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                Bon Appetit!
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Lentil Soup

OK, I didn't have any fresh basil although I looked for it.

I used a bag of brown lentils 
...  boiled for 2 minutes and left to soak for an hour or two.

I added a few peeled carrots, 
a couple sticks of celery 
and some of the celery greens chopped, 
4 Maggi chicken bullion cubes, 
a sprinkle of garlic salt, 
5 Roma tomatoes, quartered, 
five peeled red potatoes, 
most of a sweet yellow onion, 
a bay leaf and 
some dried basil.  

I also threw in a few shakes of sea salt and 
a few shakes of black pepper. 

The tomatoes cooked down to bits as I simmered everything for 
   about 1 hour, twenty minutes.  

The result is not quite as savory as past experiments 
   but good enough to eat without adding salt.  

I think I ended up adding about 14 cups of water.

The net result is a full pot.  Tastes good.  
But we are having a thunderstorm so I'd better turn off the PCs.

Pax,
John 

From: "Alb Tross" 
To: "Anglican List" 
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 
Subject: [Anglican] Lentil Soup Attempt