Reposted by José Miguel Figueroa-O’Farrill
I was making potato and leek soup and the recipe asked for five potatoes cubed.
Even for potato soup, 125 potatoes seems a little excessive.
José Miguel Figueroa-O’Farrill
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Mathematical physicist at the University of Edinburgh.
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