Have you ever heard of "Italian Wedding Soup"?
It is a pretty well known soup; almost every soup cook book includes a recipe for the it. The recipe frequently includes bread, onions, various meat balls, there are minor variations, but the recipe is always carefully documented.
Sort of like a wedding: Every wedding is a little different, but in the end the event is officially documented.
Tonight I made the lesser known variation of the soup, the one no proper Christian cooking blog would ever dare to post.
I made what I call an "Italian One Night Stand Soup".
Italian One Night Stand Soup, (unlike an Italian Wedding Soup), is not a documented recipe.
It just sort of "happens"...one thing kind of leads to another, and there's lots of things involved, spice, a glass of wine, some oil, a ripe tomato and oh yes, a sausage.
Exactly how did the Italian One Night Stand Soup all come together?
Who can really say?
Let's just say as I peered into my food storage and freezer, some things just caught my eye.
I flirted with them, trying to decide what to do with them.
Then I just got carried away.
There was V-8 juice
Beef Stock
Red Italian wine
Parmesan cheese
Peppers (bell, black, and red)
Italian sausages
Top Ramen noodles (yeah, a one night stand tends to involve odd cultural mixes I hear.)
Sun Dried Tomatoes
Garlic
Onion
Cabbage
Mixed vegetables.
Butter
Olive Oil
Oregano and Basil.
And then, of course, it was cooked for one full night.
Well, like most one night stands, it turned out hot and memorable, but I promise it will never happen again.
It couldn't possibly happen again.
In fact, if asked about Italian One Night Stand Soup, I plan to smile my best Mona Lisa smile, raise my eyebrows, and deny that I know any thing about it.
How could I?
After all...I'm really not an Italian, nor have I ever actually had a one night stand!