Mushroom soup and Murray v. Federer

Mushroom soup
Ingredients (serves 4):
- a good amount of butter.
- finely chopped shallots
- finely chopped onion (chilling your onions will reduce the sulfuric acid aka Cry City but will also lower the heat in your pot when you add them to the butter. It's up to you. )
- chopped mushrooms (I used trumpet, one portabella and some shiitake)
- brandy
- beef broth
- heavy cream
- fresh thyme
- kosher salt & cracked black pepper
- all-purpose flour

+ Melt butter in a large pot over med-high heat. Add onions and shallots; sweat until translucent.
+ Add mushrooms and thyme; saute until brown. I'd say five minutes or more depending on your heat.
+ Add a good splash of brandy, about four tablespoons. Stir for thirty seconds, mix in a Tbsp. of flour and let cook for a minute.
+ Add four cups of beef broth and let come to a boil. Add cream and reduce to a simmer. Season with s&p. I also blended with a stick blender but that's entirely optional.
+ Watch Rogers Cup. Weep over Federer's recent failures but cheer Andy Murray's first victory in thirteen title matches. The drought is over.