The Pear and Gouda Soup Experiment

Question: If a recipe sounds unique and quite frankly super funky, will it always taste good?

Hypothesis: Yes, unique and super funky always works. Remember bok choy tacos, "I can't believe it's not bacon" maple doughnuts and basil nectarine pizza? All winners.

Data: Okay so I love pears. I love gouda. I mean who doesn't? Pears lend themselves very well to savory dishes. I love pear on pizza, quesadillas, grilled cheese. What do all three of these have in common?

Cheese.

So soup with pears + cheese = delicious? Running experiment now.

900: Perfect pears, skinned, sliced and diced.   910: Make a vegetable broth jacuzzi for pears.   920: Obtain large hunk of gouda and make a velvety cheese sauce.   
930: Blend pears and cheese sauce.   935: Enjoy
938: Add spinach and enjoy
939: Add dried cherries and enjoy
940: Say s#$@ it and eat the bowl anyways.

Conclusion: Soup with pears + cheese= epic fail. Pretty, but epic fail.

I know you all don't come here for recipes that are big flops. But I think it's my duty to tell you about recipes that under no circumstances should you ever try. I absolutely love soup. I could eat it every day. But this soup disgraces other soups. It shouldn't be able to call itself soup.

More like oops. Get it? Because it's so bad?

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Anyways, now that you've been warned you certainly deserve some good soup recipes. Here are my top 3 recipes. I would say they're perfect for chilly January weather, but this weekend it's supposed to be in the mid 60's. Oh Ohio.

1. Cream of Broccoli and More Soup 
2. Roasted Garlic and Red Pepper Minestrone 
3. Espresso Bean Chili

Until next time fellow science nerds. I'll be keeping myself busy in the lab :D

What I'm Listening to Today
Plainsong: The Cure
You'll Get Over: Patrick Park
Dreams: The Cranberries-->is it so totally 90's of me to say I love love this song?

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