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A few nights ago we went out to dinner and had an absolutely fantastic<\/i> butternut squash soup. Naturally, it had white truffles in it, which I’m not sure I can find, even if I thought they’d be reasonably priced. \ud83d\ude09 Still, the soup was so good that I decided to research recipes. I found about a dozen, and most of them were similar, so I bought a butternut squash and some chicken broth and embarked on a test drive today. The result was tasty, but not nearly as delicious as what we’d had. Still, it’s a start. This is the result. My next attempt might include some sort of topping, and I should have bought a baguette to have with it and the salad I fixed instead of the crackers. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few nights ago we went out to dinner and had an absolutely fantastic butternut squash soup. Naturally, it had white truffles in it, which I’m not sure I can find, even if I thought they’d be reasonably priced. \ud83d\ude09 Still, the soup was so good that I decided to research recipes. I found about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[192],"tags":[47],"class_list":{"0":"post-1416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kitchen","8":"tag-food","9":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_4032.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-mQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1374,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2012\/10\/26\/i-love-bread\/","url_meta":{"origin":1416,"position":0},"title":"I love bread …","author":"Sandy","date":"October 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0and I especially love crusty\u00a0bread! 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