How to Make NYC Summer Soup

1. Start with an NYC-stock broth (dingy colored, smells like garbage).
2. Heat to 97 degrees Fahrenheit, 100% humidity. You’ll know it’s hot enough when your thighs stick together.
3. Add a few thousand exhausted, bead-sweaty people who look generally dead behind the eyes 
4. Stir in some weirdos, maybe a lady who spits.
5. Add a dash of pit-stained, foul-mouthed construction workers.
6. When patience is about to run out, throw in a screaming baby.
7. Flavor with a very opinionated religious guy.
8. Strain out deodorant (strain out all pleasant smells, in fact. Replace with more garbage.)
9. Sprinkle with misery and impatience. 

Shove all ingredients together on a subway platform during rush hour. Serve steaming hot with a side of Xanax.

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