Spinach...no caterpillar soup!

 

Week 17 (April 28, 2010) 

 

This week we were in the mood to try a new soup recipe, so Geoffrey chose a Lentil-Vegetable soup recipe. I noticed that Geoffrey had purchased about a million bags of spinach (ok, more like 2, but that is a lot of spinach!), so I inquired about how much actual spinach was needed-- 6 cups! Wow! Healthy recipe!

 

Geoffrey got the soup started and simmering on the stove.

Then he took out the spinach to start chopping it up.

Since Ting had blogged about a recent bug incident she had with packaged salad, I advised Geoffrey to inspect and wash the spinach before chopping it up. It was quiet in the kitchen for a bit and then Geoffrey asks me "Would you eat the spinach if I found a bug in it?" I replied "Huh? What do you mean, did you find a bug?" He hesitated to answer and finally said "Yes, I found a tiny caterpillar." What to do? We went back and forth trying to decide whether we should use the spinach or not. Not only was it a major ingredient of the recipe, but bagged spinach isn't cheap and most importantly I HATE wasting food. In the end, we decided to not include the spinach in the recipe. It was a very difficult decision, but both of us couldn't get past the thought of the bug in the spinach.

The soup came out delicious anyway, but it would have been nice to have the spinach in the soup. We'll definitely try this recipe again, with the spinach. 

Our rating for this recipe is 8.25 (Mayra: 8, Geoffrey: 8.5).

P.S. Geoffrey contemplated not telling me about the caterpillar (bad, bad, bad), but he said he didn't want to "torture" me by making me eat something that would gross me out. Plus, he said he probably wouldn't eat the spinach part and that I would notice and start asking questions. Well played, Mauer.