@Tin_Foil Yes, potato soup is so good!
During long stretches growing up, we ate potato soup every day. Yes, every day. It’s a very inexpensive meal. I still love it (with the cheese & bacon).
@spitfire6006006 You haven’t tried tomato soup made by my wife.
She uses fresh tomatoes simmered down, adds browned onions, bacon pieces & more stuff.
Add one grilled Cheddar cheese sandwich.
@speediedelivery Uhhh… My wife makes it. No recipe. Most everything she cooks has no recipe. She adds what we have. When we have tons of tomatoes from the garden… Tomato soup! We also freeze tomatoes (skins off) for use in the winter.
I know she puts tomatoes to simmer down, adds a little can of tomato paste to help thicken & speed up the process, adds milk, chopped browned onions, usually chopped celery &/or carrot, a crispy bacon crumbled up, parsley and uhhh… that may be it. salt/pepper?
I like to help her in the kitchen, though she usually always cooks, I do dishes. She’s asleep or I’d go ask her…
@mfladd damn. I was feeling nostalgic already. I’m not a fan of peas in dishes. I would however eat split pea soup that my dad made. I don’t think I’ve had any since he passed away. I’m a little misty eyed now.
@mfladd@RiotDemon same. My Dad would make that three or four times every winter. We just used his recipe after Christmas this year and it was wonderful. But I add more bacon bits and diced ham than he did when we were growing up because we can afford to.
@mfladd@RiotDemon same, i can’t stand peas, but i love pea soup. my aunt makes a good one. (i also admit i really like the canned healthy choice pea soup with ham, not sure if they still make it or not.)
@mfladd We stop at Anderson’s in Buellton for split pea soup every time we drive down the coast - it’s about at the halfway point to LA and just one of those things you do.
Oh. I just remembered a soup we had at a fancy-schmancy restaurant last month.
Mushroom truffle soup. Probably the absolute best restaurant soup I’ve ever eaten.
@Crood@UncleVinny I’ve had this is Korea, served scalding hot in a small earthenware crock. Cooked with the ginger and very hot peppers, with kimchi and washed down with the local root liqour, it’s a whole body suana …
Bean and polish sausage is the correct answer but I like the listed varieties. I’ve also had awesome Reuben soup as well as stuffed pepper soup. My vote was tomato and the implied grilled cheese sandwich.
@testoclesarroyo i liked what you said until you said tomato soup, with the grilled cheese sandwich tomato soup is a garnish and complements that sandwich, which is still tasty without the tomato soup.
Cream of chanterelle mushroom soup - we made this once with fresh chanterelles and I didn’t want to eat anything else ever for fear I’d lose the memory of the wonderful taste.
Cereal. That’s a soup, right?
P.S. I know we’ve been over this before…
@shahnm Don’t forget ice cream, which is frozen dessert soup.
Potato. With Bacon. And Cheese. Basically not soup, but if we call it soup, it’s kinda healthy, right?
@Tin_Foil Loaded baked potato soup is a thing. Ridiculously unhealthy, but still a thing.
@Tin_Foil Yes, potato soup is so good!
During long stretches growing up, we ate potato soup every day. Yes, every day. It’s a very inexpensive meal. I still love it (with the cheese & bacon).
@daveinwarsh @Tin_Foil With a big fat dollop of sour cream on top.
@Tin_Foil My wife also makes a corn chowder.
Fried potato slices in the potato soup, add corn, onions, bacon, shred cheddar cheese on top.
Broccoli and Cheddar…
Or if we’re using the loose definition, Chile.
Lentil soup/Fakes
Snapper soup, anyone?
@jsh139 That’s what she said!
@mfladd
Minestrone (Made by my wife).
Tortilla soup is second…
Tomato soup is just watery ketchup
@spitfire6006006 My grilled cheese sandwiches would disagree with you!
@spitfire6006006 You haven’t tried tomato soup made by my wife.
She uses fresh tomatoes simmered down, adds browned onions, bacon pieces & more stuff.
Add one grilled Cheddar cheese sandwich.
@daveinwarsh OK, We’re all coming over!
You might need the big pot.
@daveinwarsh count me in. Recipe, please?
@speediedelivery Uhhh… My wife makes it. No recipe. Most everything she cooks has no recipe. She adds what we have. When we have tons of tomatoes from the garden… Tomato soup! We also freeze tomatoes (skins off) for use in the winter.
I know she puts tomatoes to simmer down, adds a little can of tomato paste to help thicken & speed up the process, adds milk, chopped browned onions, usually chopped celery &/or carrot, a crispy bacon crumbled up, parsley and uhhh… that may be it. salt/pepper?
I like to help her in the kitchen, though she usually always cooks, I do dishes. She’s asleep or I’d go ask her…
My vegetable bean soup
I love soup (and chowders) - too many to pick a favorite. But one that I love that isn’t listed is a good Split Pea.
@mfladd damn. I was feeling nostalgic already. I’m not a fan of peas in dishes. I would however eat split pea soup that my dad made. I don’t think I’ve had any since he passed away. I’m a little misty eyed now.
@mfladd Oh! I love split pea soup.
It’s possible that I love every soup out there (almost)!
@RiotDemon Awwwe…if you were closer I would make you some. You should find somewhere that makes a good bowl, enjoy it, and think of him
@mfladd @RiotDemon same. My Dad would make that three or four times every winter. We just used his recipe after Christmas this year and it was wonderful. But I add more bacon bits and diced ham than he did when we were growing up because we can afford to.
