Old People Love Soup
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I’ve been hanging out with the painters at Kim’s house. I like these guys - they’re interested in everything. Not just football, hunting, and fishing, and in fact neither one of them likes to hunt or fish. Backpacking, gardening, cooking, art, all kinds of music, guitars, trucks, birds. Quite refreshing, actually.
Subject of food came up and Mike said he’s started making soup and loves it. He commented that his friends and family think that’s very strange - old people love soup, his generation (he’s about 40) not so much. As proof he offered the fact fast food outlets don’t sell soup.
Old people love soup! Well, I’m old and I love soup so that tracks.
Hardly ever ate it before I retired, now I eat a ton of it.Then I saw a Reddit post asking what to serve a group of her parents and their friends for dinner. 8 people total with all sorts of likes and dislikes. The universal recommendation was pot roast- because everyone knows that old people love pot roast! Even the fussiest geezer will eat post roast - you’ll see. Not only that but it’s tough to screw up, not fussy about timing, doesn’t require much in the way of sides and can be extended to feed a crowd by adding more veg.
I had no idea that was the case, although if you served me pot roast for Sunday dinner I’d certainly be happy about it.
So what other things do old people like that I don’t know about?
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Add me to the soup brigade. I usually have at least ten containers of soup in the freezer, anywhere from two to four varieties. Split pea, Roberto, veggie and bean, potato leek....
The two of us old people love meat loaf. And one pot dishes that aren't soup. Minimum fuss and fewer pots and pans to wash.
I saw this recipe last night and it sounded like a possibility. I could probably skip the bacon and just do the beef.
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Funny you should mention that recipe.
We were talking to someone (a waitress, maybe?) and she told us that she cooks for her father and his favorite recipe is cowboy spaghetti. I’ve never heard of it and it looks like something to try.
I might bulk it up with whole wheat or chickpea spaghetti, possibly add corn, but the base recipe looks great!
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I just went back and looked at the Taste of Home version; it has you cook the spaghetti separately.
Some of the cowboy spaghetti recipes just have you break up the uncooked spaghetti and toss it into the skillet, cooking for about 20 minutes. Bit more liquid so the spaghetti has enough to cook in...
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I'm sure you can put together the equivalent more cheaply by buying the individual components, but I'm getting lazy in my dotage.
We love this blend for a veggie soup:
I've made it as specified on the package, but lately I've been leaving out the zucchini and using some green cabbage instead.
When I first started buying it, it had alphabet pasta in it. Now it's orzo, which is still good, but I miss the little letters.
