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gtr

On 2012-08-26 20:42:24 +0000, said:

> Some people can't make soup no matter how hard or not they try.

Depends on how much you like soup and how picky you are about the
result. As a kid I ate every conceivable variety of Campbell's soups,
my mom would through such stuff in it as served her needs. I loved
them all. I seem to remember a lot more than I see in the stores.

The wife has a cultural/iconic chip on her shoulder about "Campbell's".
It is apparently too low, to close to "tv dinners" or some such. On
the other hand, as a child she thought that God's chose food was Chef
Boy-ar-dee ravioli and though she has a refined palate, I find she
considers almost any ravioli the best food on the planet. So much for
cultural templates.

I've rarely every met a soup I didn't like. There is one in a very
cheap Chinese restaurant near by. Their soup is always tepid and grey
and tastes vaguel like dishwater. As soon as I said "dishwater"
outloud we could no longer buy it, and then could no longer eat there.

> Her mom's effort must have turned out like dishwater and she never tried
> again. Soup can be quite filling and a hearty meal, but a person has
> to put a little effort in to the pot.

Not really. It's like a grilled cheese, even something less than the
best bread and the best cheese still work out pretty well.

> From her statements in the past about mom's cooking I gather she's a
> plain, bare bones, get the meal on the table and be thankful I even
> cooked type of person.

Also she wears a faded cotton print shift all day, and has a strange
way of nervously crossing and uncrossing her pinky and ring finger.

Perhaps I've said too much.