Spicy Tomato Soup (with Bacon and Sausage)

Step 4 Slice, Chop, Cry

Gently rinse off your mushrooms (unless you like eating dirt) and slice them all up. I usually get about five or six slices per 'shroom. Place in a bowl for later. Or you could be like I did this time and get pre-sliced, pre-washed 'shrooms from the grocery store. They were actually cheaper than then whole mushrooms. Go figure.

Peel and rinse off your onions. Cut them in half and then chop so that you get long pieces. Upon seeing the amount of onions I had, I decided to add a third one. I love onions! Place in a separate bowl for later. Go to another room for a few minutes with a wet towel over your eyes until you stop crying. I've heard that putting your onions in the fridge for a few hours before you use them will help with this, but I'm a last minute cooker and never think about it beforehand. Let me know the results if anyone tries it!