CRUNCH!!

[fpb]

So I had some cabbage left over from making stuffed cabbage a while back; a lot of onions; and some leeks that really needed to be used before they wilted. So I decided to try and use all the natural flavours of the stuff. I melted some chopped bacon fat (good for extra flavour) over a very slow fire; added the chopped onions, sliced leeks, and cabbage; cooked it very slowly; then added some chickpeas and vegetable stock and kept it cooking till the moisture had shrunk. I looked forward to a really pleasant main course.

So I placed the first spoonful in my mouth.

CRUNNCCCCHH!!

I had forgotten to wash the earth out of the leeks.

Comments

[photosynthesis.livejournal.com]

I did that once! My potato leek soup tasted more like potato sand soup.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

I dare say that, the way you are feeling right now, it would feel like a pleasant complement to the taste! Congratulations.

[rfachir.livejournal.com]

Ouch - hate those unexpected earthy-tones. Had some in a gourmet ice-cream last summer - icky.

[super-pan.livejournal.com]

Argh! Too bad, it sounds like it would have been delicious.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Oh, it was - I recommend it. WITHOUT the grit.

[secularhermites.livejournal.com]

My mother was notorious for doing things like this. I can hear her say, "When you chew, just make sure your teeth don't touch - you'll never know the difference." ;))

[privatemaladict.livejournal.com]

Erg, ewww. I can just imagine the gritty feeling on the teeth. *shudders*