Soup - Page 3

DavidMn · #31 02-20-2006, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by sara1998

I'm not a soup kinda girl. I like it on occasion. My faves are cream of mushroom, cream of broccoli, and NE clam chowder. The little guy that works in the cafe at work just made some wonderful cream of broccoli. I had to have some, and then, I loved it so much, I had to buy seconds to bring home. Sara got to it before I did.

I also love chili. My dad's is what I'm used to. He just puts onion, ground beef, chili seasoning, tomato's and kidney beans. So boring. I have to bring some peppers and cheese to make it tasty.

I've never had Manhatten chowder. U ever tried that?

amber · #32 02-21-2006, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Serrart

The historic explanation is that Italian cuisine has been originated by many poor dishes and since only few people could afford decent quantities of one kind of meat (especially beef), we became creative mixing them.

The other reason is that if you mix meats, for example, in ragu or meatballs (polpette), they become tastier.

Romy

Thanks for the info. I agree tastier. My grandma puts meatballs and pepperoni chunks in her rigatoni. Same with Lasagna - none of those fancy vegetables in it!

But if you think about it, probably lots of cultures were too poor for meat at all, or all one kind - and yet - Italians do it biggest and best.

EXPLAIN THAT, FRANCESCA!!!

Also - Sugar reminded me of another super delish soup that I just tried for the first time a year or so ago - Thai seafood soup. It's so spicy in a really good way. I don't like oysters or shrimp much, but the scallops are great. I just take those other things out and leave the veggies and scallops - oh, the broth is to die for! DIE! it's kind of expensive though. For me, maybe not for a normal person.

ragandbone · #33 02-21-2006, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by goldie

Soup is awesome. Homemade soup is best! I get violently ill (really!) from canned soups with MSG in them. So I only go for the all natural organic canned soups. (Wolfgang Puck makes some pretty good organic soups). Or I just make my own chicken noodle soup.

I think that Wolfgang Puck soup (organic and not) is the best canned soup right now, even better than the Progresso. In general though, I am too cheap for canned soup - I would rather make a pot, and eat ten times as much, with a spoon, leaning over the stove.

I really like puree soups, especially carrot. The puree carrot soup has lots of possible variations: cream, or not, dill or ginger curry, veg. stock, or chicken.

I also like tomato vegetable soup, or a stew, like pasta fazool (sp?) which has beans and pasta.

Thai soups are amazing, but I have been too lazy to try to make one. I think the one I like in the restaurnts is the Tom Ka Gai.

My mother makes a great white bean soup, and a really yummy turkey soup with rice, and she uses a slow cooker for these.

amber · #34 02-21-2006, 01:15 AM

damn! I should whip out the ol' crockpot and make some soup. /\ I have no idea what kind of Thai soup that is.

I didn't know there were so many soups.

I think Wolfgang Puck's soup is terrible. I couldn't decide if it was the flavor mixes he uses, which aren't regular, or what. But after I tried it 3 times I couldn't risk finding out the answer anymore.

I don't think I have a very adventurous soup pallette.

HomerMcvie · #35 02-21-2006, 01:42 AM

I've been on a BIG soup kick this whole winter, mostly making my own, the past couple months. Clam Chowder(NE), Cream of Broccoli, and Gumbo, mostly...
I'm too good of a cook!

ragandbone · #36 02-21-2006, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

damn! I should whip out the ol' crockpot and make some soup. /\ I have no idea what kind of Thai soup that is.

I didn't know there were so many soups.

I think Wolfgang Puck's soup is terrible. I couldn't decide if it was the flavor mixes he uses, which aren't regular, or what. But after I tried it 3 times I couldn't risk finding out the answer anymore.

I don't think I have a very adventurous soup pallette.

I should have pointed out that I haven't tried all of the WP soups, and I bet the ones I tried had meat in them, so I compared them to Progresso with meat (chix) and I thought his were much better. I didn't try any weird ones. You would have tried the veg ones, right? I just tried some Amy's soups from the New Leaf, and they were great, but needed salt, and were pricey.
The Thai soup I mentioned is a lime coconut soup, sometimes with Chicken, but I think it can be without as well.

skcin · #37 02-21-2006, 10:29 AM

I really should make soup from scratch more. Like Amber said, dump everything into the crock pot & let it cook all day. I do make what I call semi-homemade soups sometimes (canned broth, add fresh or frozen ingredients) but not often enough. I think I'll make some soup this weekend.

And I'll be making vegetarian chili when my brother & his wife come to visit in 2 weeks, that's always good.

JazmenFlowers · #38 02-21-2006, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by skcin

semi-homemade soups sometimes (canned broth, add fresh or frozen ingredients)

sounds like one of my favorite Food TV shows

I steal all that bitch's ideas.

skcin · #39 02-21-2006, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

sounds like one of my favorite Food TV shows

I steal all that bitch's ideas.

Mark loves her, thinks she's hot.

chiliD · #40 02-21-2006, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Sugar

And I have two of the Marlboro cookbooks, too.

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bikerchic · #41 02-21-2006, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by skcin

And my favorite local restaurant makes Buffalo Chicken Wing soup - so good!

Go figure

on the mushroom. Use to be my favourite until someone on here said that c*m tastes like mushroom soup

, I haven't quite enjoyed it the same since.

hayley · #42 02-21-2006, 11:12 AM

Eww!! I love cream of mushroom soup, I must be a slut. My boyfriend made me the greatest cream of mushroom soup for Valentine's Day. Fresh, with garlic and gigantic whole mushrooms. It was the best thing I've ever tasted.

I have an addiction to Trader Joe's frozen Cream of Asparagus soup, too.