@mfladd oddly I like most every soup and I like peas, but I don’t think I’ve ever had a bowl of split pea I’ve liked
@mfladd I just bought some split peas 2 days ago to make some. Haven’t had any in a few yrs.
@mfladd @RiotDemon same, i can’t stand peas, but i love pea soup. my aunt makes a good one. (i also admit i really like the canned healthy choice pea soup with ham, not sure if they still make it or not.)
@mfladd We stop at Anderson’s in Buellton for split pea soup every time we drive down the coast - it’s about at the halfway point to LA and just one of those things you do.
At a restaurant I love a gooey cheesy French onion.
At home I love making cauliflower soup.
In Norway we got a packet of fish soup. I really miss that.
@RiotDemon Fish soup? Hmmm…
I do love a good clam chowder.
@RiotDemon
@RiotDemon Mmmmm. French onion soup that’s more onions than soup. With a thick crust of melted havarti on top.
Damn I’m hungry.
@RiotDemon @ruouttaurmind don’t forget that layer of bread/crouton under that cheese.
@bayportbob I prefer a stack of garlic toasted crostini on the side.
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS
https://www.doctoroz.com/recipe/oz-family-chicken-soup-0
Doesn’t matter that I think Dr Oz is a quack. The ginger and garlic and faro is just an awesome combo — the chicken is dispensable.
I make a mean beef barley soup too.
Oh. I just remembered a soup we had at a fancy-schmancy restaurant last month.
Mushroom truffle soup. Probably the absolute best restaurant soup I’ve ever eaten.
@daveinwarsh no kidding! That sounds bombadelic. Dyou remember the restaurant?
@UncleVinny Tacoma, El Gaucho.
Alphabet soup
Bean with Bacon is my favorite. Now I’m trying not to go to the WalMart grocery at 1 in the morning to get some…
@smbryanfl Stores are open late for a reason.
@smbryanfl but that implies a can of soup, nothing tops homemade soup…
Knoephla
@JoetatoChip never heard of it! Sounds amazeballs: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoephla
I strongly dislike all hot liquids except for cocoa and tea.
I guess clam chowder isn’t a soup, decided by some fascist, I’m sure… but I used to love Chicken Noodle until I found Matzoh Ball Soup.
samgyetang
@Crood good gravy that sounds good right now, and I am still stuffed from dinner: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samgye-tang
@Crood @UncleVinny I’ve had this is Korea, served scalding hot in a small earthenware crock. Cooked with the ginger and very hot peppers, with kimchi and washed down with the local root liqour, it’s a whole body suana …
@stolicat @UncleVinny yes!!! The restaurant I went to was here https://www.theseoulguide.com/restaurants/tosokchon-samgyetang/. I can’t wait to go back in March.
Bean and polish sausage is the correct answer but I like the listed varieties. I’ve also had awesome Reuben soup as well as stuffed pepper soup. My vote was tomato and the implied grilled cheese sandwich.
@testoclesarroyo i liked what you said until you said tomato soup, with the grilled cheese sandwich tomato soup is a garnish and complements that sandwich, which is still tasty without the tomato soup.
@testoclesarroyo My husband would not eat the grilled cheese or the tomato soup on their own, they had to be together.
Gumbo or GTFO
Upstars for everybody who isn’t talking about tomato soup. Every other soup is delish. I really want to try samgyetang and knoephla now!!
Edit: By the way, Chef John featured an old-school Tuscan onion soup recently that was a fore-runner of today’s French onion soups. Sounds time-consuming, but richly schmecklich. Behold:
https://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2019/01/tuscan-onion-soup-carabaccia-french.html
Pho shouldve made the list!
Oh pshaw!
Everyone knows I’m the best soup.
Is chili a soup or a stew?
@lljk neither, it is chili, a separate food group in my house.
@lljk It’s more of a stew, but if cereal is a soup then stew must be a soup, so …
Buttternut squash soup with crumbled bacon.
@rtjhnstn Butternut squash soup with pumpkin seeds on top. No bacon!
@rtjhnstn @shannenelaine Butternut squash soup with sour cream and scallions on top. No bacon!
BAM!!! for that good old lobster bisque. cream and butter, can’t beat it except for the lobster, which complements the richness of the aforementioned.
Potato Soup all day! Love me some taters!
clam chowdah!!!
new england clam chowder
i also like egg drop, beef barley, and pea soup.
@jerk_nugget oh, and pozole!!
Ramen (not the instant kind) and Pho! New England Clam chowder!
This is my current favorite: http://www.grouprecipes.com/69262/lentil-barley-soup-with-sausage-and-chicken.html
Everyone I’ve fed it to has raved about it.
Coffee.
Cream of Shroom.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Vegetable soup
Cream of chanterelle mushroom soup - we made this once with fresh chanterelles and I didn’t want to eat anything else ever for fear I’d lose the memory of the wonderful taste.
@stolicat Sounds incedible, care to share the recipe?
Chicken gnocchi. The unlimited refills for $6 at Olive Garden would be a big problem if there was one near me.
Escarole and beans.
Dude, vegetable beef .
A well made hot & sour soup.
What some restaurants offer is a travesty.
I prefer a really nice bowl of warm water.
It’s official then. I am the best soup.
@OnionSoup I think chicken noodle just nudged ahead.
@OnionSoup
Caldo de res with extra lime.
Instant Ramen, “Oriental”