I forgot to tell you about last week’s soup, but it wasn’t very exciting, and involved grated cabbage, so we’ll move on.

I cooked a gammon in coke at the back end of last week (well, half a gammon, to be precise; the other half is in the freezer).  In fact, it was a gammon in half coke, half water, as I didnt have enough coke, but it was none the worse for that.  I kept the stock for … soup.  It went in the fridge for a few days, so we could easily get the fat off the top.

So … soup this week is one parsnip, two carrots, one leek, half a swede, a broccoli stalk (waste not, want not :), and about 1/3 of a cauli that needed eating.  Chopped small in the Magimix, and cooked a bit in some oil.  Then added the stock, about half a pint of last week’s soup, a mug full of barley, and some pepper.  And some chopped dried sage as an afterthought.  No salt, as the gammon stock should be salty already.

It smells nice …