You can never have enough...

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Today's pot of soup might just be one of the best I have ever come up with. Ham hock for stock and meat component, chunks of every veg in the garden and the house, plus a bouquet of every home grown herb, heaps of ginger and garlic and chili for warmth and a good solid grind of black pepper with the lot topped up with water to the very brim of my New World Kitchenaid stock pot. Rich, golden, and smelling divine, I don't often use that pan but it is perfect for soup, just shallow enough to be all done in four hours , but deep enough not to catch before the meat goes back in. And the flat smells heavenly, leftovers tonight, then soup and Wild Wheat's dense rye bread tomorrow, after the flavours have all had a chance to mellow.

I will have to reorganise the bottom drawer in the freezer to make room, too much glory in there for one greedy person...