On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 15:31:21 -0700, graham > wrote:

>On 2018-03-02 2:00 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> We had a blast of winter blast through here last night and it dumped
>> 8-10 inches of wet, heavy snow. I feel sorry for people who don't have
>> snowblowers because mine got a real workout this morning.* Once things
>> cleared up we went out to run some errands and stopped for a coffee
>> along the way.* My wife got a bowl of sweet potato soup. I had never had
>> it before and had a taste. It was pretty good but lacking something. I
>> picked up some sweet potatoes on the way home and tried making a batch.
>> It has to be one of the world's easiest soups to make.* I added some
>> Jamaican curry powder while the veggies were being sauteed.** It turned
>> out great.
>
>I was given a small packet of fancy-schmancy legume mix for soup. I made
>it yesterday following the recipe on the packet adding the trinity and
>some minced pork. However, I completely underestimated the amount of
>water needed to cook the dry stuff. The mix expanded so much that I had
>to transfer it to a bigger pot whereupon it absorbed even more water. I
>ended up with enough to feed the 5k from a 500g packet!

How did it taste? I make my own soup but sometimes would like a
change, but not canned, can't stand that anymore. What was the Brand
etc?