No Soup For You - Favorite Soups!
So, I am about to begin my sophomore year of college. as September starts in a week, this has me thinking about fall. and soups and stews. my favorites are homemade Beef & Barley stew - i eat it cold sometimes, straight from the fridge, its delicious at any temperature, and Cincinatti chili that my mom makes. and I LOVE LOVE LOVE Italian Wedding Soup.
what are your favorite soups/stews/chilis?
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36 Comments:
I love Italian Wedding Soup, and Sausage/Kale/Cannellini bean soup, both of which I make myself...topped with loads of shaved Parmesan or Romano cheese.
Years ago I worked as a catering assistant at a place (which I don't think exists any longer) called Barsamian's in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. They made a spicy tomato/carrot soup which was divine. I wish I could get that recipe. I'd have that every day for lunch while I worked there.
Also, nothing beats a good bowl of Lobster bisque, if it's made correctly. There used to be a place called the Snow Squall in Portland, Maine, that served up the most decadent bowl of that stuff. Loaded with chunks of tail meat and kissed with sherry, I could have bathed in it.
juliebugsmama at 12:05PM on 08/24/09
I have two favorites -
Sausage Cassolet with Brandy and Apples
Bleu Cheese and Tomato Soup
Both a surefire ways to warm me up on a cool autumn day!
Martini Me at 12:08PM on 08/24/09
I'm a southern girl...so it's all about the Chicken and Dumplin's! (0=
foodiegal at 12:19PM on 08/24/09
I've always been a big fan of N.E. Clam Chowder, but I rarely eat it. On a regular basis though I do love French Onion. Yum.
And of course, my mom's Chicken Noodle soup.
If only it weren't a million degrees outside.
houdini_k at 12:31PM on 08/24/09
I love most creamed soups, and I know that chili isn't a soup but I love chili and most chowders...Lobster stew is heaven...and the ultimate soup--Pho!
kmgagne at 12:35PM on 08/24/09
Italian wedding, minestrone, beef barley, Manhattan clam, Maryland crab, and chicken noodle, but only if it has the really fat chewy noodles. I also like my random garbage veggie chili stew, which gets whatever vegetables I have lying around, ground beef if I have it, barley/rice/pasta/whatever grain I have in the cupboard, and a TON of chili powder. And as embarrassing as this is, I sometimes get a craving for Campbell's tomato soup with a crusty loaf of fresh baked bread. Gotta be the red and white can...no fancy stuff for that situation.
cycorider at 12:43PM on 08/24/09
I think.. I like.. every kind of soup, except for a few of my mother's/grandmother's Chinese herbal soups. But I usually dont count those because I don't think anyone likes them.
Top favorites include clam chowder, Italian wedding and Matzo ball (how did no one mention this?), Hot and Sour, and a bunch of chinese soups involving various fungi, flowers and beans!
I was always making soups in college and I made a lot of pureed soups. My only frustration was that it didnt travel as well as other lunches. Even with a thermos, you can't really have soup during lecture.
@houdini, I like soup even when its hot outside. so wonderful...
engmcmuffin at 1:13PM on 08/24/09
I like my homemade chicken soup, and vegetable beef soups the best.
But I also enjoy making (and eating) ham and black bean, minestrone, fish, hot sausage and lentil, potato leek, hot and sour, gazpacho, and so many many more. . . I think I may love more soups than I thought. I couldn't imagine not eating any of those again.
joeqboo at 1:31PM on 08/24/09
I like a good tomato soup. Or a bad one.
eeels at 1:50PM on 08/24/09
Caldo Verde
Sweet Potato and Onion
Potato, Leek and Blue Cheese
I am a huge fan of soups and believe that it is "good for what ails you!"
bareneed at 2:01PM on 08/24/09
I love every soup. I'm a soup fanatic. Asian ones come first - pho, hot soba, real ramen, tom kha gai and tom yum goong.
I also love my sausage, potato and kale soup that I make at home. And homemade cream of broccoli, clam chowder, or vegetable.
Really, any soup. I can't get enough.
alosha7777 at 2:03PM on 08/24/09
French onion soup is most likely number one if made right. Lobster bisque, crab corn chowder, sausage cheddar cheese soup and cioppino when indulging. Hot and sour, won ton, pho, chicken, tomato, veggie, split pea and ham, lentil for comfort soup. Love all chilis, spicier the better. Most stews except with offal or lamb. I eat soup everyday even in the hottest of weather.
pjracz10 at 2:05PM on 08/24/09
Cooking Light's Escarole, three bean and Roasted Garlic soup. Also a new favorite is the New York Time's Red Lentil Soup with Lemon--could eat it every day!!
kpope at 2:10PM on 08/24/09
Tortellini soup with sausage, peppers, and zucchini. Pasta fagoli (sp?) bean and pasta soup w/ lots of fresh herbs and some pancetta. I love French onion, note to self make this soon. I just made some Gazpacho yesterday with all the little yellow grape tomatoes from the garden, DELICIOUS! The Greek chicken and lemon soup, can't for the life of me spelll the name. I could go on and on, I make a lot of soup when the weather gets cool.
