Feb 24 2009
Silly joke + a simple vegi soup recipe
Ok first off i was bored and looking for jokes on the internet and stubbled across this one so i had to share it with the world:When the waitress in a New York City restaurant brought him the soup du jour, the Englishman was a bit dismayed. “Good heavens,” he said, “what is this?” “Why, it’s bean soup,” she replied.”I don’t care what it has been,” he sputtered. “What is it now?”
(haha all credit to http://www.ahajokes.com/foo013.html)
anyway i decided to make something i havn’t made for a while a recipe my grandmother taught me when i was younger.
vegetable soup (as i remeber it)
ingredients
3 cups water
4 cups of chicken broath
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 medium sized onion
2 each carrot
6 each potato
salt and pepper
1/4 cup parsley
instructions
Just chop up the onion, slice the carrots into 1/4 inch thick pieces, trim and halve the green beens. Slice the mushrooms into 1/4 inch pieces, chop the potatoes into 1/8’s or 1/4’s depending on their size and chop the parsley. Now bascically put everything together. Heat butter and oil on medium high in a soup pot. Sauté onion, carrot, green beans for 3-4 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook for another 2 minutes. Add chicken stock and water, potatoes, and season with salt & pepper.Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and cook at a gentle boil until the potatoes are tender. (approx. 15 minutes) Add parsley just before the potatoes are cooked. Season to taste and serve.
