So I was wondering -- why leeks ?

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3. If you use only the white part of the leek and potatoe and cream it is vichyssoise

which is served cold and delicious. The iconic French soup. Sometimes when i make it there is only an inch of white (or pale green) on the leek and they are skinny, instead of three or 4 inches of white and thick, and i have to buy more leeks than normal. You should see that green waste 18 leeks makes. I wish i had a pig to feed it to. So bad my brother refuses to eat it if i can't find better leeks. He tried growing to see if he could do better but they were anemic. Vichyssoise is part of my dad's favourite meal at the picnic table outside his nursing home in the summer. Here is hoping we can do it this summer. And they have decent sized leeks. I make extra so friends can take some of the vichyssoise home with them.