Mrs. Teabody Reveals her Feelings Regarding Cabbage
It all started innocently enough. A few weeks ago Mrs. Teabody enjoyed homemade vegetarian soup at a friend's house and the friend was kind enough to share her recipe -- a simple concoction made almost entirely by opening cans and rinsing the contents. Mrs. Teabody holds no snobbery whatsoever regarding this sort of cooking and had enjoyed similar concoctions as perhaps you have, Gentle Reader. Taco soup and stuffed pepper soup come to mind. Down toward the bottom of the ingredients list was an odd one: one-half jar of canned red cabbage. My friend was quick to point out not to use more than stated. On the weekend another friend gifted me with ten end-of-garden tomatoes and my thoughts turned to the soup recipe. Instead of the canned crushed tomatoes, I'd use fresh and whoever made a soup without using onions and garlic? Soon a pot was burbling along on the stove top with fresh tomatoes, lots of diced onion, quite a bit of fresh garlic and lots of salt and pep