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Poll: Have you heard of cold soup?
I was hanging out on another board here on the nest, and there were many folks that were surprised that I had never heard of or seen cold soup before.
I figured maybe it was a regional thing. Have Indiana nesties ever heard of it? I just want to know how many people are familiar with it, whether you've tasted it or not.
And, if anyone cares to give me some details, is it available at any restaurants in the entire state?
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Re: Poll: Have you heard of cold soup?
Thanks for understanding. Is it available in any restaurants around here? I want to try it, but I have just never seen it before.
I agree that there are a lot of things here that many people from other places might not be aware of.
There are many kinds of cold soup, but probably the most well known are the tomato-based gazpacho soup and the potato and cream based vichysoisse. In addition, fruit soup as a dessert has recently seen a comeback recently. I'm more of a "foodie" so that may be why I'm familar with the soups.
The one I'm most familiar with is Gazpacho, which is a spanish soup. In fact, my in laws in spain don't really use it like a "soup", but drink it from a glass as a snack during the day. Every version is a little different, but theirs is like a glorified homemade tomato soup/juice where they take tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and fresh herbs and such and then squish the heck out of them (food processor, actually) and then strain them until all thats left is a creamy tomato liquid. We usually make three or four large batches here in our house at the end of the tomato season because it really is tasty in the heat of the summer. We add chopped veggies- tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and big croutons to the top.
You can find gazpacho on the menu at most spanish restaurants- I believe BARcelona has it on the menu all the time. I'll occasionally seen it on others' menus as well, especially during the summer. (I've seen it as a special at Palamino, Oceanaire and R Bistor...) I've never seen Vichysoisse on a menu in Indy- I think that soup was really popular in the 50/60s resurgence of "high end" gourmet food. I tried it once and wasn't too fond to be honest... cold cream just tastes like cold cream to me! I've made fruit soup at home, and only seen it on the menu randomly at R Bistro once. (where the menu changes weekly)
Good luck and have fun in your culinary adventures!