Soup is my favourite food. Granted, it's not a food per se, but for many years I've said if I had to exist on one type of food for the rest of my life, it'd be soup. Bonus points for adding some fresh-baked crusty bread on the side, with a chunk of good cheese or butter, and a good salad.
My preference is for brothy versus creamy or blended soups. Although I do make a mean split pea and enjoy it. I'm also a fan of a really good New England clam chowder, as long as the clams are tender and there aren't too many potatoes in it.
I also love, and make, chicken noodle/barley/or rice and veggie, likewise turkey, and beef barley, and veggie soups. Love French onion, but so far haven't tried making it. Someday, along with New England clam chowder.
Occasionally make lentil soup, but it's not my favourite.
Fresh herbs in all of the above, when available, is a must.
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R_Kane (15828)
7 years ago
Hi, Catbookss. Good to see you again. If you ever make it to Boston, indulge yourself at one of the Legal Sea Foods restaurants with the clam chowder, fish chowder and/or oyster stew; and, basically, with anything else on the menu. And I want to thank everyone for your tips on how to spruce up soups. Tonight for dinner, I had homemade sausage Minestrone with Rotini pasta, carrot chunks, celery and spinach, with homemade grilled American and Provolone cheese with Black Forest ham, grilled tomatoes and honey mustard on Ciabatta bread, with a large slice of Neopilitan pizza and 12 ounces of water. With the local wind-chill factor, it was 1 degree below zero outside!
PS If you're doing commercial soups, read the label and take a gander of what percentage of your recommended daily sodium intake is in the soup you're about to eat. It will curl your hair!
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