Borsch

You know what they say about Borsch. “Beats soup!”

Seriously folks, I learned a little something today. It goes something like this: When you put hot liquids in the blender (like, for example, soup that you want to puree down to a smooth texture), it’s important to not fill the blender more than halfway. When you agitate the hot liquid, the air in the top of the blender will be heated and expand, forcing the lid off of said blender. This allows, in the worst case, scalding beet soup to splash you in the face.

Yup, took a batch of boiling beets to the right cheek today. Once I got done holding my face under the tub spigot, I came back to realize that my blender has a near-instant splash radius of well over two feet. That includes, walls, stove, floor, and several appliances (the toaster is drying as we speak).

The soup was delicious. Chilled it down, served with a little sour cream, some chives out of the garden, and bread and butter. Rustic veggie fare for summer eating.