Rich9

i’ve been bereft of interesting things to post, obviously, since my last post, tho i’ve a few thoughts on the NIMIC seminar yesterday that i’ll deliver later. in the meantime here’s some celery soup that I made the other day, it turned out to be tasty enough. I made quite a large quantity cos I was in Tesc0s and came across two big packs of celery in the bargain bin for 10p each, the rest is cookery.

1. Heat some oil and sweat half an onion and a small leek, both finely chopped, with two bay leaves
2. Chop a small carrot and a small parsnip and add to the pan
3. Sprinkle in a tea spoon of thyme and stir
4. Chop about 15-20 celery sticks, add to the pan, and stir
5. (You can score the back of each celery stick with a knife to remove the tough filaments, or sieve them out later)
6. Pour in two pints of freshly boiled water and stir
7. Add a chicken stock cube, and a vegetable stock cube
8. Season with salt and black pepper
9. Cover and simmer for about 30 minutes, until the celery is cooked
10. Check the seasoning and adjust accordingly
11. Allow to cool and blend 70% of it
12. Serve with a dollop of cream and some nice bread

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