Endless Soup and Bread and the fine art of Noticing
In the spirit of moving on, first the soup and bread-
Cheesy Potato Soup
8 to 10 cups of chicken broth (my preference is Better Than Bouillon)
2 carrots, 2 stalks of celery, 1 small onion- diced.
About 10 or so potatoes, diced
Whatever seasonings float your soupy boat (garlic, s&p, bay leaves, parsley, etc.)
Simmer in a large dutch oven until vegetables are tender.
In a separate pot, make a white sauce with 4 tbsp butter, 4 tbsp flour and 2 cups of milk. When thickened, add in 2 to 4 cups of cheese (I like to do equal amounts mild and sharp cheddar). Add cheese sauce to soup, stir until well combined.
If desired, garnish servings with crumbled bacon and/or green onions. Om nom!
This makes a pretty good sized amount of soup. Fills my dutch oven right to the top! And! It’s totally fattening. Ask me how much I care. :P
French Bread
(I use my breadmaker because, well, because I have one. And it’s easy.)
2lb loaf
1 1/3 cups warm water
2 tsp butter, softened
4 cups bread flour
5 tsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
4 tsp bread machine yeast
Set it and forget it!
Eat both the soup and the bread together. Because it’s delicious.
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On to noticing.
Remember that post I made a couple of years ago about how Master likes his closet and drawers to be organized?
Well. Over the last couple of months, I’d let it slide. I was just putting the clothes away in no order whatsoever.
When he didn’t say anything, I figured he’d lost interest in that OCD-level of clothes organization. That’s not an unreasonable conclusion to come to. He loses interest in a lot of things. Sometimes he neglects to inform me that he’s lost interest.
In other words, I wasn’t doing it to test him or anything. It was just one of those things, you know? We get busy and little things start to slide. It wasn’t a purposeful act of disobedience, really. Really really.
Anyway. The other day he said something about it. He was digging through his closet for something and pointed out to me how nothing was where it was supposed to be. The T-shirts were mixed with the sweatshirts and the long-sleeved button downs were rubbing the short sleeves of the Polos, and oh! Teh Horror! (grins)
All I said was that it was nice to be noticed.
Not a lot of things get noticed around here these days, as you can imagine.
The thing about me is that I don’t need, want, or even like the good things to be noticed. You know what I mean? I wouldn’t like for him to praise me or pat me on the head every time he opens his closet and sees the clothes are all arranged perfectly.
That should be the expectation, right? That I’m doing what he tells me to do. It shouldn’t be noticed at all.
What makes an impact on me is when he notices that I’m NOT doing what he expects. It’s like a little mental slavery hug when he points something out that I’ve done wrong. Pointing out what I do right, or not noticing either way, makes me drop the ball.
I react far more positively internally to “You could have vacuumed more thoroughly today, cunt” than I do to “The house looks nice, snooks”.
Of course, all of this comes with the caveat that I should do what I know I’m supposed to do anyway and he shouldn’t have to do anything that makes it easier or better for me. Blah blah blah, yadda yadda yadda. And I should and he shouldn’t. BUT. I’m just sayin’ how it works for me in case he was of a mind to do it my way. ;-)
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Friday January 27th, 2012 5:08pm
you said – “I react far more positively internally to “You could have vacuumed more thoroughly today, cunt” than I do to “The house looks nice, snooks”.” and I couldn’t stop laughing!!!!!
thanks kaya babe – my mood needed a post just like this right now!
Michael Samadhi´s last [type] ..Time to move? Wouldn’t you want to "Stay Moist at Wet"?
lol. Why? I’m serious here!
just wanted to give you a “ya i hear ya!!” cause i do !!
morningstar´s last [type] ..Strange
I guess you are feeling the same thing huh?? I know I am and it is scaring the hell out of Me.
My brain is on overload and I don’t like what it is saying.
Warren ( aka Sir )´s last [type] ..Hint, hint……
:-)
Oh yum. I can’t believe it took me this long to figure out why my soup with cheese never comes out right–because you have to add it directly to the white sauce. Duh.
Thank you lol.
lil´s last [type] ..Quiet
You’re welcome! lol
“I’m just sayin’ how it works for me in case he was of a mind to do it my way.”
Yeah, good luck with that one :D
Master’s piece´s last [type] ..Flying
It could happen! I’m an optimist. :D
I’ll organize his closet, you potty train this damn dog..
Vixen´s last [type] ..I’m not going to laugh..
Tempting as that is, I’ve already finished the closet. :P
I loooooveeee making soup and homemade bread. Fav’s are cream of chicken with rice and cream of broccoli with or without cheese. MMMMMM!
slaveindenial´s last [type] ..My day off
HA! soup is on the menu for next week and i have a half-bag of potatoes that i had NO idea what to do with…
YAY!
i am so going to make this…nom nom (but i’m hearing complaints that i’ve not made cornbread in a long while so we’ll do that)
i hate the 4 sided hard crust of the bread machine bread, so after the 90 min. mix/rise, i take it out and do it in a regular bread pan…
thanks for the nommy sounding soup recipe!
nilla
nilla´s last [type] ..Seedlings (5)
Hey did I miss something. What happened to watching the calories and eating healthy???
Nothing happened to it. I think this is healthy. Clean, natural ingredients. Yep. ;-)
Hey did you know January is National Soup Month!! lol Thought you would get a kick out of that!
That recipe looks great – How do you think it would be with homemade sour cream?
i like to be thanked for doing things once in a while. If it happens all the time it would become to mundane. Occasional praise puts a little extra spring in my step and a little more oomph to my desire to serve.
i’m like you however; if something slips a lot, and it’s not noticed, it makes me feel like saying ‘why bother.’
Then i start worrying about what’s going to happen if a lot of things start slipping into the ‘why bother’ stage.
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When would you add the sour cream, and why? In place of something or just as additional flavor? I bet the sour cream would give it a baked potato taste. Yum!
wait…i didn’t mean homemade sour cream…i forgot to erase that and i didn’t catch that when i re-read what i wrote *blushes*
i just meant sour cream. *laughs*
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[...] This recipe from kaya looks nummie!! i’m reposting it here so i have a copy. Thank you soooo much hun! Cheesy Potato Soup [...]
Just curious: Are you a skin on or skin off person when it comes to cooking potatoes?
Mostly skin off. I’ll leave some skin on when I’m doing mashed with red potatoes because the Boss Man likes it that way, but in soups or other potato casserole-type dishes, I peel them
I’m making this today although I’ll freely confess to buying freshly baked sourdough in the local bakery. :)
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Serenity Everton´s last [type] ..Third Grade Feminism
I have been known to cheat at the local bakery myself. ;)