So here we are in 2009. Everybody okay? Hope so.
Saw the New Year in with some of the SF bunch over on the West Side. I took a pot of my justly-famous Red Chile Pumpkin soup, which proved popular.
When I happened to mention my soup to the pleasant woman who was checking me out at Village Inn, where I went off for late breakfast with Joe, seemed to think she hadn’t heard me correctly. When I repeated it she seemed amazed at the concept of red chile pumpkin soup. Wasn’t a combination that she ever would’ve thought of, apparently. But on second thought she must’ve decided she liked the sound of it, since she asked me to bring some in sometime for her to try. Which I will,
Spent most of the evening kind of hanging loose, eating some nice little sandwiches Roslee brought, and watching people play games on the Wii our kind and generous host Kevin got for Christmas. Which was intellectually stimulating enough for me: having finished polishing my latest Rogue Angel book and gotten it emailed off, I didn’t get to sleep until well after 5 AM. So I was more than a bit fuzzy around the edges.
I’m exhausted tonight but a bit wired; need to compose myself, get good sleep, get a running start on the New Year.
A good day. Hope it was a good start.
I wish the best to my friends and fans, and everyone. Happy New Year!
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Got a recipe for that thar soup? Do you use red chile paste or raw chiles?
Bwa-HAHAHA! You’ve played right into my cunning plan!
Which is an overly melodramatic way of saying, yep, there’s a recipe, and yep, I’ve been meaning to post it. It wanted only an excuse. Which you have duly provided: thanks.
I’ll post it up shortly.
‘Tis my lot in life to play the straight man. I’ll look forward to the recipe and even more to making it.
Happy (and not really) Curmudgeon(ly).