Very Spicy Carrot Soup

...the moral of today's recipe is do not throw in, with gay abandon, the usual amount of chilli flakes from the new jar, because the new ones appear to be substantially hotter than the last lot I bought

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After a little tinkering with milk, soured cream and some potatoes it relented and settled on kick the back of your throat spicy rather than the original singe your lips off that we started with.

...and just as well since we appear to have twice as much of it as anticipated.