Hi everyone! Today’s “Elementary, My Dear Vegan” is from S1E13 (“The Red Team”). Before leaving a crime scene, Holmes scoops up Clyde (the pet tortoise of the murder victim) to take him home, commenting that tortoises “make an absolutely delicious soup stock” (Watson groans and walks away). Throughout the episode, Holmes interacts minimally with Clyde – feeding him lettuce (“can’t make soup out of Clyde until I’ve fattened him up”) and using him as a paperweight (“I hardly think he minds”) – and even requests that Watson not call Clyde by his name, as that will “make it harder to enjoy the soup.” At the end of the episode, Watson enters the kitchen and sees Holmes eating at the table.
Watson: You eating soup?
Holmes: I was hungry.
Watson: Please tell me you didn’t cook Clyde.
Holmes: (lifts Clyde up and set him on the table) The soup is split pea. These are magnificent creatures. Clyde will likely outlive both of us. You didn’t really think I would eat him, did you?
Watson: (sighs) I don’t know. I guess it’s hard to know what you’re gonna do.
For my split pea soup, I used this recipe from My cat loves Daiya!, and it turned out great! As convenient as Amy’s canned split pea soup may be, this recipe is so much better! (The leftovers are great, too!)
Here’s Daisy, the sweetest of sweethearts…
Peace. :)
