From Dogs to Soup

With winter just around the corner, we've decided to convert our hot dog cart into a soup cart. We brand with Vienna Beef and they make a commercial line of soup and chili under the name "Bistro Soups." The plan is to serve 3 soups. What is your favorite soup? Your opinions would be greatly appreciated.

My top 3 soups are:

Italian Wedding
Cauliflower Cheese
"Senate" Bean

Pasta Fagiole
Pea Soup with Ham
Clam Chowder (if it's red it clam soup)

Split Pea
Tomato
Clam Chowder
She Crab

New England Clam Chowder - hands down favorite!

Hot and Sour...a close second.

Manhatten Clam Chowder, Split pea, Hot& Sour, Bean and Greens, bell pepper bisque...maybe in reverse order

For everyday soups

Chicken rice
Cauliflower-cheddar chowder
Beef vegetable barley

A really good Cheese and Ham and/or Broccoli soup
New England Clam Chowder
Sour Cream Soup

new england clam chowder
yankee bean(thick as possible)
pasta/fagiole

of course the best soup is whatever is in your fridge, chop it up, simmer for hours, add some sort of small pasta(orzo is best), get some crusty italian(or french)bread and gorge yourself silly

Brunswick Stew
Chili (if you want to call it a soup or stew)
N.E. Chowder
Gumbo

Hmmm. I though I posted here earlier today...but

1) Ya can't go wrong with a chicken noodle on the menu
2) Tortilla soup sounds good on a blustery day
3) Your choice

Not much for soup but a good chili goes a long way.

Maryland crab soup. Yummmmmm.

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Michigan Bean

What exactly is Michigan Bean? I never heard of it

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Michigan Bean

What exactly is Michigan Bean? I never heard of it

Michigan is the largest grower of navy beans in the US. It's just like the Senate Bean soup somebody else mentioned earier in the thread. I was just getting a plug in for my home state. Most bean and ham soups use navy beans. And no, I don't know why they are called navy beans.

They're called navy beans because the first one served as a bosun aboard Noah's ark.

Back then, beans were often called to duty, but always in the Army. It fell to Samuel to become the first Navy bean as a result of his having done well at splicing during an aptitude test given at his high school.

At the time, being good at splicing was just about required in order to serve in the Navy because there were very few lengths of rope long enough to be used as halyards and sheets unspliced.

I hope that helps.

Chicken noodle
Broccoli cheese
Potato

It would be nice if you had the three standards, and then a "soup of the day"

The navy has bean around.

(I thought it was funny too)

ham hocks with with white beans
chicken noodle
onion or cream of mushroom

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Originally posted by clothier

Michigan Bean

What exactly is Michigan Bean? I never heard of it

Michigan is the largest grower of navy beans in the US. It's just like the Senate Bean soup somebody else mentioned earier in the thread. I was just getting a plug in for my home state. Most bean and ham soups use navy beans. And no, I don't know why they are called navy beans.

Hmmmm, that could be why most Wolverine fans I know are full of hot air.

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Originally posted by Kristi S.

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Originally posted by clothier

Michigan Bean

What exactly is Michigan Bean? I never heard of it

Michigan is the largest grower of navy beans in the US. It's just like the Senate Bean soup somebody else mentioned earier in the thread. I was just getting a plug in for my home state. Most bean and ham soups use navy beans. And no, I don't know why they are called navy beans.

Hmmmm, that could be why most Wolverine fans I know are full of hot air.

They'll get theirs come Saturday.

Corn chowder with ham, Tortilla Soup, I second Italian wedding soup, and Portuguese sausage and kale soup

Gumbo Z'Herbe

Toscana Soup

Chicken and Andouille Gumbo

Homemade Minestrone

French Onion Soup

Hmmmm, that could be why most Wolverine fans I know are full of hot air.


Yep, a lot of HOT air after I have beans of many kinds, Michigan or others...

I second the pasta fagiole or minestone
chili-also because it doubles as a chili dog
DaveM

Apologies in advance to the Lovely Lonestar (an anti beaner from wayback)

Almost forgot......spicy chili with beans

I like a rich flavorful cream of turkey soup with rice and chunks of turkey; a thick split pea with ham enhanced by turnips; mushroom barley with chunks of beef.

In no particular order,

French Onion
New England clam chowder
Chicken soup

Chicagostyledog how about offering some of your soups in bread bowls?

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Originally posted by clothier

Michigan Bean

What exactly is Michigan Bean? I never heard of it

Michigan is the largest grower of navy beans in the US. It's just like the Senate Bean soup somebody else mentioned earier in the thread. I was just getting a plug in for my home state. Most bean and ham soups use navy beans. And no, I don't know why they are called navy beans.

Hmmmm, that could be why most Wolverine fans I know are full of hot air.

They'll get theirs come Saturday.

You know, I was going to let this go. Let the buckeyes have their little fun. I'm above this, I thought. Turns out I'm not.

GO BLUE!!

DE-fense! DE-fense! DE-fense! Go Bucks!

Do you know about the Soup Peddler in South Austin. He makes soup at home, and then he delivers them to customers on his bike: http://www.souppeddler.com/default.asp

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Apologies in advance to the Lovely Lonestar (an anti beaner from wayback)

Almost forgot......spicy chili with beans

Well, I could never order it at lunchtime as it would take longer than picking the pecans out of my mother's tuna salad.