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    Of Soup I Sing
    Of Soup I Sing
    Of Soup I Sing
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    Of Soup I Sing

    By Darla White

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    I have written a book lauding the merits of cream of chicken soup, explaining its origins and revealing my favorite recipes: all requiring cream of chicken soup, of course. After sharing each recipe, I explain why I like it or how I acquired it. Then I delve further into a related topic, such as how I shop for my family of six without going crazy or broke, what Mariah Carey and I have in common, and how I reacted upon discovering a couple of 3-foot-tall bird nests in my attic. In other words, the everyday events and quandaries other moms will relate to.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDarla White
    Release dateMay 23, 2013
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      Of Soup I Sing - Darla White

      Of Soup I Sing: An Ode to Cream of Chicken Soup

      by Darla White

      Copyright 2013 Darla White

      Smashwords Edition

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Chapter 1

      Life was humming along as usual, my space in the universe secure and defined. Mother of four. Wife of one. Contrary to the rumors, Mormons only have one spouse nowadays – though another rumor, that Mormons love Jell-O with bananas and whipped cream on top, is gospel truth, at least at our house. Transplanted Okie, though I still don’t know the words to Oklahoma! beyond where the wind comes sweeping down the Plain. But I can attest to that truth, as well.

      I was hard at work reading stories for the next day’s edition of the Tulsa World, where I’m a part-time editor. It was an especially good night to be working because all the food and recipe articles needed to be read. I may not have the time and money to try all – or let’s face it, even a handful – of the recipes the paper prints (see mother of four above), but I can dream, can’t I? Well, technically I’m not supposed to. It is work, after all.

      And then I came to the article that changed everything, that would rock my foundation to the core -- if I were a building, which it’s a good thing I’m not.

      The article, by Natalie Mikles, started out with this: Anytime we publish a recipe calling for ‘one can cream of mushroom soup,’ we undoubtedly receive an e-mail or phone call from a reader who finds the idea of cooking with canned soups not only distasteful but dated. We hear you. It's rare that this writer uses ‘cream of whatever’ soups.

      Excuse me? What did that say? I couldn’t have read that right. I must have been in one of those food-article-induced dream states. So I went back to the beginning and read it again. Nope, I wasn’t dreaming. Someone actually used the words distasteful and canned soups in the same sentence. And then used rare and cream of whatever soups two sentences later.

      How could that be? I silently asked myself, so as not to arouse alarm among my co-workers. (Is she talking to her computer again?) As the main meal creator in my family, I put cream of whatever soups – and I’ll specify right here that cream of chicken is my all-time favorite whatever soup – on the same level of necessity as flour, sugar, milk and bread. When I go down the soup aisle at the grocery store, I buy four or five cans of cream of chicken soup to make sure I don’t run out that week. And if it’s on sale? Well, the shoppers trying to get past me are going to be waiting a while as I load dozens of cans into my cart.

      It seems like half the food I make contains cream of chicken soup, and if it doesn’t, it should. Why on earth would anyone object to canned soups? I silently asked myself. (Boss, I think she’s talking to her computer again.)

      Then I read further.

      On days when you want funeral potatoes or some other nostalgic casserole, you've got to have that can of cream of chicken or mushroom soup. OK, technically you don't have to have it. You could take the extra time to make a white sauce and flavor it with mushrooms or chicken broth. But seriously, how many people have time to do such a thing on a regular basis?

      She asked, so I answered. No one. At least no one at my house. Make a white sauce and flavor it with chicken broth? That would probably take me as much time as I usually spend to fix a whole meal. And do that just so I can avoid putting in a can

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