Is too much soup a good thing?

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (brisketboy)

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:24:39 GMT

I love all soups. Never got anything worth eating while in the Navy since the navy cooks have a hard time boiling water. But over the years I have come to love all amnner of soups. Specifically, split pea soup, beef vegetable and potato leek are among my favorites. Even the worst vietnamese noodle soup is good in my book.

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (jorenmathew)

Wed, 08 May 2013 07:31:03 GMT

All type of soups are perfect to me. But, please boil it properly and unboiled soup makes the vegetable uneatable. Please share more recipes.
I want to try more different types of soups.

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (mr chips)

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:12:47 GMT

I like a lot of broth in my soup. Vietnamese soups with their plethora of veggies and meat appeal but i still like broth best.

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (mar52)

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:51:19 GMT

Ahhh, but you haven't tasted my soup.

Canned soup just doesn't do it. Don't you hate it when you go to a restaurant, order the soup of the day only to find out it came right from a can?

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (lleechef)

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:25:33 GMT

I agree, mar, I love all soup! Just nothing out of a can.......bleech! It has to be homemade......preferably by me!

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (mar52)

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:58:26 GMT

I love a good broccoli cheddar soup. I love most all soup!

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (lleechef)

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:28:12 GMT

I finally got Mr. Hoffman to eat his veggies in making broccoli cheddar soup recently. He ate two bowls (I did too). It was delicious!

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (jorgea)

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:35:57 GMT

I do prefer more chew in my soups. Thanks for creating this thread here at

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (ScreamingChicken)

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:05:21 GMT

lleechef

bartl

lleechef
How can soup be harmfull??? My father and grandfather ate it every day for lunch and they both lived into their late 80s.

You can fall into a vat of it and drown.

Bart

I seriously doubt it!

Reminds me of the old joke about Mrs. Murphy's husband, who drowned in a vat at the Guinness brewery. "I don't think so...he got out twice to go to the bathroom!"

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (ann peeples)

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:16:40 GMT

llechef-,my Dad ate soup for lunch everyday, as well! No matter at home, or eating in a restaurant, he ate soup.

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (lleechef)

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:58:23 GMT

bartl

lleechef
How can soup be harmfull??? My father and grandfather ate it every day for lunch and they both lived into their late 80s.

You can fall into a vat of it and drown.

Bart

I seriously doubt it!

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (bartl)

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 21:27:49 GMT

lleechef
How can soup be harmfull??? My father and grandfather ate it every day for lunch and they both lived into their late 80s.

You can fall into a vat of it and drown.

Bart

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (lleechef)

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:43:33 GMT

pnwchef,
You are indeed correct about the stock. That is the key to a great soup. I haven't made veal or beef stock since I left the restaurant biz. I still do the chicken stock from scratch.

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (Foodbme)

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:18:32 GMT

My Bride and I are like Jack Sprat and wife. She likes the broth, I eat what's left!

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (pnwchef)

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:20:03 GMT

I like a well made clear stock, using real roasted beef bones and degreased as it simmers. A good broth comes in handy for a lot of soups, gravies and entrees that pop up during the month. I really don't car if its a think or thin soup, as long as the stock that was used has a good quality flavor, that in turn, makes a great tasting soup..........................pnwc

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (lleechef)

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:00:59 GMT

I'm definitely a "less broth" person. I like lots of "stuff" in my soup. I had a pleasant surprise a while ago in Rochester, PA. Michael was going to the Brighton Hot Dog Shop for a couple of dogs and he brought me back some of their wedding soup. I'm thinking "this is probably right out of a can". It wasn't. It was in-house made. Loaded with escarole, chicken and meatballs. Delicious!! We were in Rochester 3 days last week and I had it every day for lunch, that's how good it is.
Can't wait for the 90 degree days to end so I can make some soup at home!

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (ann peeples)

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:12:36 GMT

I am more of a broth person. My chicken soup is initially made with lots of ingredients, but ends up more like broth with chicken and dumplings. My bean soup is quite thick, but I water down my own servings...

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (FriedClamFanatic)

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:20:28 GMT

I Gotta admit....my soups tend to be heavy on ingredients, light on "broth" I definitel want stuff "sticking up" outta the wet. Admittedly I could add more liquids to make them go further, but over the years, we have gravitated to the "thick" (not necessarily the liquid!) type

One thing I do with leftover chicken bones and bits of breasts...after simmering them in chicken broth/stock, picking off the residual meat and adding veg, rice, whatever....I add 1-2 TBS of peanut butter per serving. It gives the whole thing a mellow lustrous texture with a hint of "what is it I taste?" panache.

