I AM MAKING SOUP

[highlyeccentric]

It will be orange. It has a high orange content. It will be sweet potato/carrotty goodness, with regular potato for balance, and some celery because that's what I had in the fridge.

... that is all for today.

Comments

[agenttrojie.livejournal.com]

Soup is delicious. I am sure yours will be delightful, and also have many healthful properties, given the amount of carotene that it will no doubt contain, which will be beneficial for your eyesight.

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

It was delightful, and I was delighted. It was a leetle too runny, but otherwise delightful.

[agenttrojie.livejournal.com]

It's soup! It's supposed to be runny. However if it happens again and you'd like a more creamy, thicker consistency I would advise making a flour-and-butter roux and stirring that in, then boiling it for longer to take off some of the liquid :D

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

I put flour and milk in it, and I think the problem was that I had the lid on so the water didn't boil off. Also I put more water in than the recipe said, that could also be it.

[agenttrojie.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'd say that's probably it.

I tend to keep the lid on until the veges are cooked and then take it off for the remainder of the cooking time so that it will boil off.

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

*waves hands* BUT STILL. I MADE SOUP. MOSTLY BY POWER OF IMAGINATION AND SHIT I HAD IN THE FRIDGE TODAY.

[agenttrojie.livejournal.com]

MAKING FOOD BY THE POWERS OF IMAGINATION AND LEFTOVER SHIT IS THE SOUL OF COOKERY

Therefore I award you this gold star: *gives you gold star*

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

*accepts it*

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

I am very sad, though. I could not buy parsnips to put in this soup. I LIKE parsnips, for some god-forsaken reason.

[agenttrojie.livejournal.com]

Parsnips baked with parmesan cheese, dude, it is the finest vegetable dish known to mankind.

This, together with the chocolate torte (known fondly as 'death torte' in my mother's household) that my mother's husband makes, is why I love 'midwinter Christmas dinner'.

[metaphoroflife.livejournal.com]

I LOVE PARSNIPS

[kayloulee.livejournal.com]

Parsnips are AMAZING. *looks down the comment tree thing* DUUUDE. I need to try them baked with parmesan, like, yesterday.

I'm the only person in my family who likes them and I cannot fathom why no one else does. More for me, though!

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

SHALL I BUY PARSNIPS? Shall we cook parsnips with parmesan cheese for easter?

[kayloulee.livejournal.com]

NOMS. YES. If no one else wants any then more for us!

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

... we are going to have the *strangest* feast ever! Parsnips and hot cross buns ftw.

Nice blog, may I make a request?

[https://me.yahoo.com/jeb.seibel#748ac (from livejournal.com)]

Stumbled upon your blog - both of them actually - while researching a little tid bit for a novel I am working on. I loved your piece "Gentlemen, man your wives!' and since you seem to know your stuff, I wondered if I may ask you a basic translation question. So with apologizes in advance, here it is:

The set up is that there is a rather minor female character who glances at the work of a male character. The male fancies himself to be quite the expert translator but he is not. She is a really good one, and 'notices' he made a very silly translation mistake - which confirms her opinion of him.

That's the whole thing, and obviously what I am begging for is help with that 'silly translation mistake.' They are dealing with an event that happened in England about 1200AD so it could be a mistake in either Old/Saxon (your specialty?) or Middle English. I'd like it to be a bit humorous to make him look like a buffoon. Any help is appreciated

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