Peanut Butter Soup

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When you're in a certain mood For a certain kind of food Nothing else will satisfy Like if you're hankerin' for pie (but I'm not hankerin' for pie) I like a certain soup a lot I always make a giant pot I hope you will be thankin' me I'm giving you the recipe 4 tablespoons peanut oil 3 cups sweet onions chopped 2 teaspoons grated ginger 6 celery stalks, sliced 2 cups of water or vegetable stock 5 cups sliced mushrooms 1 teaspoons cayenne 1 teaspoons salt 4 bay leaves – but it's OK if you don't have em I once left em out by accident – nobody found fault 8 cups canned tomato puree 1 jar of peanut butter – smooth (16 ounces) The secret ingredient is 2 cakes of firm tofu Cut into cute little cubes But first press some of the liquid out You'll dig this soup I have no doubt Sauté the onions and the ginger In the oil for 8 minutes or so Add the celery sauté for 8 more Stir in the mushrooms cover And cook for 20 minutes Mushrooms are a vegetable I adore Stir in the cayenne, salt, bay leaves (if you got 'em) Add puree and the stock or water Simmer covered for 30 minutes Then stir in the jar of smooth peanut butter Finally add the cubes of tofu Simmer 40 minutes on low heat So it don't burn A bottle of white, a bottle of red Sourdough bread Oh the compliments You're about to earn It's a variation on the Moosewood Cook Book The Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca New York Been in business for more than 40 years Home of the happy spoon and happy fork Please don't mention the tofu to children Or any paranoid right wing group The best thing to call it to get them to try it Is Peanut Butter Soup Peanut Butter Soup Peanut Butter Peanut Butter Peanut Butter Peanut Butter Soup is non-dairy Packs a whole lot of protein This soup is what you might call High end post hippie cuisine When you're in a certain mood Peanut butter For a certain kind of food Peanut butter Nothing else will satisfy Peanut butter Llke if you're hankerin' for pie (but I'm not hankerin' for pie) I like a certain soup a lot Peanut butter I always make a giant pot Peanut butter Now you've got the recipe Peanut butter I hope you will make some for me Peanut butter soup Peanut butter soup Peanut butter Peanut butter Peanut butter peanut butter Peanut butter peanut butter soup Mmm, tasty