CHAPTER VI: A MEAL YOU LIKE TO COOK FOR YOURSELF

{Mushroom Soup}

Not gonna lie: I'm such a terrible chef. I threw salt into a strawberry juice, boiling water to lettuce (because I believed that bacteria were removed of it in that way), and everytime I cook something like spaghettis or rice it ends up burned. I'm being serious. Even I studied cooking for a couple months to change that (and I learned a lot of cooking theory), but is just I don't have the gift, really.

Maybe that's why I like to make soup. But not any soup: an instant mushroom soup, as known here as Sopa para Uno, and particulary that flavor. It's cheap, and easy. And is very suitable for winter, because is warm and salty, and liquid, so it's easier to eat. If you ever get bored of make tea when the rain falls down behind the window, it's your better option! and no, I'm not making advertising! Well. Maybe. The weird fact here is that I hate lentils, beans, and legumes in general, even the home-made soup, but this, it's just... I can't. And is pretty simple, you just go into a store, ask for one Sopa para Uno, buy one, go back home, boil water in a kettle or a teapot, put the content of the envelope inside a mug, and mix the water and the content, add salt to taste, and voilá.

I like it also because when I'm in a sad mood during a cold day I wrap myself with blankets on the couch of my living room, put Orange is The New Black in Netflix and chill out with a warm mug of mushroom soup. Is not like eating chocolate, but is fine. Also, it works for hangovers, a little bird told me that, I swear.