Miso

My daughter asked if I could help her make her own miso soup. We had all the ingredients, so away we went.

I don’t actually know the proper way to make miso soup. But I know generally what goes in it and what it tastes like. And more importantly, I know the secret to all soup.

The secret to all soup is this: you boil a pot of water, and then you put whatever you want in there.

It’s all soup! Sometimes it’s not miso, or chicken noodle, or gazpacho, or whatever. But it’s always soup. You can’t set out to make soup and fail. If you boiled water, put something tasty in there, and ate it, then congratulations – soup!

The secret to all soup is also the secret to ninety-nine percent of life. Get the basics down, and then fill in the details however you want. You don’t have to live by other people’s recipes.

If you’re bopping around the kitchen having fun and whatever you made tastes great (and hey – it did!), then you’re winning. Keep it up!