Pork soup

We thought today that it was time to have another go at pork soup, a dish which has fallen somewhat into abeyance, having once been a regular item - some evidence for which can be seen at reference 1.

Start with three pints of water, eventually made up to four pints.

At 1000, add four ounces of pearl barley to the cold water to soak for a bit.

At 1145, add four sticks of celery, one large and one small onion. Bring to the boil and simmer for a bit.

At 1215, add about 12oz of Irish pork tenderloin, coarsely chopped. Continue to simmer.

At 1250, add two large leeks, sliced crosswise. Bring back to the boil and continue to simmer. The leeks were an accident due to operational problems in the white cabbage supply chain - but in the event they worked very well. Better, we thought, than the savoy cabbage which was option 2.

At 1300, add six button mushrooms. Caps halved, stalks chopped. Plus a few left over potatoes. Small, with their skins on.

Served at 1305 it did very well, with perhaps two thirds gone at its first outing. No bread taken on this occasion. Rounded off with left over plum crumble.

PS: the snap is of a fine show of daisies snapped this morning at Tchibo corner on the Blenheim Road on the Longmead estate. They were doing really well and they clearly like the shelter and sun under these south facing windows. And checking, I discover that Tchibo is a German company into a lot of other stuff besides coffee, which is what I know them for, at least in Germany. Founded in the year of my birth. See reference 2.

PPS: checking some more, I find that I have noticed daisies here before, more or less at the very same spot, at reference 3, last April. And just around the corner from the pyramid orchid of reference 4. What is it about having coffee in the air?

Reference 1: https://psmv3.blogspot.com/search?q=pork+tenderloin+soup+cabbage&max-results=20&by-date=true.

Reference 2: https://www.tchibo.com/.

Reference 3: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2019/04/spring-flowers.html.

Reference 4: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2019/06/mystery-flower.html.