Today was a wonderful occasion for another game of High Point-Low Point. I had bought some leeks yesterday, so did a little reading on recipes for soups and gratins. After confirming that there wasn't a single recipe on the internet that met my needs, I improvised my own recipe. And, HOLY SHITBALLS, it turned out well.
1 stalk of leeks (not sure if the nomenclature is correct), washed and sliced thinly
1 small yellow onion, diced
1 small carrot, diced
1 celery stalk, diced
2 T butter
1 T olive oil
6-8 medium/large red potatoes, peeled and diced
6 cups low-sodium chicken broth
Sauteed the onion and carrot in butter and oil with happy amount of salt and pepper to point that onions became clear and slightly soft. Added leeks and celery, and let everything get well-acquainted. Added potatoes and chicken broth. Brought the whole shebang to a boil, and then lowered the heat to let the soup simmer. Once the potatoes were very soft, I pureed the soup in three parts using a very disappointing blender. I returned the soup to the pot and let it reduce a little more. I added some salt and pepper and considered adding some cream to finish, but thought better of it when I realized that soup was already entirely fucking awesome.
So, this went very well. High-point, for sure. Later on, I was looking for something sweet and cracked open a bag of one of my favorite treats: Necco Valentine Sweethearts. IMAGINE MY HORROR when I realized that the complete friggin' whackjobs at Necco had added flavors to each individual color of the hearts AND had eliminated the lovely minty white hearts. Bullshit. The hearts are supposed to taste like sugar and food coloring, and that's all. The yellow and orange ones used to taste similarly, the purple, pink, and green had their own little nuances. And then you'd eat a white one every so often for a little mint blast. Necco, come on, WTF? Why mess with a classic candy that's been making Valentine's Day a little sweeter for over a hundred years?
http://www.necco.com/OurBrands/Default.asp?BrandID=8
Maybe I just misread the packaging. Maybe I grabbed the wrong variety. Until this mystery is solved, LOW POINT.
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