"You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity." - Emerson

Received this for my birthday. Ok, yes, I bought it for myself, but how else do you guarantee you get anything at all, let alone something you actually would like? I mean, short of getting a wife of my own, that is...I'll bet *she* would help me eat Nigella's chocolate loaf with cream cheese.


Also bought these, on half.com. H and I are edging closer and closer towards vegetarianism, and it's time I owned these and stopped hogging the library copies. The walloping three-dollars-and-change total I paid for both is worth the sweet potato quiche crust recipe alone.



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My vegetable soup recipe (I know, it has meat in it...that's why I NEED HELP).

BabelBabe's Mom's Veggie Soup

1-1/2 - 2 lbs short ribs or marrow bones
Vegetable oil
2 onions, chopped
½ cup sliced celery
¼ cup rice
1 lb can green beans
28-30 oz can whole tomatoes
3-4 potatoes, peeled and chopped into ½” cubes
4-5 carrots, peeled and chopped
1 cup frozen corn kernels
½ head small cabbage, chopped
Salt and pepper

Put the chopped onions, a TBSP or two of oil and the short ribs in a large pot.
Fill with water to cover.
Bring to a boil and then lower heat to a simmer.
Cook for an hour or so, until meat is tender.
Remove meat to a plate to cool.
Remove surface goop with a paper towel.
Chop up tomatoes in can and add to soup, with liquid.
Add celery, rice, green beans with liquid, carrots, potatoes, corn, and cabbage.
(You can throw in pretty much any veggie leftover you’ve got hanging around at this point.)
Simmer, covered, over low heat for two or three hours, until all veggies are tender.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.

This soup is definitely better after it’s sat in your fridge for a day or two, and it also freezes pretty well.


It's probably also pretty darn yummy spilled all over the floor of your rental car.
I am just saying.