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devin_chain) wrote2007-01-05 04:34 pm
devin_chain) wrote2007-01-05 04:34 pm
Cooking is so strange.
Just made a vegetarian carrot soup with a simple base of olive oil, onions and garlic. It also has lemon juice, basil, and soy sauce.
ETA: Sea salt, black pepper, crushed red pepper. Duh! Why did I forget to mention those? The last explains the spicey flavor.
After I cooked it all down and blended, it tasted spicey, but it reminded me too much of baby food. The carrots overwhelmed it, I think. So I thought, "brandy." Got the brandy down. Sniffed it. Sniffed the soup. Said, "I don't think so." Got the rum down. Sniffed both. Said, "Yes." And it worked. Now the carrot flavor has backed way off, bringing up the spice, the onion, and the lemon. I don't taste the rum at all, but it's much better. It's actually a very good soup all of a sudden. I don't understand how these things work. I'm just glad when they do.
This morning I made and stored black-eyed peas. Not sure if I posted that earlier.
ETA: Sea salt, black pepper, crushed red pepper. Duh! Why did I forget to mention those? The last explains the spicey flavor.
After I cooked it all down and blended, it tasted spicey, but it reminded me too much of baby food. The carrots overwhelmed it, I think. So I thought, "brandy." Got the brandy down. Sniffed it. Sniffed the soup. Said, "I don't think so." Got the rum down. Sniffed both. Said, "Yes." And it worked. Now the carrot flavor has backed way off, bringing up the spice, the onion, and the lemon. I don't taste the rum at all, but it's much better. It's actually a very good soup all of a sudden. I don't understand how these things work. I'm just glad when they do.
This morning I made and stored black-eyed peas. Not sure if I posted that earlier.