NOTES FOR BEGINNING

SKILLS

Before you begin making soup, you should probably have a firm grasp on basic soup-related cooking skills.

A few helpful ones:

You should also have a few tools and equipment on hand.

These include:

•A cutting board or mat

•A pot or Dutch oven with a lid

•A sharp knife, good for chopping hard vegetables (or a food chopper)

•Containers for leftover soup

•A can opener