Let me explain;
The Soup:
Last night Ted made a DELICIOUS potato soup for my mom (who is in town) and I. The recipe is from Mom Polleys, who got it from Mrs. Friske. For those of you that don't really understand why Mrs. Friske is important...let me have a little side-bar and fill you in.
Mrs. Friske is of Friske's Farm, south of Charlevoix. It is where Ted and I pick apples every year. It is where you cane get the most tasty Reuben sandwich and the best apple donuts you will ever taste. Basically, all of their food is fantastic and last night, we got to have Mrs. Friske's Potato Soup in our OWN HOME! mmmm...it was so good!
Her secret in her own words, "It's the buttermilk!" haha...so I am not going to tell you it is healthy...but we substituted turkey bacon for the bacon...that has to count for something right??
So, here is the recipe so you can have it in your own home:
Mrs. Friske's Homemade Potato Soup
3 T. butter
1 c. white onion, chopped
1 c. celery, sliced
10 strips bacon, cut into 1/2'' pieces (or turkey bacon)
8 Yukon Gold potatoes, cut into 3/4'' chunks
4 cups water
4 cups water
2 c. buttermilk
3 T. flour
1/2 c. sour cream
s + p
1. Heat the butter in a large sauce pan on MH heat. Saute the onions and celery in butter, stirring occasionally, until translucent. Add bacon and potatoes and the 4 cups of water. Boil until the potatoes are tender.
2. Meanwhile, in a medium mixing bowl, whisk the buttermilk, flour and sour cream until smooth.
3. When potatoes are tender, scoop out 1/4 c. of the water from the saucepan and slowly drizzle into the butter cream mixture while whisking it the whole time. (This prevents lumps from forming). Then repeat this process with another 1/4 c. of potato water.
4. Next, slowly drizzle the buttermilk mixture into the large saucepan, stirring the potato soup the whole time. (Once again this prevents lumps from forming.)
5. Season with salt and pepper. Simmer soup until you are ready to eat! The longer you simmer, the yummier it gets!
Now...to the funny part of the post...the hickey! (kind of a funny word in itself)
The Hickey:
On Thursday, Eloise was hanging out on the couch (sitting up, of course...well propping up, to be honest) and I went over to pick her up because we were going to go to our bedroom, because it was time for her to eat.
In the 5 seconds that it takes to walk from the couch to our bed, Relly had latched onto my shoulder and gave it a few hard sucks. It tickled and I was laughing at her and she smiled back.
Well, when I was done feeding her, I went into the bathroom to finish getting ready for something, and behold! Her sucking was more than just a laughing matter. She has left her mark, literally. It was so funny that I had to have a picture of it. Ted said that he better watch out so he doesn't end up with a Relly-sized hickey!
I guess she might have been hungrier than I thought! :)
Have a good weekend!
