it is freaking cold here today.... about 5degC but feels like 2degC or lower... made worse by the fact that i can't quite turn the heating on since the management is only just preparing the boilers... and we have a freeze warning of sub-zero temperatures over the next few hours till about 8am on sat...
brrrrrr... this is autumn?! i suppose i shouldn't be complaining... elsewhere in central america, hurricane Stan brought quite a lot more misery and there's an earthquake in parkistan/kashmir... i wonder what has led to the series of hurricanes and natural calamities... seems rather odd... maybe we humans have done too many wrongs...
i must have been mad to cycle in this chill today!!! well, it is finally dry after days of monsoon-like rain coupled by what they call t-storms.... wet as anything! and when it's dry you've got to enjoy it... although perhaps it would have been more enjoyable some 10degC warmer... at least i didn't have to wait in the cold for the bus or the lightrail...
cold days like such, i think of ruth and her soups... i know she'd be making some if i could only visit her at portobello beach... and i know it would taste yum... sadly i could only attempt to mimic her lovely soup concoctions with the help of my newly acquired kitchen gadget (which i've been contemplating for weeks and weeks...!). it seemed to work! and i'll have to learn to make more exciting soups than this random one with whatever that i could find in the veggie drawer and these bread-like dumpling that i thought was what resembled something i once had in germany (and you can get the mix for such at the supermarkets here):
ingredients:
(makes about 2 large servings!)
- half a small cauliflower, cut into florets
- 2 or 3 carrots, cut into small chunks
- about 3 stalks of celery, cut into small chunks
- 1 white onion, chopped
- a few sprigs of corriander, chopped coarsely
- soup stock -- for the lack of authentic homemade soup stock at hand i succumbed to using a processed cube of soup stock
- little bread-dumplings made from matzo meal (apparently a Jewish tradition which i didn't know before!) seasoned with a little soya sauce instead of salt
add the veggies and the soup stock in a pot with just enough water to cover the veggies (if you do have some homemade stock, add enough just to cover the veggies and leave out the water or top up with water if you don't have enough) and bring to a boil before simmering for a bit until they become soft. remove pot from heat and blend the mixture with a blender until you get your desired consistency. bring the pot back to the stove and add the bread dumplings and simmer for some 5-10 minutes.
serve with a generous sprinkle of chopped corriander and some crackers or some lovely bread and butter!
posted by ~overacuppa~ on Friday, 7 October, 2005 at 23:31 hrs
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