Chicken Noodle Soup

I just now made
My first batch of
Chicken noodle soup.

My gamer friends,
Chris and Ivan...
Holdouts from our Band of Four:
Jon, Chris, Ivan and Tim...
Anyway, Chris and Ivan came over to a gaming session at my place.
Chris brought a chicken, and roasted it.
We ate it.
What was left I consigned to a soup.

Then I left and attended a  party nearby
Felt so hungover the next day I invited Mia over.
She gave me the instructions for how to make chicken soup;
Which I had never done.

So I made some.

Tonight.

It was amazing.
But, in making it,
I went in with my own fingers
And stripped the meat from the carcass,
To preserve.

After which, boiling the bones,
Fat, skin and bones removal,
Re-adding the meat.
Adding noodles, boil, simmer,
Sauteed mushrooms and celery,
Plus fresh green onions.

I think I know now why chicken soup is so
Soothing to the soul.
It's because we look at the life of this bird,
And we respect it
By drawing from it as deeply as we can
Taking all of its nutrition,
To its marrow.
We hope to understand what it gives us.

I think it's that attempt to respect the well
By drawing from it all the more deeply
That is the healing of this...

--- 1 June 2013