{"id":403,"date":"2004-12-16T19:46:19","date_gmt":"2004-12-16T19:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/wordpress\/?p=403"},"modified":"2004-12-16T19:46:19","modified_gmt":"2004-12-16T19:46:19","slug":"soups-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/?p=403","title":{"rendered":"soup’s on"},"content":{"rendered":"

If the crafting spirits are with me, I should have some knitting and craft updates for you this weekend (Ribby should be FINISHED). Don’t hold your breath, though–lately I seem to be having difficulties getting crafty stuff accomplished. Yeah, well, anyway, today I’m going to talk about soup. I’m in charge of making soup for Christmas dinner. I was contemplating what kind of soup I should make when Peter suggested I do a trial run. I told him that I hardly ever do a trial run; I usually wing it. He responded, “That’s why I’m suggesting you do a trial run.” Hmph. Well, it turns out he was right. Today I made Curried Butternut Squash Soup from the Silver Palate Cookbook. Here it is in chunky, precooked form:
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\nAnd after it has been worked over by the magic of the immersion blender:
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\nIt was, as Em<\/a> would say, schmeh (did I spell that correctly?). It didn’t have that sublime quality that I was hoping for, and it was too oniony for my taste, even though I pureed the crap out of the cooked onions with the immersion blender. It’s a pretty basic recipe, simply calling for butternut squash (hence the name! Ha ha ha!), apples, chicken stock, onions, and curry powder.
\nAnyway, I guess it’s back to the drawing board. Anyone out there have a tasty recipe for butternut squash soup or any other soup that would go well with ham?
\nOh, and here’s a bonus photo of Peter’s favorite snack, since the soup looks like something a cat might hack up, and I hate to leave you with an unappetizing image–Cheese Curls from Japan (pronounced “Carls” in Japanese. It’s really more fun to say Cheese Carls, don’t you think?). This holiday edition was sent by a pal in Japan:
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