Baking

"Soup" is the answer to every question, isn't it? Cheap, easy, versatile. I grew up on soup. The biggest hit both at home and in my parents' restaurants was Mom's Potato Soup. She always made it with boiled potatoes. Baked potatoes in a soup had never occurred to me, not even when I saw Baked Potato Soup on a menu for the first time. Instead of the obvious interpretation, my brain hiccuped and I imagined my mom's boiled potato soup topped with cheese and then baked like French Onion Soup. When the bowl of non-gooey-cheese-covered soup was presented to me I realized my mistake and was beyond disappointed. The disappointment was totally worth it though since it inspired me to create this unambiguously baked, baked potato soup: Soup made of baked potatoes, topped with cheese and baked and then topped with crispy potato skins, sour cream and green onions.

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