Badger badger badger mushroom sooooup

I told you I had been willing it to be fall. And nothing says fall like warm, creamy mushroom soup to me.... well except maybe pumpkin pie and apple cider and buffalo chili, but whatever. I was in the mood for mushrooms. Partly because I've been craving them ever since I came back from Italy where I ate mushroom pizza every day and partly because, like I said they seem like fall and I'm willing it to be fall. Circular logic? Probably. I don't care.

Anyway since opening a can of soup is for losers, I decided to create a mushroomy masterpiece. I thought criminis and rice. And then I thought butter and white wine (what can I say, I'm an attorney) and I was inspired. I began creating and as I started cooking I couldn't help but be reminded of an addictively annoying little jingle. Thus I dubbed my masterpiece....
Badger badger badger mushroom sooooup

• 1 pound crimini mushrooms, cleaned and chopped
  
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup white wine
• 1 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme
  
• 1/2 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable broth
  
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch dissolved in 1 Tbsp water
• 1/2 cup wild rice
• 1/2 cup brown rice

Cook rice like normal - stick it in the rice cooker, put it on the stove, whatever you do. Meanwhile, coarsely chop mushrooms and lemon juice in the food processor. Pause to sing badger, badger for a while. You can play the youtube video instead if your singing voice is no good.

Melt butter in a soup pot, add white wine and sauté mushrooms, thyme and bay leaf for 10-15 minutes, or until the mushrooms no longer seep juice. Add salt, pepper, cream and broth and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. During this time dance around the kitchen and sing, "Ooooh, it's a snaaaaake!"

When you're done with that add cornstarch! and simmer for 10 more minutes, stirring and singing badger badger badger constantly. I mean it. If you don't sing while you stir this soup will fail. It'll probably even cause your house to catch on fire.... with you in it.

Dump the cooked rice in and let it simmer for another 5 or so minutes.

Pour soup into bowls. Garnish with parsley, fresh ground pepper, nothing or as J suggests, french fried onions. Om nom nom.

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