Today nearly didn't happen

Got to the soupery and to my dismay, there was no pound coin in my pocket and the cash machine was at least 3 1/2 minutes away, I can't wait that long for soup, so i managed to convince the lovely lady behind the counter to weigh me in until Monday. SUCCESS!

Does free (I know it's technically not free) soup taste and different than paid for soup? Possible, yes.

It really does taste good, it's more tomartoey today, not much chilli spice though but that good wholesome (see below) gravy taste really warms you up.

whole·some/ˈhōlsəm/

Adjective:

1. Conducive to or suggestive of good health and physical well-being.
2. Conducive to or promoting moral well-being.

Out of 11

• Taste: 9
• Texture: 8
• Bouquet/Aroma: 7
• Heat - Temp: 9.5
• Heat - Chilli: 7
• Brownness: 7
• Beef content: 7

Dipping choice for today: Spicy tomato by Wheat crunchies

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 14 (I think it's probably too late by now, the soup inside my keys seems to have dehydrated into some kind of compound with a mass similar to diamond. i.e. it's pretty solid in there.)

Tastes like a new batch

Disillusioned by boredom and repetition, I hold a lot of hope for the soup to turn my day and my attitude around. It may help, but a the time of writing this, I've not had enough soup for it to have made a difference. It tastes very good today though, and i can almost feel my endorphins waking up from their hibernation.

Tomorrows soup will of course taste as good as any Friday soup does, spectacular.

Out of 11

• Taste: 9
• Texture: 8
• Bouquet/Aroma: 7
• Heat - Temp: 9.5
• Heat - Chilli: 7
• Brownness: 7
• Beef content: 8

Dipping choice for today: Crispy Bacon by Wheat crunchies

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 13

The Usual

I asked for "the usual" and she replied "what's that?".
Gebus... Questions like that make me ask myself, "Do i really exist?"

The soup is getting overwhelmed by the dipping choice for today. There are 2 fine rapid response food outlets in Bootle, but I'm not about to start blogging the fried chicken as well, there's only so much one can write about fried chicken. The soup today (on the other hand) is nice and tasty, good savoury depth.

Out of 11

• Taste: 8
• Texture: 8
• Bouquet/Aroma: 6
• Heat - Temp: 8
• Heat - Chilli: Can't tell, my toung is on fire from the chicken.
• Brownness: 7
• Beef content: 8.5

Dipping choice for today: Hot n Spicy chicken "bits" from the meat shop in the Strand. It's not really a dipping choice, but I've already had 2 bags of crisps this morning... This stuff is making me sweat... :)

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 12 (might start thinking about cleaning it soon, before it's too late...)

Outstanding

You think it's good one day, then they somehow raise the bar once again. I may have to adjust my scoring thresh hold as they seem to be getting better and better... Or is it where my expectations are raised but never lowered sufficiently after a average soup is bought. I have a real life example to quantify my thoughts:
Whilst listening to music with a good friend at my home, there would come a time when the music would need to be turned up, you know, for that extra good bit. But i failed to turn it back down again after each good bit, so the music steadily got louder, and louder as the night went on...
I fear this is happening to my scoring system...

Todays soup is spicy, tasty and has loadsa' beef

Out of 11

• Taste: 9
• Texture: 8
• Bouquet/Aroma: 6
• Heat - Temp: 9
• Heat - Chilli: 9
• Brownness: 7
• Beef content: 8.5

Dipping choice for today: Worchester sauce by Wheat Crunchies

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 11

erm...

Having not fully recovered from the "pie episode" last thursday, most food stuffs are being treated with a small amount of contepmp. The Chilli Beef soup however escapes this branding as it is an widely accepted fact that it is almost perfect. Today, it is good. Not too spicy, and not too thin.

Out of 11

• Taste: 9
• Texture: 7
• Bouquet/Aroma: 6
• Heat - Temp: 9
• Heat - Chilli: 5
• Brownness: 7
• Beef content: 8.5

Dipping choice for today: Spicy tomato by Wheat Crunchies (back on the corn and maze based snacks). Camio dipping choice appearance by sour cream and chive flavoured pretzelled by Penn State, these things are immense.

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 10

Death by pie

Oh god, I ate one of those family sized Pies last night all to myself...
Not the wisest idea I've ever had. I can barely move today and had to ask myself, is there any room for soup. I dispelled this ludicrous thought and marched (well, wobbled) on into spolies. As expected, there is always room for the CB.
Todays soup is exceptional, great texture and smell. It's like the best gravy you've every had.

