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on thursday I went home with a cold
looking for comfort food
not wanting to go to the store
I made soup out of what I found in my kitchen
I put it all in a crockpot, turned it on, and waited it out
problem was
after 4 hours
it did NOT taste good
I added more herbs and some fresh salsa
I waited it out
tried again
nope, not good
added more things
now on day 4 of the soup saga
added in even more things
continued cooking
next move
add in tomatoes
but that can wait
until the morning
it’s now taking on
a creamy porridge texture
still slow cooking it
some beans still hard
still does not taste good
now a lot of soup
I could easily survive
the rest of the winter
if snowed in with this soup
it would still not taste good
but I would never go hungry
this might go on forever
like a sourdough starter
perhaps I can pass it on
to my children one day
tomorrow will be the best day ever
when the soup will all come together
I just know it.
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“cooking is the art of adjustment.”
– jacques pepin
I did same thing last winter. Finally, in desperation, I threw in two of the envelopes of fajita seasoning from those kits (usually end up using my own spices). I had a stack of tortillas in the freezer because we never end up using the whole package, so I cut them into strips and browned them, and voilà! Tortilla soup! It went from awful to comfort food. (There might have been some sour cream involved. Don’t judge me…)
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I totally get every word of this, and no judgement from me. sometimes sour cream, cheese and bread make everything better.
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I hate it when that happens! It’s so strange that some soups work out by themselves and some take a LOT of persuasion to become halfway edible..
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that’s it exactly –
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I hope you feel better soon, Beth. Your soup saga reminds me of the old story “Stone Soup”. I don’t think it would have tasted much good either.
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ooh, yes. and perhaps the white beans are really tiny stones, that could be one of the problems.
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It could!
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Ah…..maybe instead of calling it comfort soup you can call it survival soup.
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that’s it, maybe the name was the problem
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peas porridge hot
peas porridge cold
some like it in the pit 9 days old….
This rhyme was true to the soup cooking of days of yore. The just kept adding to the old.
A couple more days snd you’ll be there!!😉🤣
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that’s it, thanks for the reminder !
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It should get you healthy and clean out your fridge and cupboards, though, Beth!
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a great point, mark
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Hopefully the soup comes together. It’s a go to meal and unfortunate when it doesn’t taste good. Do you think your cold impacted your taste buds? Hope you feel better.
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possibly, but still bad. today is the day it will get better –
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Please keep us posted.
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It needs tabasco sauce!
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Being sick may have your taste buds off. What if it has been wonderful from the very beginning?
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interesting idea, but I’m afraid it’s real)
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Hope you feel better soon.
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💃🏿
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I do hope it does. This sort of thing sucks you in like a quagmire.
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you are so right
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😉🙏
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Last week I made a tomato broth and added mussels near the end. It tasted okay, but was missing something. By the time I finished it three days later, it was much better and I’d figured out what the initial problem was. Adjustment, indeed.
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I so get this and glad you mastered it at last!
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I hope you feel better soon and find the magic ingredient Beth.🤗
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I’m sure I will!
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Oh lordy. I know exactly what you’re going through. Soup for the Apocalypse!
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Exactly!
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At least it is homemade and you even used up everything and made room for fresh ingredients 😀I like the adjustment metaphor!
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Yes to all of that!
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😊👍
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LOL, that sounds like me cooking, Beth. Get well soon. Hugs.
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I’m already on the mend. Thanks )
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Ha! Once “porridge” sets in, there’s no turning back!
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Yes, at that point it has entered a new realm
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LOL. There are some recipes you just can’t fix, but good luck trying!
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Thanks!
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Feel better! I’m sending good chef vibes over to you for that soup. I hope it tastes yummy!
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It will and thanks!
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I hope you feel better and I would have thrown it out the first time I didn’t lie the taste. You’re really funny. You may be wasting the things you’re putting in it to make it better when it’s NEVER going to be better. LOLOLOLOL
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Thanks, and you’ll be happy to know that after I added colorful peppers and a pinch of cloves, it now tastes good, but is super thick. I ate it for dinner over rice )
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Aww! I hope you’re feeling better. I’ve been in your shoes before. 🙂 Your creation looks quite colourful and might be a winner in the next few tries. 🙂
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It’s quite good at last! Thank you )
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Hope you feel better soon.
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thank you !
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What a crazy wonderful story – I can see you there, standing – weak in the knees – in your kitchen and whatever you do, it’s NOT getting any better. Maybe instead of sharing with your future grandchildren, you’d rather toss it and start anew…. 😉 Hope you’ll get better real fast now, seeing that the soup doesn’t work!
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it worked out by the end of yesterday, thickened and put over rice as a stew of sorts
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Yikes! I hate to tell you of a similar mishap I once had where the bad soup apparently cooked itself into a solid that stuck to the crock-pot and both had to be discarded. Best wishes and FEEL BETTER!
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oh, wow! mine finally turned into a thick stew-ish concoction and I ate it over rice. froze a lot of it for a future time when I may be snowed in and desperate
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I was glad to hear that it was saved by some colorful peppers and a pinch of cloves. What an adventurer you are.
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Did you add cabbage? That seems to work magic for soup. Or, a package of ready made seasoned mashed potatoes. Or, shredded cheese. Worth a try.
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Oh the potatoes!
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Yes! The package of ready made. It thickens the soup and gives it flavor. Let us know what you do and how it turned out.
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before I read your suggestion, I added peppers and cloves and it turned out okay. I’m going to add the potatoes into my next batch for sure, I love that idea –
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That’s great!
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Hahahahahaha!
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)))
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glad it finally tasted better, and now you are set for the rest of winter!
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I’m good!
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Some of the best inventions were accidental 🙂 Hope you’re feeling better!
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this is true, and yes, thanks!
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🤣
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❤️
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I’m switching from using my limes for a key lime pie to a strawberry lime granita. Cool way to calm the hot days we are having in San Francisco. Hope it rains next week.
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Great idea!
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