 saw my invitation for good soup recipes and decided to respond:

tips are great, but the crucial missing element is the 

. the weather is warming up and I fear soup weather will soon be gone. will Pat send me a good soup recipe by the end of March?

preferably this recipe will be vegetarian as I don't eat much meat (no red meat, no pork) but otherwise most things are welcome. I will make the soup per the instructions and this will resolve Yes if I receive a recipe Pat genuinely likes, even if I don't personally enjoy it.