To most outsiders to gestation, all this unnecessary emotion is confusing and seems a bit odd. Well, I wanted to demonstrate a time (yesterday night, to be specific) when something terrible happened and I was able to laugh it off.
For future reference, I expect to be given credit for this if any of you ever see me crying during a toy commercial or losing it over the fact that I can't find the right kind of breakfast cereal at the store.
The following is from my February 2011 DDC (due date club) forum. The title of my post: My evening is ruined! Ruined I say! (please note that fake names have been changed to abbreviated fake names)
Lucky Mama (me): So, I've been working nights to try and bring in some extra cash for the delivery of this kiddo (gee whiz, babies are expensive) and I've been eating cafeteria food for dinner for nearly a month. The one thing that sounds extremely appetizing is the cream of asparagus soup. They have only served it once since I started working the evening shift, so when I saw it was on the menu for tonight, I was super excited!
I've been waiting for this blasted soup since Friday and what happens?! I get down there and it's ALL GONE! GONE! The only thing left is slightly burnt, very dry chicken strips (*gag*) and some kind of other soup that was not cream of asparagus and therefore was unacceptable. I did try the inferior soup, but was underwhelmed to say the least.
It seems dumb, but all I wanted was my dang soup! I feel a little like crying in the corner... Anyone have a good cream of asparagus recipe to share with this pitiful, pregnant creature?
S.I.S.: Bahahahaa.... don't mean to laugh, but that was funny! Don't they know that the pregnant chicks should get first dibs!!!!
Lucky Mama (me again): That's alright. I have to find the comedy in it because if I think about it too much, I might be ashamed at just how bummed out I really am. Over soup. :D
As far as pregnant women getting first dibs, I couldn't agree more. Not just in matters of stews and chowders and such, but in everything!
I mean, c'mon! I'm pregnant. I don't feel well. They should be happy, nay, honored that I'm even here at all! Is a little (read: VERY LARGE) bowl of soup so much to ask?
J.L.: LOL! I know there should be a certain amount of each food offered set aside for pregnant women just in case ROFL. Sorry you didn't get your soup.
I won't post all the sympathetic comments I received, but you should know: there were many. See? I'm not crazy. There are people out there who understand my pains (mostly of the hunger variety currently).
Perhaps the highlight of this online conversation, aside for my very valiant "stiff upper lip," was M.M.T.7.'s sharing of a cream of asparagus recipe! Huzzah!
Cream of Asparagus Soup
1/4 cup butter
1 onion, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
4 cups water
1 (10.5 ounce) can condensed chicken broth
4 tablespoons chicken bouillon powder
1 potato, peeled and diced
1 pound fresh asparagus, trimmed and coarsely chopped
3/4 cup half-and-half
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
Melt butter or in a heavy cooking pot. Add onions and chopped celery; saute until tender, about 4 minutes. Stir in flour, mixing well. Cook for about 1 minute, stirring constantly. Do not burn, or let it go lumpy. Add water, chicken broth, and chicken soup base; stir until smooth. Bring to a boil. Add diced potatoes and chopped asparagus. Reduce heat, and simmer for about 20 minutes.
Puree soup in a food processor or blender in batches. Return to pot.
Stir in half and half cream, soy sauce, and black and white pepper. Bring soup just to boil. Adjust seasonings to taste.
Serve hot.
Got this one off of the internet awhile back. It was very good! I leave out the celery though....I don't like cooked celery!
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