Soup for One

If you’re anything like me, every so often you’ll run into a recipe that sounds intriguing, and you note it for possible use later. Some years ago, I was in an international grocery store (IIRC I was buying tahini) and I happened to notice this recipe on another container., so I took a picture with my cell phone to save it. Now, West African cooking may sound exotic to many of y’all, but Louisiana creole cuisine is largely a fusion of French, West African, and Caribbean elements, so I thought it might be something I’d like. Alas, in her final years Grace did not have an adventurous palate; she was not at all interested in trying new dishes, but instead wanted her favorites. So this photo sat in a folder of my phone until recently, when I decided I wanted to make some new kind of soup and remembered this recipe. As I looked at it some instructions struck me as odd, which I assume may be due to differences in how ranges are calibrated or that sort of thing. So I not only cut the recipe…