Brian was our only friend brave enough (or crazy enough!) to navigate the roads for Soup Night since it's been snowing ALL DAY! (Anita, Kirsten, Julie, and "Other Brian"...eat your hearts out!)
Emeril's Senegalese Peanut Soup. (Mom, this one's for YOU! You slung a cravin' on me the other night!) You can find Chef Lagasse's recipe at http://bit.ly/4oQiri .
Toasting the walnuts in the toaster oven for the Cauliflower Soup garnish...
May Bee took refuge from all the clanking of pots and pans...
...while Ben hovered around Brian, his new best friend.
Molly folded the napkins, dreading the cauliflower experience to come...
Two delicious soups. The cream of cauliflower soup is topped with brown butter, toasted walnuts, and tiny cauliflower florets "blanched in salt water." (Right. As if.)
Anticipation! Will Karen like it? Will she be able to swallow CAULIFLOWER?
Preparing to taste the first spoonful of Cauliflower Soup. Drum roll, please.
Okay! Here she goes!
It's IN! Cauliflower is now coating her taste buds with its cruciferous deliciousness!
RELIEVED! It's actually NOT as awful as expected!
Second bite! Look who's being so brave! (And setting a good example for her new granddaughter, Willow, making her way into the world AT THAT VERY MOMENT. Joelle was in labor throughout dinner, and Karen kept running to check her phone for baby updates. Soup Night was WAY more exciting as we all waited for incoming texts & calls!!)
Third bite...and no "Reversal of Fortune" so far...
In most pitiful Dickensian orphan voice: "Please, mum...may I have some more?"
Love those high-class foil bowls. (You can't hide money.)
The wreckage...
So, Soup Night may not have had lots of participants, but it was still judged to be a HUGE success. Plans are already in the works for next month...so...see you at Soup Night, January Edition! (BYOB!! Bring Your Own Bowl.)
