The record on the player was country music sensation Garth Brooks' 1992 effort "The Chase". As well as containing numerous catchy tunes, it deals with the universal issues of challenges in relationships between people. As this theme is something we can all relate to on some level it probably explains why the album sold by the bucket load on its release.
I plumped for a soup that contained lots of green vegetable ingredients and flavourings that evoked warm, sunny summer evenings. The soup was a Rocket, Chinese Cabbage and Potato Soup.
The ingredients were as follows:
A bag of pre-prepared Rocket.
Ten leaves from a Chinese Cabbage.
One Spunta Potato- peeled and then cubed.
Ten Ounces of Frozen Peas
A White Onion- topped, tailed and then diced.
The juice of a Lemon.
A tablespoon of dried Thyme.
A teaspoon of Black Pepper.
Three tablespoons of Olive Oil.
Two cloves of Garlic- topped,tailed, peeled and sliced finely.
Quarter of a pint of Vegetable Stock.
The ingredients to make this one was as follows:
1. Sweat the Cabbage, Garlic, Potatoes, Pepper and Thyme in Olive Oil in a sauce pan for thirty five minutes on a medium heat. Stir the ingredients constantly to stop them sticking to the pan.
2. Add the Rocket and Lemon Juice and sweat for a further twenty minutes.
3. Add the Vegetable Stock and simmer lightly for another twenty-five minutes until the Potato Pieces can be cut with the edge of a plastic spoon.
4. Leave the ingredients to cool and then blend.
5. Warm through on the hob for ten minutes and add some grated Parmesan for a richer taste.
The taste of this dish was rich but also sweet because of the Peas while the Potatoes gave it plenty of substance. The stodginess and wintry taste necessarily created by the Potatoes was also offset by the summery freshness of Lemon Juice.
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