Hi, everyone!

So summer is almost here, and the vegetables are growing so well after the sun we have been

having. More fodder for soup! So to tell about week two, we move on to mushroom soup.

One of Ruby's mothers, otherwise known as Caroline, took me to the Noe Valley farmer's market.

And there were these beautiful mushrooms... I bought about two pounds, some of which were for her. And then forgot to give to her. She called me later and wanted them back, but she lives in

SF, and I was in David's kitchen so I got to keep them. As it was, there was only 3/4 ths of what

I needed, so had to do math. What is three fourths of 2.5 pounds of mushrooms? I had enough

time to put them outside in the sun. Paul Stamets of Fungi Perfecti reports that putting them in the sun for a few hours boosts the vitamins A and D considerably. Something to remember.

So I made it, so simple. And the seventeen dollar bottle of Madeira provided, in just two tablespoons, the right touch. Plus the freshly grated nutmeg. Very good. From the same book as the fruit soup, the Joy of Cooking soup book. We had it for supper.

You aren't surprised that we have soup for supper on Saturday nights, are you? But since we got our grass fed beef from Morris, tonight we are having steak! Yahoo!

Ban the big bomb.

So without my webmaster, Ruby, it took some time to get back here. Actually, her mother

sent me the link to my own blog. But now I am there. Hello to all my followers and friends,

which now is Ruby and me.

I am going to play some catch up really quick. This is now actually week three. So I will tell

briefly what week One was. We made fruit soup out of the new book. Why fruit soup? Because

we are going to our family reunion in Nebraska, a Larson family reunion. I looked at other

recipes, like from the old days, but this one was the best. So I made it and it was good.

My neighbors said they were going to put it over ice cream. Yum. I would recommend this,

especially for summer, and for your constitution. Like revenge, best eaten cold.

Peace out, ban the bomb!

introduction

I went to Davis on the train, and while I was there I bought a book. At the Avid Reader book store I bought the Joy of Cooking soup book. For my boyfriend. But I never really gave it to him, I kept it because I have been using it myself. We like soup. We like soup a lot. So I decided to make 50 soups in 52 weeks! Not difficult. Just fun. So two weeks ago today I started. It was
only today when my niece and good friend Ruby convinced me to blog about. She is my webmaster, and
she is awesome. She is ten.