STOCK MARKET WATCH - Wednesday, 22 February 2012

[bread_and_roses]

43. all too true - an example from yesterday

A coworker was going to a lunch place and taking orders from us - now, this is actually a local establishment, with a good reputation, and it actually does have good (real) burgers, chicken, pork bar-b-que - made on the premises and from good quality ingredients.

I was both hungry and cold so I ordered a sandwich and soup. The sandwich was good - as usual. The soup - omg - obviously from some sort of mix - supposed to be "cream of broccoli" but more accurate would be "corn starch with green bits floating" - gack - totally inedible.

I was so annoyed that I came home and made cream of broccoli soup - about 20 minutes:

saute onions in butter (would have added celery but I was out of it)
steam broccoli
puree broccoli in blender with some milk
add to cooked onions
add some half & half
salt and fresh pepper
heat to simmering
eat with good bread

delicious. absolutely no thickening required - the broccoli thickens it just fine - how hard is that? But everywhere I go soup is thickened with corn starch and no doubt sweetened with corn syrup and is vile - but I watch people lapping it up and saying how good it is? What the hell do they eat that so deadens their taste buds, their sense of texture?
edit for recipe 'cause it was unclear (though any cook would have known what I meant)