Damn Abel wrote:

>In article
>,
> Ranée at Arabian Knits > wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> hahabogus > wrote:
>>
>> > Potato leek soup isn't a manly man kinda soup. Manly man type soup has got
>> > meat in it or beer.
>> > To me a leek is a wanna be onion, just tastes like weak onion, no umph!
>> > Manly
>> > man soups gotta
>> > have umph.
>>
>> That's funny. My very manly husband, who isn't even all that fond of
>> most soups, loves potato leek soup. It is thick and flavorful. Maybe
>> you have a bum recipe? Or bum leeks?
>
>My potato leek soup has lots of "umph" to it. I add it at the table.
>It's Tabasco sauce, or some other variant of red pepper sauce. My
>daughter and sons like "umph" also, but my wife doesn't, so that's why
>we add it at the table and not much on the stove.

There are only three reasons for adding hot sauce to potato leek soup;
the soup is tasteless, the diner is tasteless, or both. Okay, four
reasons: TIAD. And the word is Oomph.