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Graham

On 2018-03-02 3:50 PM, wrote:
> 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.Â* Once things
>>> cleared up we went out to run some errands and stopped for a coffee
>>> along the way.Â* 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.Â* I added some
>>> Jamaican curry powder while the veggies were being sauteed.Â*Â* 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?
>
Very nice taste. I added a can of chopped tomatoes as well.