November 4th: Hot and sour shrimp soup

Coincidence! Last year on November 4th, I made hot and sour chicken soup. What are the chances? Two different recipes, but both from Chatelaine and I remember modifying last year's so it more closely resembled this one, which I've been making for years: from March 2007's Chatelaine: Ginger-scented shrimp and mushroom soup. I've made some modifications to this over the years: I use bottled or frozen ginger because I don't have patience for gingerroot, I may or may not use the recommended bamboo shoots, and I often add rice noodles and/or bean sprouts. I decided whilst in the grocery store today to make this tonight (this last-minute decision-making is not the norm for me!) and bought ingredients based on memory. Therefore, this one had no bamboo shoots or bean sprouts, but did have onion and baby bok choy. I really don't think you can go wrong. I'm debating leaving out one of the three tablespoons of vinegar next time.


That's a lot of text for a 10 minute soup!