soup

I met this lady at the photostating shop this morning. She had with her a book on soup recipes which she wanted to photostat. We chatted, of course. Then she said to me, " I drink soup every day and find it no trouble to boil even for one person. This is why I am so strong."

I know the cantonese people are the ones who know how to boil a good soup. Remember all the cantonese soap dramas where the mother always says to her children when they are back from work, "Come and drink this soup. I spend 4 hours boiling it."

I also remember my mother boiling soup for our family every day; something I always looked forward to during my university vacation. The soup is boiled charcoal style , and there is indeed a difference in how the soup tasted.My niece also missed her dad's ( my late brother) soup boiled in this manner.

By the way, guess how old the lady at the photostating shop is ? She is in her 70's. So soup, anyone?