Potato Leek Soup

[Pergamos]

OK, I figure sharing a recipe is a good way to say hi.  I always find this one tasty.

This is for making in a 2 and a half gallon pot.

1 Gallon milk
2 large leeks
1 pound butter
approx 5 pounds potatoes (I don't measure them that way, I cut them until they reach a certain point in the pot, the same level as the milk reaches)
soy sauce (added to a certain color, I'll describe that in more detail in the recipe)
3 tablespoons powdered red pepper
1 clove garlic

Chop potatoes into roughly 2" cubes until they fill pot a bit less than half way, wash and then cover with water and gallon of milk, put on medium low heat

mince garlic and dice leeks, sautee in 1/4 lb butter with pepper powder over medium high heat until leeks and butter start to brown.   Stir often.  Once brown add to large pot.

Add soy sauce until there are consistent swirls of darkness but stop before the color of the soup fully changes.  Cover and cook for 1 hour.  Do not allow the soup to boil. 

Add remaining butter and cook until it is melted, stir thouroughly before serving.

cream can replace the butter in the soup to good effect.  Irish reds work well for the potato, russets are a bit starchy.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Sounds delicious! Also, it is an auspicious introduction, this recipe-sharing one.

[Juana]

Hmm, I think I'll try this the next time it's my turn to cook dinner. I've been on the lookout for a good vegetarian version of the hammy one I grew up eating, and this looks pretty good.

[Pergamos]

It tastes different than a traditional potato leek soup because the potatoes are chunks, not smushed into the soup, the creaminess comes from the milk and the butter instead.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Sounds delicious! Also, it is an auspicious introduction, this recipe-sharing one.

Yeah, but I don't like him anyway. 

Come to think of it, I don't like any of these fuckers.  With the exception of Nigel, ECH, and Richter, everyone off my planet.

Fuck that.  I'm going too.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Sounds delicious! Also, it is an auspicious introduction, this recipe-sharing one.

Yeah, but I don't like him anyway. 

Come to think of it, I don't like any of these fuckers.  With the exception of Nigel, ECH, and Richter, everyone off my planet.

Fuck that.  I'm going too.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Sounds delicious! Also, it is an auspicious introduction, this recipe-sharing one.

Yeah, but I don't like him anyway. 

Come to think of it, I don't like any of these fuckers.  With the exception of Nigel, ECH, and Richter, everyone off my planet.

Fuck that.  I'm going too.

I need 7 billion of those things in your avatar.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Sounds delicious! Also, it is an auspicious introduction, this recipe-sharing one.

Yeah, but I don't like him anyway. 

Come to think of it, I don't like any of these fuckers.  With the exception of Nigel, ECH, and Richter, everyone off my planet.

Fuck that.  I'm going too.

I need 7 billion of those things in your avatar.

We can probably cut a deal with a manufacturer in China.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Sounds delicious! Also, it is an auspicious introduction, this recipe-sharing one.

Yeah, but I don't like him anyway. 

Come to think of it, I don't like any of these fuckers.  With the exception of Nigel, ECH, and Richter, everyone off my planet.

Fuck that.  I'm going too.

I need 7 billion of those things in your avatar.

We can probably cut a deal with a manufacturer in China.

Hell, we can probably cut a deal with them right here. 

TGRR,
Grammar Nazi.

[Signora Pæsior]

Sounds delicious! Also, it is an auspicious introduction, this recipe-sharing one.

Yeah, but I don't like him anyway. 

Come to think of it, I don't like any of these fuckers.  With the exception of Nigel, ECH, and Richter, everyone off my planet.

Fuck that.  I'm going too.

I need 7 billion of those things in your avatar.

I was going to correct you to 3.5 billion.

Then I thought about it.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Sounds delicious! Also, it is an auspicious introduction, this recipe-sharing one.

Yeah, but I don't like him anyway. 

Come to think of it, I don't like any of these fuckers.  With the exception of Nigel, ECH, and Richter, everyone off my planet.

Fuck that.  I'm going too.

I need 7 billion of those things in your avatar.

I was going to correct you to 3.5 billion.

Then I thought about it.

I'm kind of equal opportunity about these sorts of things.  It can be made to work.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Sounds delicious! Also, it is an auspicious introduction, this recipe-sharing one.

Yeah, but I don't like him anyway. 

Come to think of it, I don't like any of these fuckers.  With the exception of Nigel, ECH, and Richter, everyone off my planet.

Fuck that.  I'm going too.

I need 7 billion of those things in your avatar.

We can probably cut a deal with a manufacturer in China.

Hell, we can probably cut a deal with them right here. 

TGRR,
Grammar Nazi.

-Nigel, way too happy

[Pergamos]

Egad. I'm not sure what to think of how my innocent little recipe thread has turned out.

[Cainad (dec.)]

Egad. I'm not sure what to think of how my innocent little recipe thread has turned out.

This was basically the best possible outcome. Congratulations.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Egad. I'm not sure what to think of how my innocent little recipe thread has turned out.

Well, the recipe is in place.  It seems to be a perfectly good recipe.

However, the rest of the thread would only go to waste if we didn't use it for something.  In these dark financial times, we can't allow that to happen.  Think of it as a Scotsman vacuuming the fleas off of his cat to feed to his goldfish.

Nothing gets wasted around here.