<snip> Green said making it with a quart and leaving the other ingredients at the same amounts as originally posted --except for more chiles, of course-- is the way to go. Mea culpa, Deb in Houston Tried the soup, too. Added 3 good sized mushrooms sliced thickly, and 2 shredded, boiled chicken breasts. Got me a marriage proposal and a half dozen trips to the copier to duplicate receipes. In Colorado: Chiles are in, roasters are roaring, new ristras are twirling in the wind, life is GOOD. Pueblo chile & frijole festival is this weekend....soon the pinons will be ready ! the gabacho chile picker dragging his neurotic knuckles all the way to the overflowing chile patches <<<boz>>>