Tomato Soup

Tony has always complimented me on my tomato soup.  Pathetic, huh, that I’m such a great cook he has to dole out compliments on convenience foods?!  I totally understand J  But lately I have been scorching every pan of tomato soup that I make.  I don’t know if it’s the new stove or what.

Well, the other day, HE was making lunch.  He microwaved the chicken noodle soup and then proceeded to prepare the tomato soup in a microwavable dish.  I told him I usually do the tomato soup on the stove…it doesn’t cook well in the micro.  He shrugged and said, “Yeah and you burn it.”  Touché

Well, today I did better than that.  I decided to cook tomato soup for Kerrigan and I.  It’s chilly, fall weather outside and my toes are like ice cubes.  I put the soup in the pan, did my special dilution of half water, half milk (a compromise when we were first married, I might add) and turned the burner down to 6 or 7.  I walked away for what was supposed to be a minute.  But lately I’ve been getting sidetracked quite easily from one project to another.  And this time was no different.  I sat down at the computer to complete a project for our church and promptly forgot I was even making lunch.  Until I smelled this awful odor.  I sniffed and sniffed, then quickly became alarmed that something in the house was on fire.  I ran to the living room and remembered the soup.  It was boiling over outside the pan and smoke was rolling everywhere.

I turned the burner off, pulled the pan toward the center of the stove top then ran into the living room to get the air purifier and bring it to the kitchen.  After turning it on (and hoping that it works so well Tony and the girls won’t notice anything even happened when they walk in the door 30 minutes from now) I immediately headed to the cupboard and pulled out a microwavable bowl.  I don’t know if the pan will come clean, but I DID salvage the Campbell soup label J