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Lentil Soup
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 1 medium onion; sliced
- 1 medium carrot; sliced
- 4 cup hot vegetable broth
- 1 cup lentils
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ teaspoon thyme (or 4 sprigs fresh)
- 2 bay leaves
- salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat, then saute the onion and carrot for about 5 minutes, or until tender. Add the broth, lentils, pepper, thyme, bay leaves and salt. Cover and simmer until lentils are tender, about 40-50 minutes. Stir in the lemon juice and extra salt to taste.
(In a pressure cooker, cook the lentils for 12 minutes.)
No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of
absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.
Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness
within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more.
Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and
doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone
of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.
-- Shirley Jackson, "The Haunting of Hill House"
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