I'm Here

There have been very many thinly veiled comments as to my attendance at this blog and I'll address them by pointing out that I have been at my grandmother's house, being constantly force fed comfort food for about the past week. If your grandmothers have embraced the internet age, then bravo, but mine has not. Instead, she made a lot of french toast and her famous potato soup, which I'm going to share with you guys.

Grandma's Potato soup

Ingredients:
-enough potatoes, peeled and chopped into quarters to fill about 2/3 to 3/4 of your big soup pot. (or you can cheat and buy those frozen shredded hash brown potatoes)
-2-3 carrots peeled and chopped
-2-3 celery stalks chopped
-1 small red bell pepper chopped
-1 small yellow onion, diced
-a ham bone or a couple of strips of bacon
-some chicken stock
-some sour cream
-some cheddar cheese for garnish

put everything but the sour cream and cheese into the pot; then fill it up with 1/2 chicken stock, 1/2 water until the the vegetables and stuff are covered.

Bring water to a boil and then let the soup simmer for 3-5 hours, stirring occasionally. When its done cooking, mash up the vegetables, add sour cream until the soup becomes creamy and salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle each bowl with cheddar cheese. The best part of the soup is leftovers, once the soup sits overnight it tastes amazing.