LET'S HAVE SOUP.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 158, 5 July 1940, Page 10

LET'S HAVE SOUP.

ADD IMAGINATION.

KEEP THE FAMILY GUESSING,

Most housewives have their own little specialities where cooking is concerned. Some are fnmoiirifor the genii-like way in which they whip out a batch of scones at a moment's notice. Others win plaudits for their sponges. Mrs. X has her specials, too, and one of them is soup. If you are inclined to think that poupmaking is a dull business requiring no effort of the imagination, or if your mind does not venture further than pea soup with tomato soup as an alternative, you should try Mrs. X's concoctions. Her flair for producing the most exciting flavours from all sorts of odds and ends is quite astonishing and the delight of her fa mil}'. In fact until you've tasted marniite and curry powder allied with vermicelli and a dash of chopped parsley, yo.. just haven't tasted soup! For therein lies the secret. You just throw anything you have at hand, giving y »ur imagination rein and tempering it with discretion! Try it. Nothing is so thrilling to cold, hungry members of a family when they come in a', the end of the day, as piping hot soup. And they will have fun guessing what it ie in it. To give you a lead here are some of ?'.•». X's ideas. Others will doubtless suggest themselves to you. They are all made with stock as the basis, of couree, although if you have been boiling corned beef or pickled pork you can use that water, and add ingredients to it. Celery and marmite make an excellent combination, and artichokes add a piquancy to the flavour. IV.natoes may be added in season, and scraps of bacon always improve the taste of soup. Vermicelli is good, kidneys, too, and curry powder helps to ring the changes. Chopped chives sprinkled over the top of the soup add to the flavour and also look attractive. An excellent white soup may be made by boiling potatoes and on'ois, straining, and adding milk and a little marmite if desired, and all these combinations, as you can see. may be varied to produce several different kinds Of SJlip.