Name: Vichyssoise
Ingredients: 4 tb Butter or margarine; 4 Leeks; mostly white part chopped; 1 Onion; chopped; 4 c Water; 4 c Chicken broth; 2 1/2 tb Flour; Salt, white pepper; 4 Potatoes; peeled and cubed; 1 c Whipping cream; 2 c Half and half; Chopped chives

Life on earth would not be worth much if every source of irritation were removed. Yet most of us rebel against the things that irritate us, and count as heavy loss what ought to be rich gain. We are told that the oyster is wiser; that when an irritating object, like a bit of sand, gets under the “mantle” of his shell, he simply covers it with the most precious part of his being and makes of it a pearl. The irritation that it was causing is stopped by encrusting it with the pearly formation. A true pearl is therefore simply a victory over irritation. Every irritation that gets into our lives today is an opportunity for pearl culture. The more irritations the devil flings at us, the more pearls we may have. We need only to welcome them and cover them completely with love, that most precious part of us, and the irritation will be smothered out as the pearl comes into being. What a store of pearls we may have, if we will!

Richard Seume

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Dairy		Soups	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	tb	Butter or margarine
4		Leeks; mostly white part chopped
1		Onion; chopped
4	c	Water
4	c	Chicken broth
2 1/2	tb	Flour
		Salt, white pepper
4		Potatoes; peeled and cubed
1	c	Whipping cream
2	c	Half and half
		Chopped chives

INSTRUCTIONS

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in large kettle, add leeks and onion and cook
until tender but not browned. Add water and broth and bring to boil. Knead
flour into remaining 3 tablespoons butter to form paste and stir into
boiling mixture with wire whisk to blend well. Season to taste with salt
and white pepper. Add potatoes, reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are
soft. Press through sieve. Cool. Add cream and half and half to soup, then
chill. Top each serving with sprinkling of chopped chives.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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