the season of soup is upon us
I was going through cookbooks this weekend, looking for inspiration (and in a more tangible sense, looking for what to put on the grocery list). One of the things I bookmarked wasn't soup.
As a category, it is probably my ultimate comfort food (alongside tea/cocoa/vanillamilk, which are only sort of foods). Once upon a time before everyone's widely varied dietary restrictions, one of the things the Venture retreat centered around was Stone Soup (which is about what it sounds like if you know the story). I grew up with my mom making potato soup (I have never been able to do that version of it right), and borscht, and split pea (which I listed as "my least favorite food" as a small child, and another year requested for my birthday dinner), and the soup that is made of semi-random things that you have in the kitchen and pantry. I make that last kind a lot. It is usually delicious.
Especially this time of year, when it is getting cold, and dark, and soup is warm and uncomplicated and you can always add another potato or some pasta or another can of beans so that there is always enough.
I just made chili, have plans for Ari's Potato Soup, and there's this recipe for a squash-apple one that I'm eyeing...
As a category, it is probably my ultimate comfort food (alongside tea/cocoa/vanillamilk, which are only sort of foods). Once upon a time before everyone's widely varied dietary restrictions, one of the things the Venture retreat centered around was Stone Soup (which is about what it sounds like if you know the story). I grew up with my mom making potato soup (I have never been able to do that version of it right), and borscht, and split pea (which I listed as "my least favorite food" as a small child, and another year requested for my birthday dinner), and the soup that is made of semi-random things that you have in the kitchen and pantry. I make that last kind a lot. It is usually delicious.
Especially this time of year, when it is getting cold, and dark, and soup is warm and uncomplicated and you can always add another potato or some pasta or another can of beans so that there is always enough.
I just made chili, have plans for Ari's Potato Soup, and there's this recipe for a squash-apple one that I'm eyeing...