Culinary Experiments 5 and 6: Worst Flavors Ever and Vegetarian Bean Soup

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#5 isn't something I personally did, but I was nearly witness to what would have been a flavor atrocity had it actually been done. We were standing in line at the local Bruegger's to get lunch when the girl in front of us ordered a BLT. Nothing unusual about that, until the bagel-assembler asked what sort of bagel she wanted, and she replied with chocolate chip. While we were all inwardly going "Ew ew ew ew ew!" she started to come to her senses and asked if a BLT on a chocolate chip bagel would taste good. The bagel-assembler wisely suggested to her that she might want to try something different, and settled on plain. Thus was a culinary crisis averted.

For #6, I found a really spiffy recipe in the newspaper for vegetarian bean soup. What caught my eye about it was that it had noodles in it, and I'm a sucker for noodle soups. So I decided to make it tonight for dinner. While making it, I learned that it's both extremely easy to make, and *fast*--I had to keep it on simmer for an hour or so while I waited for people to come home, because I thought it was going to take much longer than it did to cook. I think it was because of this that it lost so much water and eventually became more stew-like. Either way though, the flavor didn't seem to be affected (I added a bit more italian seasoning than what it called for), and it was rather tasty. It's also incredibly healthy--very little fat and no cholesterol, and since we used all low-sodium things for the canned beans etc, it was pretty low salt too. And thanks to the beans, it was very filling. All in all, I think it went well. ^_^

Comments

[liich.livejournal.com]

first, i used to work at the great canadian bagel. ordering things like that on chocolate chip bagels (or apple cinnamon) was common. people are weird. :)

second, i think you should send me that recipie. i love beans and i love soup and i love bean soup.

[peppermintberry.livejournal.com]

Man, that's crazy. I guess maybe the motivation is the idea that sweet and salty go well together, but bacon and chocolate...ew. It's like mixing your dinner with your dessert.

And! I consulted the almighty google, and found the recipe! Here it is!
http://www.startribune.com/436/story/986795.html (http://www.startribune.com/436/story/986795.html)