OT: The Official Soup, Bread, and Cheese Thread

[CL82]

Campbell"s tomato soup complimented with a grilled cheese made of white wonder bread and Kraft singles.

Individually, they all suck, together, when you are in mood... retro magic.

Wife makes great soups. A few of her best:

Choriezo Kale Soup - Choriezo, kale, potatoes, kindney, beans, tomatos. It is spicy and and amazing. Now that I think about it, I think I'll ask her to make it this weekend.

Broccoli - Creamy soup with chunks of broccoli so good.

French Onion - Port based rich onion broth, topped with crispy bread and multiple cheeses.

Black Bean - Pureed black beans in a slightly spicy base. Also excellent.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Although I think the rest of the restaurant is trash (what better way to ruin seafood than to batter and fry it? I only ever get their shrimp), the chowder at Lenny and Joe's is probably my favorite.

so fried catfish, fried codfish (and chips), and clam or scallop fritters are ruinations? uh, not for the rest of us.

 

[storrsroars]

Campbell"s tomato soup complimented with a grilled cheese made of white wonder bread and Kraft singles.

I can go with the first and last items, but never Wonder bread. A nice crusty sourdough works though. Even with Kraft singles. Ideally pan fried in butter. Campbell's tomato actually does suck, but it's nostalgic. No other processed soup has that particular level of fake sweetness.

I currently have a crapton of chicken stock waiting to be used for something. It's the best part of buying those emergency-I-have-nothing-for-dinner-tonight supermarket rotisserie chickens. Sadly, wife is not a soup fan, so I don't make it often. But I could live on stuff like Cuban black bean or beans & greens, or groundnut stew all winter.

 

[CTMike]

The only time I ever feel like soup is a good idea is when I’m sick. That soup will never be Manhattan clam chowder, though.

One of the best uses for an instant pot is chicken soup. Takes all of about 25 minutes, plus whatever time it takes to chop some veggies.

Instant Pot sucks at a lot of things but it’s great for soups and stocks. Whenever we get a rotisserie chicken the scraps all go in with carrots, celery, onion, etc... comes out great.

 

[zymurg]

I really like soup, and I have a few originals. Perhaps my favorite is my Spanish Style Onion Soup. It is complicated, but not difficult. Ingredients include red peppers chorizo, potatoes, sherry, white wine,garlic,
pimeton, hot paprika, rye bread, and Stilton crumbles. You can substitute sour cream and scallions for the rye bread and Stilton. It is in one of my cookbooks, but recipe is available just ask.

 

[boog204]

Zerio's in Cromwell makes some nice soups... Every once in a while I fiend for soup and they are pretty regularly mixing up their options.

Years ago, my wife and I stopped at a soup place in Brewster, Mass that was awesome. I have no idea what is was called and I doubt it's still there. But it was great.

 

[methodology]

All things soup here. Your recipes. Your favorite spots. Maybe throw in a stew discussion?

I'll start it with this. My mom swore by making her chicken soup with a chicken from Crown Market in West Hartford. She said the "Jew chickens made the best soup". I don't get my chicken there and my soup isn't nearly as good as hers. Hard to argue. Maybe I'll swing by this weekend.

Lol hate to break this to you. My grandfather owned a chicken farm for many many years. Said the chickens that weren't cream of crop he would pump them up and make them look like the cream of the crop them sell them to the Jewish buyers for more than the better birds he would sell to his fellow paisan

Granted things have changed since those days but your mom probably bought some of the bottom feeding chickens

 

[Deepster]

Lol hate to break this to you. My grandfather owned a chicken farm for many many years. Said the chickens that weren't cream of crop he would pump them up and make them look like the cream of the crop them sell them to the Jewish buyers for more than the better birds he would sell to his fellow paisan

Granted things have changed since those days but your mom probably bought some of the bottom feeding chickens

Her soup was great. If a bottom feeder chicken would make it taste like hers, I'd use one.

