I went over to the Souplantation near me this afternoon for one last bowl of their Classic Creamy Tomato Soup. That's it in the photo above. The particular soup was only supposed to be in the pots for the month of March but I knew from past experience that the weekend is a transitional time. A lady who works there told me it was the last day but they'd had so many requests to bring it back that she assumes they will.
I was not the only person there for it. Someone else was using the ladle to fill their bowl as I approached. Thinking I was reaching for the soup next to it (Texas Red Chili), he said, "Hey, try this. It's great and this is the last day." He was very happy when I said, "That's what I'm here for." Two strangers bonding over a good bowl of soup…there's a commercial there.
This month, your local Souplantation or Sweet Tomatoes outlet is on a Hawaiian kick, meaning that the employees are all wearing Hawaiian shirts and leis and that most of the non-permanent items have pineapple in them. There's no Pineapple Soup but they have a Curried Pineapple and Ginger Pasta that looked like something you'd buy at a live bait shop, Carrot Pineapple Muffins (with Oat Bran) and Wowie Maui Pineapple Focaccia (with ham). This was in addition to the much-promoted Pineapple Coconut Slaw. I used to think just plain cole slaw was the most disgusting thing on the planet that anyone ever voluntarily puts into their mouth. But there were people eating this stuff so I stand corrected.