Out of 11

• Taste: 9
• Texture: 7
• Bouquet/Aroma: 6
• Heat - Temp: 5
• Heat - Chilli: 6
• Brownness: 7
• Beef content: 8.5

Dipping choice for today: Salt and vinegar by walkers

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 7

Beef and...

...Tomato!

To be honest, the only reason i plumped for Beef and Tomato today was the fact that it was written on the board as Beep and Tomato. The thought process behind this was that it was going to give me something to write about, however, it's actually very nice.

I do think however that they simply have just poured a can of cream of tomato soup into the Chilli Beef. It works well. Nice gloupyness to it and the tomato isn't overpowering, probably because it's been condensed.

Dipping choice for today: Salt and vinegar by walkers

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 6

How long can i do this for?

If there I had any doubters as to whether i could write something daily about some inanimate soup, whilst trying to keep it bordering on entertaining, but i do feel i have plenty more random inside me to give.

Maybe i should set myself somekind of deadline for completion, or maybe i should carry on indefinitely... Because i fear this is becoming more f an online, public diary, albeit a severely watered down one, which mentions no names, places or details...

Anyway... To the soooop. Good full flavour, nice texture. It tastes like yesterdays, but more mature (i know that's the most obvious thing to say). As they add more stuff to yesterdays soup, the chilli kick gets less and less. New soup is always hotter, I've found.

Out of 11

• Taste: 8
• Texture: 7
• Bouquet/Aroma: 4
• Heat - Temp: 7
• Heat - Chilli: 3
• Brownness: 8
• Beef content: 7.5

Dipping choice for today: Mexican Chilli by McCoys

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 5

God dam it's windy today

It would seem that the 150mph winds around my office today, could not penetrate the polystyrene and cool down my soup.

With that in mind, someone has opened a window on our floor. It's october, in England, it's freezing already!

Soup tastes average today (i realise that 'average' means nothing to you, but just imagine something standard, which isn't really asking many questions of your imagination, taste buds and dosen't make you want write about it on a wierd blog.), but it's food.

Out of 11

• Taste: 6
• Texture: 8
• Bouquet/Aroma: 5.5
• Heat - Temp: 6.5
• Heat - Chilli: 3.5
• Brownness: 5
• Beef content: 6.5

Dipping choice for today: Salt and Vinigar by Walkers

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 4

Short and sweet

Oh, its a good one again. Smells like Ox Tail though, i know they are virtually identical (bar the chilli), but sometimes, that smell makes all the difference.

Keeping this short and sweet.

Out of 11

• Taste: 9
• Texture: 8
• Bouquet/Aroma: 5.5
• Heat - Temp: 7.5
• Heat - Chilli: 4.5
• Brownness: 7
• Beef content: 7

Dipping choice for today: Salt & vinegar by Walkers

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 3

Most pleasing.

Ah it's a great soup today. With a deep rich flavour, this is an example of how it should be, not watery, or very runny. No Chilli in it though, but it still remains most pleasing.

Out of 11

• Taste: 9
• Texture: 8
• Bouquet/Aroma: 7.5
• Heat - Temp: 7.5
• Heat - Chilli: 4.5
• Brownness: 7
• Beef content: 7

Dipping choice for today: Salt & vinegar crinkle potato chips by Marks and Spencer's. Yesterdays bag, it was huge...

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 1

Come on Liverpool!! YNWA

Spillage

I've had a disastrous spillage of CB onto my keyboard, in amongst the gears of the "L" key also lies some soupy beef now. How this will effect the function of this key, only time will tell...

The Spillage.

Probably should do something about it, but what? What is the contingency for removing Chilli Beef from one's keyboard?

On closer inspection, there's quite a lot of crap inside my keyboard anyway, probably enough to make some kind of tiny stew... I digress.

The soup today is what was required, tasty, beefy (but no chilli), and browny.

The CBSPE (Chilli Beef Soup Pro Evolution)
You get a kind-of instant taste, then as your huger depreciates, the taste of the soup evolves depending on your starvation levels. Interesting.

Out of 11

• Taste: 8
• Texture: 6
• Bouquet/Aroma: 6.5
• Heat - Temp: 6.5
• Heat - Chilli: 5
• Brownness: 7
• Beef content: 7

Dipping choice for today: Salt & vinegar crinkle potato chips by Marks and Spencer's

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Lodza Beef

A stressful night last night has resulted in a bleary eye'd soup reviewer today.

Much consideration was taken in the soupery today, even the choice of cream of Asparagus was considered, then rejected on the grounds of "No wild cards today", rightly so i feel.

Today's soup has, as the blog title suggests, loads of beef, they are not large pieces, but they are small and plentiful. I supose other wise it would be a stew...

