Ich koche vor Wut = I'm seething with anger.

Soup's on!

Following all your directions, I rolling boiled, low boiled, hard boiled and simmered.

In the end, I wish I'd bought 2 packets! Yum yum!

Now all I need is some of that dark bread with all the pumpkin seeds and nuts inside. Delish!

Your point is valid, schuler, though the use of "kochen" in emotions, as in, say, "Die Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen," often gets more at "boiling over," or so I always thought.

&quot;Seethe&quot; does seem like the best translation for &quot;sieden&quot; (they even appear to be cognate words). I'm only saying that the word &quot;seethe&quot; doesn't appear in English-language recipes (in the US, anyway). &quot;Simmer&quot; is a word that appears in recipes, but (in recipes I've seen) water only simmers <b>after</b> it's been at a full boil, when heat is reduced.

Certainly a person &quot;seethes,&quot; particularly if his food is not cooked properly.

In this instance, I think German enjoys an advantage of precision over English (American English, anyway).

I'm glad your soup is good, kopp!

Hm, kopp, I guess it doesn't taste as delicious as in a mountain hut in Graub&uuml;nden, right? I would join you anytime for dinner if you serve a B&uuml;ndner Gerstensuppe :-)

I.

PS: Looking forward to your trip report(s)