In article >,
(Charlotte L. Blackmer) wrote:

> In article <tdNtf.3083$0c.2373@trnddc07>, Chris >
> wrote:
> >
> >"serene" > wrote in message
> .. .
> >> Well, not frenzy, exactly. More like relaxed puttering, and I'm loving
> >> it.
> >
> >Yeah, that's fun!
>
> Yesterday I did nothing much - went to a party. I had made Christmas cake
> weeks before so the cooking effort was minimal - I haven't felt well
> lately.
>
>
> Today I will be cooking lentil soup - since I have some slab bacon

> Charlotte
> http://loveandcooking.blogspot.com
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Charlotte, dahling! Happy New Year to you and I hope you're feeling
better. What do you do for that lentil soup? I love lentils - I made a
vat of 15-bean soup from Beck's Christmas ham bone and added a cup of
lentils towards the end of the cook time. Rob's actually been eating
the soup on his own (as opposed to being subtly coerced) - he's loving
it. I'm thinking about another pot of soup - just lentils this time,
and would like to know how you do yours. I'll be winging mine and will
soon decide what sort of pork I'll use for some meaty flavor.

When Niece Jo and I were in the Vysoky Tatry in Slovakia in 1990 we
spent a night in a mountain cabin with my Cousin The Sonofabitch and his
son, and prepared a lentil concoction over rice for our evening meal.
It was pretty good. My recollection of it is that involved some smoked
sausage, onion, tomatoes, and lentils cooked to a thick stew consistency
(I think the lentils retained their shape) for service over white rice.
Good stuff.

Take care of you.
-Barb
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