Wednesday was a “get outside in work in your shirtsleeves” kind of day.  So that’s what Sylvia and I did.  We got a lot accomplished.

Then came Thursday, and with it came cold, rain and wind.  Heavy winds shook the corners of the house.  It was a day to curl up in a comfy chair with a good book.

In the past, we have purchased Thai soup.  It comes with all the dry ingredients in packets.  These are placed in a plastic soup bowl with a fistful of rice noodles.  I saved nutrition labels from a couple of these and noted the ingredients.  (Do you ever do that?)

We then reverse engineered the soup.  Our goal was something hot and spicy and a bit more to our liking.

Thursday for lunch, Sylvia made the first try.  It was great!  She had fried some bacon for the baked beans we would have that evening.  After pouring out the leftover fat, she poured water into the pan.  Into that went, onion, finely minced celery with leaves and carrot (pre-cooked in microwave).  Bits of bacon pieces went back into the soup pot, followed by curry powder and cumin to season.  She used very fine rice noodles, which she boiled and rinsed with cool water.  After the noodles went in the soup and came up to temperature, we ate it.  Every bit of it!

That evening, the baked beans were delightful.  That, however, is another story.  Perhaps for another day.