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As autumn is approaching with her shorter days, her cold winds, her mixture of low, bright sun and pouring rain, I crave for comfort food. Something tasty and hot to warm my fingertips and my toes, to wrap my shoulders before the first snow falls.
Soup, the food created for autumns.
I find vegetabels in the fridge. Fry garlic and onion in olive oil. Add a mixture of kale, squash and broccoli. Sprinkle salt from the salt mines in Krakow, pepper from a market in Rome, coriander from the souk in Aleppo, vegeta, water.
Let it boil for half an hour.
While a comforting fragrance fills the house, and I wonder how long it will be until everybody are back from wherever they are, seated around the table, I mix the vegetables into a smooth soup.
It is soup time in The Blue Café.
Soup, the comfort foor for autumn.
Yum. I am doing the same thing, Britt Arnhild. On Saturday I made for the first time French bread. It was so easy I said to my hubby, "Why haven't I done this before.?" It's because he usually makes the bread but on Saturday he was too busy getting a turkey "ready for the freezer." It weighed 19 pounds.
Posted by: Caterina B | 10/05/2011 at 04:17 PM
Sounds delicious. I am planning to make lentil, bacon and tomato soup for coming weekend, the days suddenly much colder so it will be needed.
Posted by: Fran H-B | 10/05/2011 at 08:34 PM
Soup keeps coming into my mind too, these days as I notice how the sun is setting earlier. I imagine this is more dramatic in Norway. Soup is a wonderful comfort food, yes, and the fragrance makes a house feel like a cozy home! My mother used to have these soup meals when I was growing up, always with cottage cheese into which she had put finely cut chives earlier in the day, and crusty Kaiser rolls. Now it is making me nostalgic for childhood, too!
Posted by: Kristi Jalics | 10/06/2011 at 05:30 AM
Thank you Catherina, Fran and Kristi for your comments.
I hope to be able to write more Blue Cafe posts.
Posted by: Britt-Arnhild | 10/06/2011 at 08:26 AM
Our weather here is so unpredictable. Eight days ago it was almost 100 degrees farenheit. For the last 2 days it has been in the 50s with cold winds and rain. We went suddenly from summer to Fall. I love Fall best of all the seasons because of the colors, the way the air smells, the golden glow of the sky's light, wearing sweaters, drinking tea and SOUPS!! 10 days ago Lanny made cold summer soup, gazpacho, using up a bucket of tomatoes from the garden. Today, I am making ribolitto, Tuscan bread/bean/vegetable soup. Heaven in a bowl for a cold, wet day! Your soup looks delicious!!
It was good to get your email today!
Posted by: Jane Hansjergen | 10/06/2011 at 09:18 PM
Mmmm - I'll bet that soup had the most wonderful aroma.
On my way down-Island this evening I stopped at a roadside market and bought three great squash, sweet potatoes and yams. My weekend plan involves soup, soup and more soup. Soup for supper and soup for the freezer, for supper on a night when I'm home late from work.
Posted by: Pondside | 10/07/2011 at 05:09 AM