La Dolce Vita
• Sunday, April 15, 2007 - When a Friend Comes to Town
This past week my college roommate and her family came and stayed with us for a couple of nights. It was wonderful to reconnect with Pam and her husband and to get to know her kids. On Tuesday night the kids all went to Bible club and the adults went out to dinner. On Wednesday, I made chicken tortilla soup in the crockpot. Here is where the story gets good....
I have made this recipe three or four times. It is tasty with good spice flavor, but it doesn't pack a lot of heat. Every time I have made it, my littlest girl has whined her way through the meal with "It's too hot" type comments. We have handed her a glass of milk and have said, "finish your dinner." So on this particular occasion, we handled the whining in a similar way-putting more cheese on top, adding some sour cream-things one does to cut the spice a bit. Pam's kids were putting up a fuss, too. We figured it was peer pressure or something, so she was handling the situtation the same as we were. Then the adults sat down to eat.
My husband took the first bite, then our guests. Eyes started to open wider, hands grabbed for milk. "Honey, what did you put in this soup?" came next. I took a bite....and began instantly to sweat. I wracked my brain...what did I put in that packs heat? 1 tablespoon of chili powder in a huge pot of soup wouldn't do this? Maybe the enchilada sauce? I bought the same kind I bought before. My sweet husband went and fished the can out of the recycle bin. I bought picante hot instead of mild! I was mortified that I had a.) not believed those poor children with the on fire mouths, b.) messed up a recipe when we had guests!
Fortunately they were gracious, and Pam's husband even had seconds! I scrambled up some eggs for the kids, and have learned to live with my disappointment that I would be without leftovers to such yummy soup. |
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• Sunday, April 15, 2007 - Untitled Comment
I once served guests a navy bean soup that had been cooking in the crockpot for at least a day and a half, and the beans were still hard as rocks! I was so embarrassed!