Soup

[aidan z]

So I've been thinking lately that there isn't enough soup in my life and I don't know how to fix it. There aren't really any good restaurants that specialize in soup, and soup alone. Well, actually I guess that's not true, there is one. Recently they opened a SoupMan in the GMP (Grand Market Place) at my school, but the prices are crazy so I haven't been yet.Strangely enough, I don't think I've ever actually ordered soup at a resturant before, either. It's starting to look like this dearth of soup is entirely my own fault, but that just can't be true. It seems like my life used to be full of soups, all kinds of exotic soups, and this is true (for it was full of rich exotic soups!) but where have they all gone?It's quite simple, I got these soups when I lived at home. Now that I'm out in the real world I miss the comfort of homemade soup. Soup that's been cooking on the stove all day so the chunks of vegetables melt away in your mouth. Soup that's chock full of spices and ingredients specialized for my consumption to deliver the taste that I prefer. I miss that.Which I guess means I need to learn how to cook. I used to think that I could cook, I mean I've taken cooking lessons and everything, but now that I'm living out on my own I find that I lean more towards convenience than comfort, and tend to favor things that can be hearted up verses prepared. Why is this?I can think of a couple reasons. It's scary, to buy all of these ingredients and try to chop them up and cook them just right, and add just the right seasonings, etc, only to find out at the end of your labor that it's uneatable. It's terrifying to think of all that wasted money spent preparing something that you can't even eat. It's also a chore to cook for yourself, it just seems much more economical to prepare food that's already designed to be eaten alone.But is the convenience worth the cost? I'm not sure.