 

[Dove]

Lol hate to break this to you. My grandfather owned a chicken farm for many many years. Said the chickens that weren't cream of crop he would pump them up and make them look like the cream of the crop them sell them to the Jewish buyers for more than the better birds he would sell to his fellow paisan

Granted things have changed since those days but your mom probably bought some of the bottom feeding chickens

ooooof

 

[Chin Diesel]

I can go with the first and last items, but never Wonder bread. A nice crusty sourdough works though. Even with Kraft singles. Ideally pan fried in butter. Campbell's tomato actually does suck, but it's nostalgic. No other processed soup has that particular level of fake sweetness.

I currently have a crapton of chicken stock waiting to be used for something. It's the best part of buying those emergency-I-have-nothing-for-dinner-tonight supermarket rotisserie chickens. Sadly, wife is not a soup fan, so I don't make it often. But I could live on stuff like Cuban black bean or beans & greens, or groundnut stew all winter.

Don't overthink the joke. The bread was listed because it's the most insipid uninspiring processed crap you can buy. Much like the soup and "cheese".

And yet, together, on a cold winter's day, it's palatable.

 

[storrsroars]

Don't overthink the joke. The bread was listed because it's the most insipid uninspiring processed crap you can buy. Much like the soup and "cheese".

And yet, together, on a cold winter's day, it's palatable.

However, it implies you actually keep Wonder bread in your house.

 

[Guapo]

Soups are great, definitely the best use of an instant pot.

My wife makes a great lemon chicken orzo soup and mean Brunswick Stew.

 

[Chin Diesel]

However, it implies you actually keep Wonder bread in your house.

No on wonder bread and no on Campbell's soups. I don't know if I have ever purchased Wonder Bread in my life.

I am all for some good home made or bakery purchased crusty bread for soaking up broth and using a sturdy bread for the grilled cheese.

 

[storrsroars]

Brunswick Stew.

With rabbit?

Used to be a great traditional Brunswick stew at TX&AZ in Stamford (Springdale), which was one of my all-time favorite BBQ spots in the 80s. Haven't had it in 30 years.

 

[Guapo]

With rabbit?

Used to be a great traditional Brunswick stew at TX&AZ in Stamford (Springdale), which was one of my all-time favorite BBQ spots in the 80s. Haven't had it in 30 years.

Nah, pulled chicken and pork.

 

[uconnell]

Soup sucks. Stews are the real deal

The only difference between soups and stews is the flour,

 

[uconnell]

Proggresso tomato/basil
soup is the best canned soup ever.

 

[JMick]

The only difference between soups and stews is the flour,

Nah. Soups are flavored water with small bits of meat or vegetables. Stews are protein and vegetable dominant

 

[Fairfield_1st]

I love the potato soup at Outback.
On the home front, my wife makes the large packet of Lipton Soup with the correct amount of water, but adds a can of Tomato soup to it after it comes to a boil. Easy to make and tastes good.

 

[August_West]

She said the "Jew chickens made the best soup"

 

[Guapo]

Not sure if I’d eat soup made by chickens, no matter their ethnicity

 

[imno1]

Although I think the rest of the restaurant is trash (what better way to ruin seafood than to batter and fry it? I only ever get their shrimp), the chowder at Lenny and Joe's is probably my favorite.

I respectfully disagree. Great fried fish, shrimp, scallops, and especially whole belly cally clams are right up there with great pizza.

 

[uconnell]

Nah. Soups are flavored water with small bits of meat or vegetables. Stews are protein and vegetable dominant

Thats not the way I make soup.

 

[Ewekon]

With rabbit?

Used to be a great traditional Brunswick stew at TX&AZ in Stamford (Springdale), which was one of my all-time favorite BBQ spots in the 80s. Haven't had it in 30 years.

Wow. I remember that place but haven't thought of it in forever. Worked on Hope Street back then.
It was good and the first southwest place I can recall in the area.

Amore and Hope Street Pizza still going.

 

[8893]

Individually, they all suck, together, when you are in mood... retro magic.

Wife makes great soups. A few of her best:

Choriezo Kale Soup - Choriezo, kale, potatoes, kindney, beans, tomatos. It is spicy and and amazing. Now that I think about it, I think I'll ask her make it this weekend.

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She might be hard-pressed to find autumn leaves for the table garnish.