Pea and Mint Soup

R [by text] "Your soup was way better than mine"

M [telephoning, laughing] "what did you put in it?"

R [sadly] "peas and mint. chicken stock."

M "where did you get it?"

R "Tesco"

M [smiling] "should have gone to Waitrose"

M made fabulous pea and mint soup at the weekend. I thought it was the answer to all my evening meal dilemmas. I bought the ingredients and set to work. My kitchen is covered in green puree from the blender where I tried to pour it into bowls. And it tasted *nothing* like the soup M made. I blame Tesco. Come on Waitrose, open a supermarket down in Somerset. Or at the very least, offer home delivery.

I had thought about serving this at my sister's hen party this weekend. On the basis of my efforts this evening, no bloody way.

[image from Tesco. Of course]

EDIT. Turns out once it was chilled and seasoned, it tasted great. Who knew.