Out of 11

• Taste: 7
• Texture: 5
• Bouquet/Aroma: 7
• Heat - Temp: 5
• Heat - Chilli: 4
• Brownness: 7.5
• Beef content: 8

Dipping choice for today: Sea salt and Balsamic vinigar by Marks and Spencers

Meh

Lethargic and bored are the main underlying themes for today. Tuesday's always seem to be like this and it is usually reflected in the soup sometimes. It's non-committal, average taste and complete lack of chilli just about gets me exited enough to open the blog and write about it.

However, today is the day I've left my slow cooker on at home, so it's easy street when io get home.

Out of 11

• Taste: 6.5
• Texture: 7
• Bouquet/Aroma: 5
• Heat - Temp: 6
• Heat - Chilli: 5 - i had more chilli in my Tomarto soup last night...
• Brownness: 7.5
• Beef content: 6.5

Dipping choice for today: Lightly Salted by Marks and Spencer's.

Bonus dipping choice: A few chips from a co-worker, worked well, but it won't be intentionally repeated.

Smells awful, tastes great

fEELINg straNge toDay.

The calming effect of the CB is always a welcome one, however it is really spicy today and the added heat is making me panic ever-so-slightly. Nice though.
It's actually got quite a kick to it, good work Spolies.

Out of 11

• Taste: 8
• Texture: 8
• Bouquet/Aroma: 5
• Heat - Temp: 8.5
• Heat - Chilli: 7
• Brownness: 7.5
• Beef content: 8.5

Dipping choice for today: (Get this) Taw Valley Cheddar & Caramelised Shallots by Marks & Spencers.

Soup RAGE

No, I'm not in a rage about soup...

"After an asteroid impacts Earth, humanity attempts to rebuild. Sheltered in cryogenic lifeboats, survivors emerge years after impact to a devastated planet where some of mankind survived in struggling settlements or murderous bandit clans, while horrific mutants roam the dead cities. And a mysterious tyrannical government is on the hunt… for Chilli Beef Soup."

Soup is today overshadowed somewhat by my newest gaming purchase called RAGE.

Score, Out of RAGE

• Taste: RAGE
• MEGA-Texture: RAGE
• Bouquet/Aroma: RAGE
• Heat - Temp: RAGE
• Heat - Chilli: RAGE
• Brownness: RAGE
• Beef content: RAGE

Dipping choice for today: Desi curry by Seabrooks

I'm quite exited about playing RAGE.

Beef content: 9

Today's soup is ace, scoring a record 9 for beef content and an unprecedented 8 for both texture and aroma, the soilies soup wizards today excel.

This coupled with the dipping choice for today, makes for a train ride straight to joy town... Sorry.

Out of 11

• Taste: 7.5
• Texture: 8
• Bouquet/Aroma: 8
• Heat - Temp: 5.5
• Heat - Chilli: 7
• Brownness: 6.5
• Beef content: 9

Dipping choice for today: 2 Chilli (jalapeno & habanero) by Seabrooks.

Good honest soup

Today it tastes home made, nice and tastey with no strange aftertastes.
It's like an eventless game of football, no sending offs to complain about, no dodgy beachballs to deflect off, no agressive french gits leaping kung fu style into the crowd. This soup wears it's, heart on it's sleeve. If it had a heart, erm, and a sleeve...

Out of 11

• Taste: 8
• Texture: 6
• Bouquet/Aroma: 5.5
• Heat - Temp: 5.5
• Heat - Chilli: 7
• Brownness: 6.5
• Beef content: 8.5

Dipping choice for today: Mexican chilli by McCoys (same old, same old)

Soup Ninja

I really enjoy the wordless service one receives in the soupery now. How this must look to the general (non-soup-blogging) public I don't know, to walk in and recieve a soup without even ordering it. Maybe people think that I am some sotr of chilli beef quality control officer.?
To make the effect even more stealthy, i could pre-pay every week, so i could just appear like some kind of Ninja, silently grabbing a soup with only minimal eye contact with the staff.

As you can probably tell, I'm a bit bored today. Soup is good though, nice and spicey, bigger chunks of beef for some reason.

Out of 11

• Taste: 7
• Texture: 4.5
• Bouquet/Aroma: 5.5
• Heat - Temp: 6
• Heat - Chilli: 8
• Brownness: 6
• Beef content: 8

Dipping choice for today: Mexican chilli by McCoys

Ox Tails

Why not Ox shoulders instead of the tail?
I don't really understand why someone looked at an Ox and thought, "you know what? That beasts tail would be amazing in a soup". Tomatoes yes, chilli beef yes, Ox tail hummm.

Soup review: It tastes just like the CB, only more salty and with less beef and more ox.

Dipping choice for today: Salt and vinegar by walkers.