Happy National Vichyssoise Day Eve #57712

Happy National Vichyssoise Day Eve it is National Vichyssoise Day.Made thick with pureed leeks, onions, NOVEMBER 18, 2013 – NATIONAL VICHYSSOISE DAY – HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICKEY MOUSE 17 Nov. Shockingly, I’ve not done a vichyssoise video yet, so you’ll have to settle for this incredibly comforting ham and potato soup. While not as seasonally Happy National Scrapbooking Day Eve! Posted by Tara Smithberg. In honor of National Scrapbooking day tomorrow, I have compiled some of my favorite scrapbooking

Warning: this is not vichyssoise.

I enjoy making fun of arbitrarily designated food holidays as much as the next food blogger, and like many, I use them as a convenient excuse to repost seasonally appropriate recipes, not really caring how the day came about, but National Vichyssoise Day is different.

Seriously, someone needs to find out how it came to be that we’re celebrating a chilled potato and leek soup in the middle of November. I took a quick look, and while there are countless references to the day, as usual, no info on its genesis. As a B-list YouTube celebrity, I’m far too busy to do any further research, but if any of you food detectives crack the case, please let me know.
Shockingly, I’ve not done a vichyssoise video yet, so you’ll have to settle for this incredibly comforting ham and potato soup. While not as seasonally inappropriate as Vichyssoise, it’s delicious nonetheless, and one of our most popular soup recipes ever. Enjoy!
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