Good Soup

Yesterday, I began the process of making good vegetable beef soup. First, you have to throw a meaty beef bone in a pot of boiling water with a tea strainer half full of pickling spice and let it simmer for several hours (you can add barley or rice to the boiling soup, too). After this cooks several hours, you can pour the soup into a big pitcher so that the saturated fat will get cold and hardened at the top. Once that is done, the rest is easy--skim off the fatty layer at the top,then,just add corn, vegetables, rotel tomatoes or whatever else you like. I love soup because of the synergistic affect. Any one ingredient by itself is nothing to get excited about, but with the right combination of meat, starch, and vegetables--it's heavenly.

Brent did a very interesting blog today. He wanted his blog to be a "group effort" so he started telling a story about his 20th High School reunion. Commenters could add to the story as it moved along, but they had to keep it in context with what had previously been written. Many flavors and personalities came out as the story was being written. It was so intriguing (and funny) to see what twists and turns the storyline would take. I really loved it and hope he does it again, soon.

I am thankful for the many ingredients (people and events) that God brings my way. He make my soup of life so interesting and so goooooddd!!!