

oil

a cut clove of garlic

Bake cut slices at 325º 20 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cover each slice with oil after 15 minutes and finish Baking, then rub with garlic clove.

CREEK, mar (law)

CREEK, mar. law. Creeks are of two kinds, viz. creeks of the sea and creeks of ports. The former sorts are such little inlets of the sea whether within of ports. The former sorts are such little inlets of the sea whether within the precinct or extent of a, port or without, which are narrow little the precinct or extent of a, port or without, which are narrow little passages and have shore on either side of them. The latter, Viz. breaks of passages and have shore on either side of them. The latter, Viz. breaks of ports, are by a kind of civil denomination such. They are such, that though ports, are by a kind of civil denomination such. They are such, that though possibly for their extent and. situation they might be ports, yet they are possibly for their extent and. situation they might be ports, yet they are either members of or dependent upon Other ports. In England it began thus: either members of or dependent upon Other ports. In England it began thus: the king, could not conveniently have a customer and comptroller in every the king, could not conveniently have a customer and comptroller in every port or haven. But these custom officers were fixed at some eminent port; port or haven. But these custom officers were fixed at some eminent port; and the smaller adjacent ports became by that means creeks, or appendants. and the smaller adjacent ports became by that means creeks, or appendants. of that where these custom officers were placed. 1 Chit. Com. Law, 726; of that where these custom officers were placed. 1 Chit. Com. Law, 726; Hale' s Tract. de Portibus Maris, part 2, c. 1, vol. 1, p. 46; Com. Dig. Hale' s Tract. de Portibus Maris, part 2, c. 1, vol. 1, p. 46; Com. Dig. Navigation, C; Callis, 34. Navigation, C; Callis, 34. 2. In a more popular sense, creek signifies a small stream, less than a 2. In a more popular sense, creek signifies a small stream, less than a river. 12 Pick. R. 184, river. 12 Pick. R. 184,

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