Best Soup

[Mr. DS]

Alright, another off topic food discussion.  What is your favorite soup?  My mother makes a pretty mean chicken and rice which always hits the spot.  In the more mainstream department I like Campbell's Select chowder and cream of potato. 

[Andrew]

I like New England Clam Chowder a lot.  Cream of Mushroom is another and Minestrone rounds out my usual trio that I pick from.

Tomato soup is almost mandatory if I am having a toasted ham and cheese sandwich.

[Ash]

Whenever I make a trip to the grocery store, I always make sure to pick up a couple cans of Campbell's Chunky Baked Potato with Cheddar & Bacon Bits.
Next to regular chicken & noodle, it has to be my all-time favorite soup.  

[RCMerchant]

Tara Sue made a killer Black Bean and ham the other day...she used LOTS of leftovers from a nice picnic ham from a day or so earlier. It also had carrots and celery...  Boy...the next day...it was even BETTER!
(Johnny Bravo imitation-"Ohhhhh-Mama!") 

On the other hand...my step mother's mother,Grandma Bonarski,used to make a terrible tasing concotion called Sauerkraut and pig ear soup...which was made from...well sauerkraut and pig ears! YEECH!!! 

[Rev. Powell]

I once briefly contemplated suicide but the thought that I would never taste my mom's chicken and sausage gumbo again made me reconsider.  That's one powerful soup!

She also makes a mean crab bisque.

[Shadow]

I like a good chicken noodle soup. Campbells also has a spicy sausage/gumbo/rice thingy that I really like.

[Scott]

With the cooler weather coming soup is a good subject. A list of my favorites:


French Onion

Spit Pea Soup
Tomato Soup
Chicken Noodle
Beef & Barley
Cream & Potato
Cream of Broccoli

Not a soup but I like to include Chili here.

[Raffine]

One of my favorite things about cold weather is that it means it's soup time!

A couple of winters ago I was introduced to pumpkin soup.
Made with cooked pumpkin, cream, butter, and spices, including nutmeg and curry. I make several big pots every winter now.

The most disgusting soup I ever saw (it tasted OK, but I couldn't bring myself to eat it because of its looks) was a gazpacho-style recipe made with cream. It looked just like a bowl of chunky Pepto-Bismol.

[Megalons Revenge]

Ramen noodles has and always will be a favorite. Also, any of the Chunky vegetable beef soups.

[Susan]

Cuginos chicken enchilada soup - you can buy the box at Target and add your own chopped up chicken. You top off your bowl with crushed tortilla chips, chopped green onion and chedder cheese

it's out of this world

[Scott]

When ever I go to the OLIVE GARDEN i order Zuppa Toscana for my soup.



http://www.olivegarden.com/menus/menu/Default.asp?server_path=/menus/lunch/soups_salads/

[Rev. Powell]

Cuginos chicken enchilada soup - you can buy the box at Target and add your own chopped up chicken. You top off your bowl with crushed tortilla chips, chopped green onion and chedder cheese

it's out of this world

Yeah, I've had Cuginos too and I second the recommendation.  It's a very good soup, especially on a cold day. 

[CheezeFlixz]

Burgoo


WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?
Well it's great stuff and very regional to Western KY and TN.

Here's a small batch recipe if you have left over BBQ otherwise this is made in very large batches and you can freeze what you don't eat. We make it in a outdoor iron kettle about 50-100 gallons at a time. I also make smaller batches of about 25 to 35 gallons.

But here is my Crock Pot version .... about a gallon or so.

INGREDIENTS:

    * 1 or 2 BBQ'd chicken, 3 to 4 pounds boned and chopped.
    * 1 1/2 pounds of BBQ pork or Mutton or both. also chopped or shredded.
    * 3 cups chicken broth, homemade is best but store bought works.
    * 2 cups beef broth. Canned is fine.
    * 2 cups water or beer.
    * 1 1/2 or more teaspoons coarsely ground MIXED pepper corns.
    * 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
    * 1 can (about 29 ounces) tomato puree
    * 12 potatoes, diced.
    * 2 cups chopped onion
    * 1 medium head cabbage, finely chopped
    * 3 cans (14.5 oz each) diced tomatoes (Rotel Brand)
    * 3 cans (12 to 15 oz each) whole kernel corn, drained
    * 1 pound carrots, sliced
    * 1 cup fresh sliced okra
    * 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen butterbeans or lima beans
    * 2 or 3 green peppers, finely chopped ( Red and Yellow are fine too)
    * 2 to 4 teaspoons sea salt, to taste
    * More ground pepper near the end of cooking, pepper flavor cooks out.
    * 1/4 to 1/2 cup Homemade BBQ sauce (Not that nationally sold crap.) Local BBQ house brand is ok to use.

PREPARATION:
Smoke chicken, pork and mutton ... if you don't know how to smoke go buy it. This takes several hours, bring beer.
Left over BBQ is fine if you have it, put everything in crock pot and cook on low all day, refresh the pepper near the end of cooking or check for flavor. I never check anything, I've made about half million gallons of it in my life time.
Serve with cracker and a beer or two and enjoy ... nothing and I mean nothing that comes out of a can is even in this stuff league. It's great.

NOTE: Burgoo has no set recipe, it has a basic concept of a BBQ stew, traditional Burgoo is made with rabbit, squirrel, mutton, beef, chicken, pork, and about any other meat you can get. Any and all veggies, broth, sauce and seasoning. Ask 100 people and get a 100 different ways to make it.

[Torgo]

Tomato soup, done right, is still the best kind of soup around. Great for when you have the sniffels or a cold as well. Crumble up a ton of saltines or oyster crackers in it and get eatin'!

My 2nd favorite is Chicken Noodle Soup.

Basic choices, yes, but timeless and easy to make as well!   

[Scott]

That CheezeFlixz sure gets around. Everything from Skydiving, Reading History, Travels, and even Soup.