On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 07:45:11 -0500, "Gus" >
wrote:

> Does garlic go with black pepper, or is it an either/or situation? I
> was making some soup that called for black pepper, but wanted to add
> garlic too. Just a basic potato soup, which starts out as mashed
> potatoes and then I use some of the mashed potatoes to make soup.

Of course they go together! You have to decide if you like them
together in that soup (try roasting the garlic first), but it will be
up to you to taste it and decide.

> Btw,
> you can freeze soup-- can you freeze mashed potatoes you are going to
> use for soup?

I'd just mash/smash the potato and freeze it plain.

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