Bland bean soup

[cjsmith]

Bean soup: onion, celery, a lot of great northern beans, parsley, *some* kind of meat for flavor.

If the meat used is salt pork, the soup turns out to have absolutely no flavor whatsoever. Seriously, this is the blandest thing I've tasted in a long time.

I'm sure some herbs and spices could save this. Beyond the obvious cracked black pepper, what would you add?

Comments

[inflectionpoint.livejournal.com]

Miso would give you salt, without MSG. MSG is not usually your friend or anyone's.

Miso comes in many different colors and all have different histories, ingredients and flavors.

I second the parmesan on top suggestion.

Another way to save it is to add intensely flavored toppings and decorations - if you use chili sauces, this would be a place for that. Or preserved vegetables (mysterious chinese store veggies in a packet. Salty and pickled tasting.) Etc...