spinach soup is a tough sell.greens in soup go bitter so often - the spinach needs to be very fresh and handled well or it's just a mess. beetroot soup i like, though.
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postbear has metal knees,
Sun 6 Apr 2008, 6:50,
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See, I think the beetroot was the problem.Spinach is fine, but fucks up the colour. I thought the beetroot would correct this but it only made things worse (it was a last minute choice instead of using carrots, because soups always have carrots). It also imparted a disgusting earthy flavour to the whole fiasco.
It had way too many other ingredients, besides. Should have stuck to parsnips.
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Sun 6 Apr 2008, 6:54,
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It had way too many other ingredients, besides. Should have stuck to parsnips.
parsnips are gods among common root vegetables.a week without them is no good thing at all. i love celeriac almost as much, too - both i prefer roasted in the oven until crisp and caramelised, served over rice or couscous.
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Sun 6 Apr 2008, 6:59,
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Celeriac tastes a bit like aniseed, doesn't it?Or am I thinking of something else.
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Sun 6 Apr 2008, 7:05,
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nope, it tastes like celery.are you thinking of fennel?
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Sun 6 Apr 2008, 7:07,
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Yep.Wow, celeriac is ugly. I'd never consciously looked at it before.
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Sun 6 Apr 2008, 7:10,
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true, but they taste wonderful.i like their ugliness, too - they're one of those edibles that remain on our plates because they are cheap and taste great. there's no way to make them look like they weren't just cut out of the skull of some smelly alien.
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Sun 6 Apr 2008, 7:13,
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