Oh.and my Clam Chowder has never seen a To-Mah-to. Growing up on Cape Cod, that was known as Tomatoe soup with clams. But I do divert from the Chowder purists by adding bacon........or linguica sausage if I can get it (heaven!) I've also been known to add a bit of Garlic. And..although this would bar me from ever getting across the bridges to the Cape again if folks found out, I sometimes like a Rhode Island type Clam Chowder..clear, but i add a mix of chicken broth and clam juice

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (Foodbme)

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:08:23 GMT

gary1212

Well, anything in excess can be very harmful for a body as well as for our over all health. So consume foods in moderation. Soup is a healthy meal for our body. But in excess it can be harmful.

You're kidding, right???
I never heard of anyone dying from an overdose of soup!!!

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (seocom)

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:08:13 GMT

Although your soup looks good and tasty, my preference for any soup is that you can eat the whole pot with a fork...No Spoon Needed...Stan...

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (kevincad)

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:21:26 GMT

mar52

I love making soup as much as I love eating soup.

From looking at CTF's pictures I now wonder if there is too much soup in my creations. Do you prefer more chew in your soup?

I start my soups on the stove and when I need more room to cook other things, I finish them off in Crock pots.

These two soups started as one until I heard.... "You're making clam soup? You know I don't eat clams!"

So I split my base between two pots, added different things to each and ended up with two disctinctly different soups.

The Manhattan Clam isn't finished in this picture. If I remember correctly I added some more tomato sauce to this pot before it was finished.

Sudden Cabbage Soup

Should they have been thicker?

I love Manhattan style clam chowder!

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (lleechef)

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:08:10 GMT

How can soup be harmfull??? My father and grandfather ate it every day for lunch and they both lived into their late 80s.

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (gary1212)

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:54:13 GMT

Well, anything in excess can be very harmful for a body as well as for our over all health. So consume foods in moderation. Soup is a healthy meal for our body. But in excess it can be harmful.

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (RestaurantBiz)

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:41:12 GMT

I think differente soups lend themselves better to different consistency levels. Like a chicken noodle soup should be pretty "soupy" while something like a chili is generally better when it's thicker.

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (joerogo)

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:50:37 GMT

chewingthefat

Foodbme

PapaJoe8

I often end up doing an ongoing soup. Maybe also called Stone Soup. I just keep addin stuff each day or so. And bring it back to a good boil. I have heard some folks up north keep an ongoing pot on their wood stove all winter.
Joe

PJ8 - I hate to be the one to tell you this but most of the "Folks up North" have replaced their Wood stoves with Gas or Electric ones. Some of them even have these new fangled things called Microwaves!

He's talking about West Virginia!

You sure he wasn't talkin about Amarillo?

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (chewingthefat)

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:19:28 GMT

Foodbme

PapaJoe8

I often end up doing an ongoing soup. Maybe also called Stone Soup. I just keep addin stuff each day or so. And bring it back to a good boil. I have heard some folks up north keep an ongoing pot on their wood stove all winter.
Joe

PJ8 - I hate to be the one to tell you this but most of the "Folks up North" have replaced their Wood stoves with Gas or Electric ones. Some of them even have these new fangled things called Microwaves!

He's talking about West Virginia!

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (Foodbme)

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:57:11 GMT

PapaJoe8

I often end up doing an ongoing soup. Maybe also called Stone Soup. I just keep addin stuff each day or so. And bring it back to a good boil. I have heard some folks up north keep an ongoing pot on their wood stove all winter.
Joe

PJ8 - I hate to be the one to tell you this but most of the "Folks up North" have replaced their Wood stoves with Gas or Electric ones. Some of them even have these new fangled things called Microwaves!

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (PapaJoe8)

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:38:21 GMT

I often end up doing an ongoing soup. Maybe also called Stone Soup. I just keep addin stuff each day or so. And bring it back to a good boil. I have heard some folks up north keep an ongoing pot on their wood stove all winter.
Joe

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (CajunKing)

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:06:40 GMT

Mar52

As to the thickness of your wonderful looking soups, I truly believe the thickness of such creations depends on a person's likes or dislikes.

I love veggie soup with a thinner brothier look and taste also chicken noodle this way too.

I love chowders to be thicker and more stick to the ribs

Everyone is different and I have found very few soups I don't like (progresso soups ) but that is me. I like to make a huge pot and eat for several days on it.

In fact for this weekend I am making a Ham & Bean Soup sort of medium thickness, liquid enough to let the corn bread soak into it but thick enough to stand alone too.

The second batch is Mexican Tortilla Soup it is a thin spicy soup which is great with the tortillas crushed.

Re:Is too much soup a good thing? (kland01s)

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:14:35 GMT

mar52

I'm going to try your wife's French Onion Soup. I make it often and have never added flour.

I make French Onion Soup a lot but I carmelize my onions with a half cup of sugar and just let the onions and sugar simmer for about an hour until the onions are golden brown.