Week #2 of Soup Club: Jazz Soup
Sophie’s Hot Squash was always going to be a tough soup to beat, and so when Aprille expressed doubt as to whether hers contained The Magic, you could smell fear wafting above the aroma of red peppers and sweet potatoes.
“I wish I’d have put another red pepper in it,” Aprille said.
Sophie was visibility delighted. The first contender to her domestic throne (is that just a chair?) had turned out to be just a pretender.
“But at least I didn’t just copy a recipe,” Aprille added. A blatant jibe about Sophie’s use of a Jamie original. We told you this was going to get competitive.
The studio fell silent. Sophie had been shot down at Aprille’s OK Soup But Could Do With A Bit More Seasoning Corral.
You could cut the tension with the bread knife that James was holding.
“Good consistency,” I said, diffusing the situation by being vague. I’ve no idea what is or isn’t a good consistency when it comes to soup.
And then we all agreed that we actually rather liked Aprille’s soup. It was honest, homemade food. Good without being great. And we like her gung-ho, ‘anything in the cupboard’ approach to cooking. So we called it Jazz Soup. And it was good.
So a victory, albeit a small one, for Aprille.
Blog Post written by Erika Clegg
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November 10th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
The Soup Wars heat up at Spring – http://bit.ly/2jK0wx – This week: Jazz Soup.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
What will next week bring? It’s the turn of Sideshow Rob, a man who puts 18 bags of sugar in a small chocolate sponge recipe, just to make it ‘interesting’. Frankly, I’m just a bit scared.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
RT @Sketchybear: The Soup Wars heat up at Spring – http://bit.ly/2jK0wx – This week: Jazz Soup.