My soup is just right

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Is That Soup or a Casserole?

My mother is the Scotch tape lady. (She doesn’t know it.) Whenever we get
a package from her we have to get out the scissors and carefully cut it
open. The goal is to get to the item inside the package without damaging
it. But she uses so much tape an explosion probably wouldn’t open the
thing. I’m not sure what she thinks will happen if she doesn’t cover every
opening with tape. Perhaps she thinks the item will take on a life of its
own and break out.

So whenever a package comes from my mother we call out, “Get the exacto
knife!!” That is what my mother is known for.

Someday when my daughter is grown with her own children I fear she will tell
stories on me, but my stories will be about soup. The people in my family
think my soup is too thick.

I made lentil soup last night. As I was announcing that dinner was ready, I
said, “The soup is a little thick.” They started laughing at me! Okay, so
the soup was in a mound in the pot! I don’t like it runny!

After dinner the husband asked me, “Do you ever read in the directions how
much liquid to put in?” My answer: “Well, I read it, but it just seemed
like too much to me.” More making fun of my cooking.

Menu for tonight: Lentil Casserole. And every night hereafter until it is
gone. There are people starving in the world; we have something good to
eat, and it is not soupy.

:slight_smile:

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This thread for some reason made me think so much about my mother; she used to always burn the toast, and then she would tell us “it’s just dark brown.”

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Surely somebody else has already informed you that the definition of “soup” is “runny”, right? Right? :wink:

Brings back the days of college, where we’d start out Monday with Lentil Loaf, then Tuesday would be Lentil Burgers, then Lentil and Barley Soup, then Shepherd’s Pie (with Lentils), etc. The potatoes would begin whole and then follow similar transformations until they joined the lentils in the Shepherd’s Pie.