Bock wrote on 19 Aug 2005 in rec.food.cooking

> Recently, I have been making potato soup. It has been a long time
> since I have had potatoes in the house. I usually have rice or
> pasta. It has been a treat.
>
> Yesterday the soup was made uneventfully until it came time to puree
> the soup. I placed soup in my blender.
> Placed the lid on. Turned on the blender. All went well. I
> decided to add some salt and thought this was a good time to do it.
> I went to remove the little cover in the lid and oops - the lid
> being soft plastic/rubber as opposed to the older blenders that had
> hard rubber lids and hard little covers for adding ingredients -
> went into the blender. I quickly hit the stop button to stop the
> liquefy action but not before, the walls, my shoes half way across
> the room, the fridge, cupboards, most everything in the kitchen
> including the ceiling had potato soup spots. But the point of my
> story is not the accident per se, it is that potato soup on the
> ceiling and in my shoes and everywhere else looks like the end of a
> porno movie. From now on it is plastic wrap for my blender. I am
> going to play it safe.
>
> The recipe is translated from a German web site.
>
> A German Potato Soup
>
> X numbers of potatoes peeled to half fill a pot of choice
> chopped onion white/yellow
> green onion greens chopped (optional garnish)
> olive oil
> garlic (optional)
> water to cover potatoes in pot.
> salt, pepper
>
> While peeling potatoes, fry some white/yellow chopped onions in a
> pot. Add chopped peeled potatoes with water to cover and boil 15
> minutes. I sometimes add a bit of chopped Black Forest Ham to the
> boiling water. Puree. Season to taste. It is very nice. Very
> simple.
>
> I don't add the green onions as I don't keep them in the house
> usually. I peel the potatoes leaving 2/8 thickness of peels. These
> thicker than normal peelings chopped fine and fried are wonderful
> for breakfast or anytime. No waste.

If you'd of used a stick blender, the accident wouldn't of happened.

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