I had the best veggie soup. My friend is a small sustainability/sustenance farmer and he had us over to help pick vegetables and pull out old tomato plants.
We ended up with this glorious vegan soup in a giant pot over a bonfire, with all of his veggies, including pieces of an enormous pumpkin, two kinds of potatoes, chard, onions, tomatoes, a special kind of broccoli, cilantro, and he added some locally made hot sauce and sea salt.
I also tried some of his spicy lettuces and ground cherries, straight out of the ground.
My friend brought a dish of lentils to the party, and I brought a pumpkin pudding with coconut milk, coconut sugar and pumpkin pie spices.
We all drank stinging nettle tea, and I brought a mug of soup home. It was a lovely time.