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When I was very young; young enough to watch Captain Kangaroo, I loved when the Captain would read books aloud, and Stone Soup was one of my favorites.  There are numerous versions of the story.  The one I recall from my childhood featured three soldiers, cold and hungry and coming to a small town with […]

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According to the Food Lover’s Companion a chowder is a “thick chunky seafood soup, of which clam chowder is the most well known.The name comes from the French chaudièr a cauldron n which fisherman made their stews fresh from the sea… The term is also used to describe any thick, rich soup containing chunks of […]

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I have a lot of barley in my pantry, no doubt the result of poor inventory procedures… So I’m making some more soup.  It has gotten quite cold, quite fast here, and soup will warm my hands and belly.  Like a lot of people, I grew up on Campbell’s soup, occasionally we’d get Progresso, if […]

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