Tomato soup recipe

[auntieruth]

Since I didn't get this recipe from a book or the internet, I thought I'd write it down because it was pretty darn good.

Spices
fresh ground pepper
about 1/2 tsp of dried basil and oregano

Vegetables1 medium potato, (I used a russet

Comments

[rsc]

Looks nice. I assume that, if one had them available (we do), one could substitute (much larger quantities of) fresh oregano and basil.

On the other hand, for consumption in this household, the onions would have to go, which would probably result in a noticeably inferior product. (The banana pepper probably wouldn't go over that well, either.)

Maybe I should just head over to your place. Oh, no, you said you'd already eaten all of it, didn't you?

[auntieruth]

I removed the seeds from the banana pepper so it didn't add any heat to it, just that unique pepper flavor, and yes, you'd really notice the missing onion. (You could use onion powder instead, I suppose.)

Fresh herbs would have been really nice to have. Unfortunately I ravished my basil plant last week making linguine with basil and pine nuts for my niece and it hasn't recovered yet.

[rsc]

I suspect onion powder has the same problem as onions. And anyway I don't approve of it.

[auntieruth]

Is John allergic to onions?