making chicken soup

[jenk]

skydancer checked in from Orycon. I mentioned that I'd made chicken soup with minced garlic and garlic powder and hot sauce and cilantro and jw1776 sang out, "And a partridge in a pear tree".

After hanging up I tried, "4 chopped carrots, 3 chopped potatoes, 2 cloves of garlic..." and got stuck on the first item. Then jw1776 sang, "Five cups of broth..."

Below is what I eventually settled on:

On the 1st step of soup-making we added to the pot: a touch of freshly cracked pepper
On the 2nd step of soup-making we added to the pot: 2 chopped shallots and a touch of freshly cracked pepper...

Tell you what, let's just skip to the 12-step version:

On the 12th step of soup-making we added to the pot
12 chopped herbs
11 leaves of spinach
10 spoons of cream
9 sliced mushrooms
8 baby carrots
7 spoons of sherry
6 diced potatoes
5 cups of broth
4 cloves of garlic
3 cups chicken
2 chopped shallots
... and a touch of freshly cracked pepper

I tried to make the 12-step version a plausible recipe, but no, the recipe has not been tested. But it's reminding me that Donna Andrews' latest Meg Langslow mystery has Meg running a holiday parade that's Twelve Days of Christmas themed :)