I have a soup problem. See, I like to make soup, particularly a beef vegetable soup I learned from my mom, who learned from her mom… it’s a soup legacy. And when I make it, every single time, I have way too much ingredients and not enough pot. So, every time I take out a second pot and start bailing the one pot into two. My two biggest pots always held five quarts until my sister sent me an eight quart pot through the mail. This should have solved my soup problem, but it didn’t. Every time now I fill that eight quart pot thinking it’ll fit, hit the top and still have plenty of ingredients left to add… I guess I have big eyes. Today it’s supposed to blizzard. Perfect day to make soup. So I went to the store last night, braved the supermarket snow panic, and got my ingredients. Smartly, I started this morning with two pots side by side, and I added the ingredients, filled both pots to the top, and… it should have fit but it didn’t. I had to pull out my five quart crock pot (also from my sister) and start bailing my two pots into three. I have a soup problem.

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