DELICIOUS at 2:20PM on 08/24/09
A good avgolemono soup is a delite. I also love the light but flavorful soup my favorite Thai place serves with their lunch special. Lately I've been craving my take on Chili's Chicken Enchilada soup. I love soup and the smell of a soup simmering on the stove is one of my favorite fall and winter things. In fact, I've got a big pot of chicken stock simmering now. My kids are sick and it will surely soothe their sore throats.
FeedingFive at 2:43PM on 08/24/09
Corn and bacon chowder--without cream, but with buttermilk drizzled into the bowl afterwards. Yum!
Bumblebutton at 3:12PM on 08/24/09
chicken noodle, split pea, potato leek, corn chowder, tomato vegetable, beef stew, purred winter squash, peanut.
lemonfair at 3:26PM on 08/24/09
Potato Soup like my grandmother made. She taught me well.
I also like French Onion and make it often - especially when I have sweet onions.
I also like lentils and almost any cream of...... but, especially asparagus and cauliflower.
suegsf at 3:59PM on 08/24/09
I'm a huge fan of lentil soups. Anything thick, hearty and healthy gets an A in my book!
Chew on That at 4:20PM on 08/24/09
I love them all.
And what's fantastic, it that the ideas, flavors and recipes are endless.
Love. Them. ALL.
CJ McD at 4:25PM on 08/24/09
I love soup. But I can't get the thought of Italian Wedding Soup off my mind after reading this thread. I've never made it before and am determined to change that as soon as possible.
smallkitchen at 4:52PM on 08/24/09
There were 11 of us in my family and soup stretched the farthest for dinner. I have been making soup since I was 8 years old. My friends and family call me the Soup Queen. They beg me to make soups for them. I make Matzo ball soup, hot and sour soup, chicken noodle soup, sausage, kale and white bean soup, lima beans, black eyed peas, split pea soup with ham, lentil soup, pinto bean soup, cabbage and hamhock soup, and many more that I think up. After the holidays I make soups from the leftovers-Thanksgiving leftover soup, Easter leftover soup, Christmas leftover soup and everyone loves them. One of my sisters hides the soup from her husband and eats it all by herself. I love all soups.
seefoodcook at 5:08PM on 08/24/09
I can't believe I forgot split pea, it is one of my favorites, with some cornbread on the side, and honey butter. I also have a yummy lentil with pasta that is always a scrumptious meal. I can't wait for the cool weather and steaming pot of soup simmering on the stove.
DELICIOUS at 6:29PM on 08/24/09
Campbell's Oyster Stew - never cut it with milk but add spray butter and lots of black pepper. It's really tasty with Premium Multi-Grain Saltine Crackers.
Poultrygeist at 8:50PM on 08/24/09
Oooh, good thread--I'm getting excited for soup weather, too! I love mushroom wild rice, beef barley, and sausage, potato & spinach...and so many more!
thehostess at 9:25PM on 08/24/09
Tomato tortellini from this pub near my house... its so good I could bathe in it
foodieteen at 9:36PM on 08/24/09
I forgot Tortilla soup--just made it for the first time about a month ago and have made it about 5 times since. Spicy, crunchy delicious.
kpope at 10:04PM on 08/24/09
Chicken Chili, Baked Potato, Pumpkin, and Corn Chowder. There's also this place in town that makes the best Mexican Chicken Soup. I can't wait for cooler weather.
beth1 at 10:44PM on 08/24/09
I love many soups, but the one my family can't get enough of is Mediterranean Pasta Soup. Small shells pasta, italian sausage, and white beans simmered for hours in chicken stock. Sooo good!
Skythe at 12:15AM on 08/25/09
@Skythe
Like listener, I love wedding soup, but I never make it myself as I like Progresso's version and the labor of making the tiny meatballs generally discourages me from doing so. But, sliced Italian sausage links in place of the meatballs? Wheels are starting to spin...
Gator Pam at 6:23AM on 08/25/09
I think it would be easier to name a soup I don't like. Lets see, theeeere's.. uh.... well you have....... hmmm...... nevermind!
Pavlov at 7:33AM on 08/25/09
I'm not really a soup eater; when I'm hungry, I want something solid. Stew is a different matter; I have no problem with stew. I'm partial to Mark Bittman's bulgur chili (nothing a Texan would recognize as chili, but damn-it's-good), and cassoulet.
gentlyferal at 1:52PM on 08/25/09
Minestrone, French Onion, Mushroom Barley, Broccoli Cheese, Miso, Tomato and GOOD Hot and Sour! droooooooooool....
sweethunibabi at 8:53PM on 09/07/09
Split pea and ham, french onion, lobster bisque, miso, tom yum goong, Manhattan and New England clam chowder.
avaryne at 8:57PM on 09/07/09
Mexican chicken (but only from this one place in town), baked potato, chicken chili, beef stew, french onion, cream of celery (the real stuff, not canned), vegetable, tomato.
beth1 at 9:33PM on 09/07/09
I forgot--roast pumpkin
beth1 at 9:34PM on 09/07/09