Potato soup

This couldn't be easier! Takes about ten minutes to put together, 20 minutes to cook while you do whatever else, needs no tending. Potatoes, cut into large pieces, skin on. Onion, chopped garlic, chopped 1/3 tsp cardamom 1/3 tsp coriander 1/2 tsp sage 1/4 tsp white pepper water 1 bay leaf sprig worth of rosemary, or 1 tsp dried/fresh 1/4 cup butter or olive oil, whichever you prefer Wash and cut up in large pieces some potatoes, however many you like, one, two, or six, whatever. As long as they fit in your pan, eh? Add water to cover them and bring to boil. Meanwhile, chop up an onion, or some leeks and add those, too, and turn down the heat if it boils too hard, a good simmer is fine, medium heat usually works fine. Put in a bay leaf, and a chopped clove or three of garlic, depending on how much garlic you like. Add white pepper, cardamom, coriander and sage. Add butter, or, if you're using olive oil, put it in right before you serve it to preserve the delicate taste. Mash up the potatoes and remove any skins you see and/or don't want to eat.