Conquering Tomato Soup

I was always chicken noodle type of gal. I'd occasionally enjoy a good lentil or minestrone, but tomato? No way, Jose!


In psychology, I learned about phobias and how people over come them. The method to shake the fear is known as "systematic desensitization", a process in which the individual is taught how to relax and then conquer their
fear in different magnitudes.

While I never had a fear of tomato soup, I never found it very settling- so I conducted a small psychology experiment on myself using this technique.

First, I had to get comfortable around the essential element of the soup-- tomatoes. Easy. No fear in that. Next, I decided to sample a few slices of the red fruit peppered and salted. Ambrosial! I decided it was time to take a bigger step, so I fashioned myself a little tomato juice cocktail (nonalcoholic, guys) with lots of dill on the rocks. Surprising it wasn't too bad after all. This was clearly working out, I was still alive and kicking! Nothing could stop me now. I had one final showdown with a can named Campbell's and I was ready to conquer.

I plated myself up a bowl of the bright red soup and added some cracked sea salt and pepper to taste. I sat down with my spoon in hand ready to eat up. Staring pensively at the soup, I saw my reflection in the bright red liquid taunting and jeering me on. It was in that instant that I marred and quited the abrasive reflection by swallowing a large spoonful of soup.

Victory. Sweet tasty tomato soup victory.