I have never been a soup guy or did I ever want to be. I work nights 99% of the time and rarely would soup be on my prep list. I would certainly dilute old soup before I made more. Not that I don't care it is just I had more important things to do. Day crew doesn't due shit anyway, why can't they make soup? Shit Why didn't they make any? I will save Day crew for another post. So this word, garbure, has been floating around the kitchen for a few days. It is not French for 3-day soup as I was led to believe. I was finally given the task of making it tomorrow. The Ad Hoc book was handed to me and I was told to read their recipe and make it happen. Really homework, on a Friday? Ah who cares, I am not going out since I am working day shift tomorrow. I am actually looking forward to this in a weird way. I have not read the directions yet, there are two pages of small print. Yes two pages for a soup and no the picture is on a different page. I will keep you posted on how it turns out.
Part Deuce:
Let me ad that I like to ride my bike to work whenever possible. it is about 17 hilly miles each way but I enjoy it. When I was told about this soup I was given a book that weighed 10+ pounds to ride home with. Not a huge deal but I worked 9+ hours and now had to ride home with this book. Builds character or anger you choose. Anyway I read the recipe and checked out some googled picture and shit. Seems like vegetable soup with bacon flavor. Anyway I got my mise all set up but did not have a chance to get it working since it was 1215 and I know better then to cover 3 of my 6 burners on a Saturday during lunch time. So long story short the guy who asked me to make came in and put everything in a pot simmered and called it a day. He used prosciuttoinstead of bacon for reason unknown at the time. It tasted like veggie soup. And even worse after he put the vinegar in it. So on Wed I was going to attempt to make it the OG way. I had secretly cut the fat of some smoked pork belly and stored it where only I could find it, my book-bag. I simmered the veggies for about two hours with the bacon lid. The kitchen smelled of bacon and chocolate which made IT move without touching IT. Produce did not arrive until 1130 and I did not get a chance to finish the soup, but I assembled some for myself and for a customer, by request to try. Some veggies were missing but I got to try the important part, the broth. Chix stock with a slightly smokey flavor. That's it. I felt like I went on a date with a attractive woman and had made just enough connection over dinner to have the date end with on a high note! But then nothing, not even a high school style make-out session. Or it could be described like reading any Dan Brown's novels. Awesome with a unfilled ending. All that work for little result....No I now know that I will most likely not make that soup again and will wonder why anyone would make it. I will use the bacon lid again and saved the pieces I used.
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