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Liz’s rant: The healing power of soup
Every now and then, something happens to restore my faith in humanity. Prime example coming on the heels of my need for Mexican food at lunchtime, yesterday.
Sometimes I like to get out, just me, myself and I, and have a quiet lunch. Maybe take a good book or whatever and just get away. So off I went to a neighborhood restaurant where I placed my order for a couple of tacos and waited on the chips and salsa.
My waiter, God love him, brought my iced tea, chips and salsa, then returned a few minutes later with a bowl of soup!
“You try soup, today? On the house?”
Are you kidding? Of course, I’ll try it.
It wasn’t like he’d just offered me a million dollars or anything – just a good, hot bowl of Mexico’s version of chicken soup. Big chunky vegetables and pieces of chicken, cooked to perfection, some other thing that looked like tiny rice (there are my culinary skills shining brightly again…) all bathing in chicken broth and cilantro.
I love cilantro. So much so that I’d probably like it on ice cream. And it was that flavor – those little leaves and stems – that made me feel good inside.
It was more than just the soup, though. It was the hospitality offered for no apparent reason, reminding me that basic goodness still exists. That people are kind and thoughtful, sometimes for no other reason than because they can be.
Inside that bowl was all the proof I needed to know the healing power of soup.
-Liz
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Thanks for sharing your story about the soup! I enjoyed it!
I had a similar experience a few days ago at a Thai restaurant. It was my birthday, but the restaurant owners and employees didn’t know that. My family and I ordered and received our meals, which were quite delicious. After we ate, the owner of the restaurant came over to our table bringing a tray of banana and honey treats, wrapped up in egg roll wrappers. She said, ‘It’s on the house. I hope you enjoy them!”
We’ve been to this restaurant I don’t know how many times, and never been given any free food before. (Although they did give me a rose one year on Valentine’s Day.) It’s one of my favorite restaurants so we go several times a year. But on this one day, for reasons unknown to me, the owner decided to bring us the yummy dessert treats. We would have enjoyed the treats anytime, but the fact that it was my birthday made the experience all the more special.
Oh, there’s one more thing I can add to this story. My son has severe food allergies and can not eat any dairy products. (It’s a potentially life threatening allergy.) How many desserts at restaurants do you think we find without dairy products? It’s extremely rare that we find any dessert at all (other than homemade items or fruit) that he can eat. But not only did the restaurant owner bring us a yummy treat without consciously realizing it was a special day for us, the honey banana treats she brought us were something that my son could safely eat. Wow… It was two gifts in one.