chet wrote:
> Going to try my hand at potato soup, will use a stick blender to get
> it a smooth type rather than chunk style, so the basic recipe starts
> with butter in the pan with onions some flour, than add broth, and
> potatoes that are already baked and then the stick blender, as for
> seasonings, other than salt & pepper, I noticed some use crushed leaf
> tyme, most recipes don't use tyme, anyone here ever make potatoe soup,
> does tyme enhance the flavor for the soup and other seasonings I am
> missing. trying to keep away from bacon fat and the bacon, sor of
> keeping it as healthy as possible.
>
> Chet


lots of good suggestions from a recent potato soup discussion and yes a
lot of recipes use thyme but there's definitely more to it than that:

<http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.cooking/browse_thread/thread/e6a7a1ac129fa71/6b2c28d467691f26?q=potato+soup&lnk=ol&#>