The Plan
So heres the thing, we are all leading these crazy, busy lives; and we want to eat well and take care of ourselves, but the crazy busy lives make that hard. Who has time to make a home made dinner from scratch every night? What if you only had to do it a couple times a month? Thats where Soup Swap comes in
Heres How It Works
You whip up a big batch of home made soup ~slow cookers can make quick work of this~ and divides it into 6 single quart containers. Containers are labled with the soup variety (e.g. 'Vegitable Barly') and recipie. We are keeping things simple, so the 6 quarts applys regardless of the number of people in your household. You bring 6, you take home 6
THE EVENING OF THE SWAP
Folks gather at the host's home, chit chat, drink some wine, and admire the quantity and variety.
The soup chefs gather in a central locationand begin the “Telling of the Soup”. This is each chef’s opportunity to talk about what makes their soup special. Is it organic? It is spicy? Does it have anything someone might not be able to eat? Is it a treasured recipe?Participants draw numbers from a hat to determine in what order they make their soup swap selections. Number 1 picks the first soup, Number 2 the second and so on, until everyone has selected a soup. Repeat six times until all the soup is gone.
Everyone goes home with the same amount of soup they brought, but in exchange for an hour or two making one soup recipie, you now have a wonderful mix of 6 different soups!
So thats what I want to do, and I have set up this page to help facilitate doing it.
Live in Portland's (Oregon) East side? Want to join in the bounty of soup of the evening, beautiful soup? I'm thinking of Monday, January 22nd for our first gathering, does that work for everyone? Post a comment or send me an email and we'll talk about it.
Kyrstin
westwind (at) aracnet.com
posted by westwind @ 8:19 PM
5 comments
5 Comments:
I am excited about this concept. It's very innovative (slap forehead) and fun.
One question I have is that if someone is veggie or vegan, do they end up taking home non-veggie/vegan soups that they have to do something with? That will be something to work out. Maybe the vegans get first pick, the veggies second, and finally the 'I'll eat anything' crowd. This way everyone gets a chance to enjoy
I am also vegan/veggie (I waffle), but have been reluctant to insist that ALL soups in the swap be so. As the group forms we can discuss this more. Part of the idea of folks posting the soups they plan to bring is that we can see, in advance, if we are getting "animal product heavy" and make adjustments
The groups in Seattle has enough people that they don't have a problem with this. Say you have 18 households participating, 6 of whom are vegan/veggie. With 18 varieties of soup there tends to be enough non-animal product soup to take care of everyone.
Lets keep talking :)
Doesn't that sound like fun! We're game. I love making soup, especially in the winter. I always make way too much. A llttle of this, a little of that can add up to a gallon in no time.
warmly,
Jacqueline
Friendly Haven Rise Farm
Soup really IS the thing for these cold, wet Oregon winters, arnt they? Looking forward to meeting you at the swap
i've publicized this in another community-esque location. hope it gathers more momentum :)
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