Beef Soup

I love my ceramics class.  For the last two years I had to get serious with my English classes and stop taking my art classes.  Now I realize that my life could have contained a lot less stress if I would have left in my therapeutic hands on class.  

This semester I decided to once again take a class for me.  One that has nothing at all to do with my major and everything to do with my creative side.  Walking into the room, I step into my dream world where creativity with the hands ruled.  Just the smell of the earthy clay stirred my imagination getting myself in tuned with the heart of women artist of the past.  Would I make a huge five foot coil pot?  Something I’ve always wanted to do.  How can I sneak in a cat or two without Madeline noticing?  She hates when I make cats.  How will the terracotta speak to me, or the stone wear walk me down new avenues of discovery?  I am the potter without a vision, but once my hands hit the cold moldable canvas they start to become one, almost hearing it's voice speak to me declaring, “I’m a pineapple pot with molded leaves.”  

Beef Soup

In the crock pot place one package of stew meat, 4 carrots, 2 stalks of American celery, 2 large potatoes, a package of dried onion soup mix, about 10 shakes of Worcestershire sauce, 2 bay leaves and 1 beef bouillon cube.  Place on high for 3 ½ hours.   As the meat gets fully cooked, break the pieces apart so that ever bowl of soup contains meat.  For the next 2 ½ hours the crock pot needs to be turned down to medium.  Add: 1 large tablespoon of marjoram, ½ teaspoon of coriander.   

Serve with a tablespoon of sour cream in each bowl.