what did the broth say to the vegetable?

i see your balls are hanging! matzo balls that is!

in this corner, weighing in at 72 ounces, and 12 ingredients, the refrigerator cleaner outer, the guy in the stainless trunks, the belly buster, the man from la mancha ... the matzo ball minestrone SOUP!! (cue the yays from the audience)

and in this corner, weighing not nearly as much but just pretend because otherwise this wouldn't make any sense because the competitors must be in the same weight class but then why would soup and salad be fighting, anyway just go with it, ok? as i was saying, in this corner, the lean green fighting machine, dressed in a ginger carrot trunk (dressing) --- the refresher ... the gut suppressor ... the SALAD!! (cue different yays from the audience).

its a big city soup story of forbidden love...matzo ball sneaking around and diving into an affair with a steamy Italian minestrone. a dumpling traditionally made in chicken fat shedding the animal byproduct for a wholly veggie meal...(meatless monday people!). the co-conspirators in this romance-drama, the supporting cast, the misfit bunch: Baltimore-raised broccoli, cauliflower, green beans (these were canned over the summer), carrots, onions, turnips, and kale (dried from the summer); and the super misfit bunch, the who the heck knows the origins of these guys - pinto beans, canned tomatoes, frozen peas (bought for supplementary ice pack), and okra (what?).