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Yes, I have a few skills. I actually made this soup from scratch. I don’t really know what I’m doing and I didn’t want to buy anything, since I had some medium old veggies in the fridge, perhaps about to go bad, but who knows some are irradiated, and might last forever. I have no exact clue as to what I used, I just chopped a lot of vegetables, and sauteed them until the onions carmelized, then I dumped it all into a gallon of water. Of course I added herbs like rosemary, and more onion, and salt, but really nothing too fancy. I reduced it to about half. I eyeballed all of the amounts, 4 or 5 carrots, 1 onion, 2 celery stalks, about 8 mushrooms… Look what you end up with. A lot of listless veggies, it’s life all in the juice that’s the veggie soup broth. The carrots actually were still decent, even though they cooked for a while, so I rescued them, but yes, you have a dump the rest. Really, it’s old celery and onion, so it’s cool. I added the barley, which I forgot to mention was also made from scratch, that took hours of soaking and boiling. I chopped up potato, tomato, mushrooms, and added a can of beans. Yes I added beans from a can. I had some, so why not use it? I think in all this soup took nearly 6 hours + to make. The only thing I bought for it was carrot, and rest I happened to have. The tomato made a huge difference. I tried it without and after I added it, and it gave it a punch. I’m not sure if I’d do it again, but the broth has a naturally sweet flavor thanks to the carrot and onion. I’ve always wanted to make a soup and it turned out decent. Thanks for reading. This was my Martha Stewart moment, but we all know she can’t cook.
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You'd think there'd be more important things to post about aside from this. Look at this combination. Who thought of this? Imagine the creative department at Popsicle sat around and probably got lit at lunch and came back and said, "We got it. Banana, Root Beer, and Lime!" Imagine the furor. "What the fuck?!" Jobs may have been lost, people mad, but it's interesting to know that, this combo has...
You’d think there’d be more important things to post about aside from this. Look at this combination. Who thought of this? Imagine the creative department at Popsicle sat around and probably got lit at lunch and came back and said, “We got it. Banana, Root Beer, and Lime!” Imagine the furor. “What the fuck?!” Jobs may have been lost, people mad, but it’s interesting to know that, this combo has been around for a while, and it’s the only one I buy! Why is that? They’re all underdog flavors, but they’re my three favorite flavors. Rootbeer first, then banana, and then lime. The weird thing is that tonight, I pull out the lime and immediately, I notice that it looks darker. I turned on some more lights, and it still didn’t look right. Do you know Popsicles enough to immediately see that a color is wrong? It’s darker, less bright green, and the taste was off too! I wonder what went wrong with this one, and I look at the front of the box. “Natural Colors and Flavors!” The rootbeer was spot on, it’s still brown, the lime was off, but I’ll bet it’s because that’s the easiest flavor to be “natural”. The banana was about the same. Maybe a little more yellow and a bit more rich. Popsicle should hire me to taste and judge their colors.
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Food in China from Beijing and Shanghai. The photos here are of xiaolongbao, the notorious soup dumpling. So good, so easy to eat. I could down tons of these. Each one tastes great, and the place in Shanghai is packed. If you pay more you get seats higher and higher up. Pay more, don't wait the two hours for the cheap seat. How much more is it? +$10 for your meal? It's something like that. I don't...
Food in China from Beijing and Shanghai. The photos here are of xiaolongbao, the notorious soup dumpling. So good, so easy to eat. I could down tons of these. Each one tastes great, and the place in Shanghai is packed. If you pay more you get seats higher and higher up. Pay more, don’t wait the two hours for the cheap seat. How much more is it? +$10 for your meal? It’s something like that. I don’t suggest the big dumpling with the straw coming out of it. This may taste okay, but it’s all soup, and really, it’s just okay. 1-10, a 5 or 6 for this. It’s for tourists. See more edibles at Flickr
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