Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Beautiful Soup!



"Of soup and love, the first is best."
Old Spanish proverb




Who doesn't love soup? I know I do! A really great soup warms you up on a cold day and, with the right ingredients, can be very filling and healthy. Soup is one of the oldest dishes known to man. Soups started out more for medicinal purposes, but by the middle ages, soups were being prepared for everyday meals.

Growing up, we mostly had soup from a can. My Mom made a few different soups from scratch, but they did not appeal to me as a child. Now, homemade soup is one of my favorite things to make. A few of mine are even quite popular with many of my friends! I'm not a great cook, but I like to make meals from scratch as much as possible, and soups usually have a great and uncomplicated recipe.



To help you get started at soup-making, or to give you a few new ideas, check out the list of books and web sources below. Have fun!

From the Catalog:


-- Soup forward by Eric Schlosser

-- Twelve Months of Monastery Soups by Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette

-- The 30-Minute Vegan: Soup's On: More Than 100 Quick and Easy Recipes For Every Season by Mark Reinfeld

-- 500 Soups: The Only Soup Compendium You'll Ever Need by Susannah Blake

-- Cooking Light: Soup from the editors of Cooking Light




From the Web:

-- 50 Soups from Foodnetwork.com

-- 30 Easy Soup recipes from Better Homes and Gardens

-- Best Homemade Soup recipes from Country Living

-- Best Soup and Stew Recipes from Epicurious

-- Top 10 Recipes for Soup from Taste of Home


And here is a link to one of my favorite go-to soup recipes, Bean and Barley soup, from Eating Well.




Soup Of The Evening
Lewis Carroll

BEAUTIFUL Soup, so rich and green,
Waiting in a hot tureen!
Who for such dainties would not stoop?
Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!
Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!
Beau--ootiful Soo-oop!
Beau--ootiful Soo-oop!
Soo--oop of the e--e--evening,
Beautiful, beautiful Soup!
Beautiful Soup! Who cares for fish,
Game, or any other dish?
Who would not give all else for two
Pennyworth only of Beautiful Soup?
Pennyworth only of beautiful Soup?
Beau--ootiful Soo-oop!
Beau--ootiful Soo-oop!
Soo--oop of the e--e--evening,
Beautiful, beauti--FUL SOUP!


--Post by Tracy


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