demitri mendeleeve

We get a ton of produce since we entered the Washingtonapos;s Green Grocers program, so much so that I am constantly either throwing out sudden science projects from the fridge or Iapos;m fighting a losing battle to use stuff up before it goes bad. Lots of minestrone gets eaten around this place. Iapos;d found a recipe for mushroom soup, to which Iapos;d replaced parsley with celery.

(INGREDIENTS FOR AWESOME MUSHROOM SOUP)
3 Tbsp. Butter
12 oz. Mushrooms
1 medium onion
4 cups chicken stock
celery
salt/pepper

You cut everything up, sweat the veggies/onions in the butter, then pour stock over everything and cook for an hour. When you are done, you throw the whole mass in a blender, giving it a whirl, then pour back into the pot with 2 oz. Of good sherry, reheat and serve. Now the recipe specifically warned me about having a VERY tight seal on the blender lid, because otherwise you fling hot soup everywhere. So I had an especially tight seal on the lid.

They neednapos;t have bothered.

I swear the seal is getting old, that and all we have is a high-powered blender and even the lowest power was way to high for a starting blend. There is also no apos;pulseapos; button. Scalding hot wannabe mushroom soup shot up the cabinets, all over the toaster, down my armpit and side, and coated the fridge behind me. Iapos;m not sure how I missed the ceiling, but Iapos;m grateful I did. The kitchen is not an ideal place to keep the house phone even if it is in the center of the apartment.

Iapos;d been only minutes from completing dinner (which due to a mass of veggies needing to be cooked and a sudden spurt of inspiration happened to be a starter of mushroom and celery soup with homemade tortilla chips sprinkled in Old Bay, along with an ostrich, bell-pepper, and broccoli stir-fry over mixed white and brown rice). AgtOrange had gone outside for a quick smoke break and things had been peachy keen before he stepped out.

Next thing, Iapos;m in the bathroom applying cold baking soda paste to my armpit (which works wonders for burns) and then attempting to clean to a Chernobyl-style mushroom explosion while trying not to collapse in a fit of manic giggling. There is something ludicrious about burning oneapos;s armpit with hot soup.

By the way, what was left in the blender was delicious.
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