Pumpkin Soup (Garbage Soup)

The weather is turning and Drew has been running all day. He is home for minutes between the day's appointments and the evening's, and is delighted to find a hearty bowl of soup waiting. Drew's Mom turns leftovers into what she whimsically calls "garbage soup" and Raul has given the combo a Jamaican twist, a variation on Jamaican Cock Soup.

He creates a base using Lee Kum Kee Chicken Bouillon Powder, water, onions, chopped potatoes and carrots, beans, and chunks of corn on the cob left over from the trip to Drew's Mom's summer place (R&D ate as much of the dozen plus as possible, then Raul chopped a froze a few cobs). To the bubbling stock he adds the remainder of the pork roast, pulled into pieces, and what is left of the roasted pumpkin. He leaves the pumpkin in cubes but it softens as it simmers and thickens the soup into an almost stew-like consistency.

Drew dives into a heaping bowl and registers his nostalgic pleasure before setting out into the cold night well-fortified and with a warm full belly. Garbage it ain't.