<![CDATA[Just had some delicious potato and leek soup for lunch, with a little garlic bread.]]>Just had some delicious potato and leek soup for lunch, with a little garlic bread. Which is an excuse to say that, in the opening line of Beowulf, “Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum … “ the “Gar” in “Gardena”, i.e. “Spear-Danes”, is the same as the “gar” in “Garlic”, because garlic is the Spear-Leek.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/2f5f4c08-73b6-46d7-8b54-c3bd4e0a0b84/just-had-some-delicious-potato-and-leek-soup-for-lunch-with-a-little-garlic-bread.RSS for NodeThu, 09 Apr 2026 17:10:43 GMTSat, 21 Mar 2026 18:03:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Just had some delicious potato and leek soup for lunch, with a little garlic bread. on Sun, 22 Mar 2026 16:12:38 GMT]]>@michaelgemar @kjhealy @HollyGoDarkly It’s also delightfully leek-y

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jimgar/statuses/116273706318062995https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jimgar/statuses/116273706318062995Sun, 22 Mar 2026 16:12:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just had some delicious potato and leek soup for lunch, with a little garlic bread. on Sun, 22 Mar 2026 01:08:14 GMT]]>@kjhealy @HollyGoDarkly This is delightfully geeky.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/michaelgemar/statuses/116270150113401095https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/michaelgemar/statuses/116270150113401095Sun, 22 Mar 2026 01:08:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just had some delicious potato and leek soup for lunch, with a little garlic bread. on Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:30:57 GMT]]>@kims It's so delicious and homey.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kjhealy/statuses/116268587908300166https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kjhealy/statuses/116268587908300166Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:30:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just had some delicious potato and leek soup for lunch, with a little garlic bread. on Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:19:26 GMT]]>@kjhealy
Potato leek soup is my "only one food for the rest of your life" food

A staple of my childhood, my French mom said in Lille leeks were called "the poor man's asparagus"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/kims/statuses/116268542646701735https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/kims/statuses/116268542646701735Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:19:26 GMT