Lunch

[ghoti_mhic_uait]

I made cauliflower soup and toasted sandwiches for our lunch today. Benedict protested that that was REALLY WEIRD and I didn't ought to have. We decided on an LJ poll to settle the matter.

[Poll #959526]

(He later decided it was OK, because he liked the soup.)

Comments

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

No gentleman eats soup at luncheon!

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

Did you ask him why he thought it was weird?

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

I'd maybe think it weird if they were part of a packed lunch and were cold.

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

'Because we don't normally have hot food for lunch'; turns out, that was too much hot.

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

That's alright, I'm not a gentleman.

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

Nor am I.

[sparrowsion]

It's only a little weird because it sounds rather a lot to me. Either part on its own would be a perfectly normal lunch.

[badriya.livejournal.com]

The hot soup is fine. Just the thing for a cold day, but better with thick slices of crusty bread; cottage loaf maybe. And cheese. Not sandwiches. But if no fresh bread toasting it is good.

Sadly, crusty bread, thick butter and cheese are not on WW diets. But I can have quite nice filling wholemeal rolls. And WW tomato soup is as good as Heinz. It actually *is* by Heinz.

I had jacket potato today though, with cottage cheese and pineapple.

[ptc24.livejournal.com]

Again, a poll with a missing option:

(x) Never had it myself, but it sounds like an excellent idea.

After all, if toast+soup is good, and toast+filling is good, all you need is a filling that goes OK with the soup and you're sorted.

[anam-uk.livejournal.com]

Its a fine lunch for other people.
I wouldn't go round eating cauliflower soup myself, because of the lack of flesh in it and I regard flesh as a necessary soup component

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

There wasn't really enough bread for us all to have sandwiches, so I compromised. So, there was less than if you just had each thing on its own.

[myste-uk.livejournal.com]

To me it's a little weird.. but that's because i've not heard of cauliflower soup before! ;)

But then, I've led a sheltered life, and tend to stick to what i know ;)

Other than that - soup and toasted sandwiches sounds like a good lunch to me ;)

[alison-lees.livejournal.com]

How did you make the cauliflower soup? Did you use chicken or vegetable stock? Did you add milk? Did you add cheese?

Funnily enough, John didn't used to like salad, because in his house, it was big pieces and no dressing, and I didn't like salad, because in our house it was often lots of lettuce and just oil, and too bitter, but we both like the salads we each make: John makes a salsa, everything cut tiny, with lime juice, maybe chilli, I make salad with things cut up a bit larger, and a proper dressing, e.g. French dressing.

[sphyg.livejournal.com]

I put off making no-points soup because yesterday was warm and sunny. But now we're back to the April showers.

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

A cauliflower, a leek, some miso, and some cheese added at the end. Nothing fancy.

I don't quite recognise your description of salad in our house. Do you not remember mother's dressing? Oil/vinegar/sugar/salt? I tend to add pepper, and at home, feverfew. Definitely a proper dressing rather than 'just oil'. I don't like lettuce, either, so it was usually spinach and fresh herbs or cabbage, apple, carrots, that kind of thing.

Of course, I'm thinking of when I often made dinner, so after you' left home. I prefer my memory than yours, though.

[kskillen.livejournal.com]

whats wrong with soup and toasted sandwiches.
sounds great.

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

Is your livejournal-mailing address bouncing me because chiark is yet again being grumpy about hotmail, or is that no longer valid ? I can resend from gmail if that helps, or alternatively, mail rysmiel at hotmail if you have another address that is preferable ?

[alison-lees.livejournal.com]

I prefer your memory to mine too; perhaps there was too much oil, or the lettuce wasn't very nice. We don't eat a lot of lettuce here, although I did braise it once and that was nicer.