Potato Soup Wars

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/baked-potato-soup-10000000357537

Me and Potato Soup are not friends. I try making it all the time and I always fail. Always. So when it was my turn to recommend a cookbook for the Cookbook Club, what do I do?

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/
Wisconsin-Potato-Cheese-Soup

I recommend potato soup.

http://www.milkandhoneyfarm.com/kitchen/
winter_favorite_recipe.html

Of course.

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/sweet-potato-
soup-with-prosciutto-crisps-10000001673084

Well, the main recipe I recommended was eggplant and bread lasagna, a recipe that I found in the cookbook (or blog) Vegan Yum Yum and which I've made before and loved.

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/golden-potato-
leek-soup-with-cheddar-toasts-10000001108277

But I was determined to make the potato soup.

http://www.blendradioandtv.com/Thornton_Winery/potato-soup.htm

So I did. And do you know what happened?

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/creamy
-potato-soup-10000000523214

I failed.

http://dandelionmama.wordpress.com/2008
/10/15/recipe-easy-baked-potato-soup/

So I'm posting pictures of other people's potato soup that look really tasty.

http://www.cottonpatch.com/menu
/nacogdoches-sal.php

Really though, there's a restaurant in town called Cotton Patch, which I think is spreading out now to many other towns, but may only be in Texas. They have the best potato soup, so Husband always asks, "Why make it at home when we can drive five minutes and be done with it?"

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/loaded
-potato-soup-10000002012818

Because I want to win. That's why.

http://livinginthekitchenwithpuppies.
blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html

The next version I'm making is one my grandmother told me about yesterday. Boil a peeled potato in water until it's so tender it falls apart. Drain the water, add milk and butter and stir until thickened, then add cheese and bacon. Sounds too easy to mess up, even for me.