Another List: Soup Specialities From Each State

[ACW3]

With the onset of winter, here is a list of soups from each state.  I will say that the soup selection from North Carolina and Connecticut will not pass my lips, even if it was free.  And, I certainly won't waste my time making it at home.  On the other hand, there are some good ideas for a "super winter".

http://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/reviewsandreservations/soup-specialities-from-every-state/ss-AAfqzgG

Art

[muebe]

Well they all look good to me except for the beet soup

[Pam Gould]

Strange choices that I would have never guessed..Lobster soup from Pennsylvania??? I would have thought chicken  & dumplings..oh well, what do I know.  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

[ACW3]

Well they all look good to me except for the beet soup

I agree with you.  I have tasted a beet soup in Europe.  Didn't care for it.

Art

[CDN Smoker]

Well they all look good to me except for the beet soup

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/84450/ukrainian-red-borscht-soup/

Actually one of my favourites. Come to visit and I will Make it for you

[Hub]

Ah, lists 

Some have some regional credibility and many seem highly contrived in that respect.  However, I do love soup in cool and cold weather.  I make a lot of chili and sometimes brew up a rich beef stew with stock and plenty of lean roast chunks and whatever veggies I have on hand.  A pan of cornbread goes with just about anything.

One of our local Chinese buffets makes a pretty decent hot and sour soup that really comes to life if I add just a wee dram of their hot chili sauce to it.

The older I get the more my bones need warming 

Hub 

[drholly]

I love soup year round. And I count chili as a soup... I make a pretty mean chicken wild rice, French onion, and tomato basil. The beet soup posted looks interesting - never tried it with sausage - thanks CDN Smoker! Unfortunately, my Scandinavian wife is not into food experiments, so I have to limit my new ideas to when she is out of town...

[tlg4942]

  I personally think the crab soup at Felix's Fish Camp is better than that at the Blue Gill although both are excellent and very similar. Both places are owned by the Coopers. 
 Kerry and I go to Felix's just for the crab soup on occasion.

[Ka Honu]

Some of the choices seem a bit far-fetched - I never would have guessed Kansas for Tom Yum Gai or Iowa for won ton soup. In Iowa, however, it doesn't surprise me that they call it "won ton soup with dumplings." Kinda redundant since won tons are dumplings. I guess they wanted us to get the point even if they missed it.

I make a lot of soups but my fave is probably "kitchen sink soup." The ingredients depend on what's in the fridge and pantry and my mood of the moment. Just made one today with some chicken, chorizo, onion, garlic, green pepper, corn, Rotel, huitlacoche, Hatch & other chiles, garbanzos, pinto beans, masa, various seasonings, and some other stuff. Mmmm.

[teesquare]

Some of the choices seem a bit far-fetched - I never would have guessed Kansas for Tom Yum Gai or Iowa for won ton soup. In Iowa, however, it doesn't surprise me that they call it "won ton soup with dumplings." Kinda redundant since won tons are dumplings. I guess they wanted us to get the point even if they missed it.

I make a lot of soups but my fave is probably "kitchen sink soup." The ingredients depend on what's in the fridge and pantry and my mood of the moment. Just made one today with some chicken, chorizo, onion, garlic, green pepper, corn, Rotel, huitlacoche, Hatch & other chiles, garbanzos, pinto beans, masa, various seasonings, and some other stuff. Mmmm.

I hadn't figured you for a "smutty guy".... You like it...so - what are your favorite ways to use it?

[drholly]

There was a great restaurant in the Twin Cities - yeah... it was vegetarian / health food and the veggie burgers were horrid. but they made the BEST soups. I loved going there for the soups.

Ka Honu - I am with you on the everything in the fridge / pantry soup - some of the best!

[muralboy]

Some of the choices seem a bit far-fetched - I never would have guessed Kansas for Tom Yum Gai or Iowa for won ton soup. In Iowa, however, it doesn't surprise me that they call it "won ton soup with dumplings." Kinda redundant since won tons are dumplings. I guess they wanted us to get the point even if they missed it.

I make a lot of soups but my fave is probably "kitchen sink soup." The ingredients depend on what's in the fridge and pantry and my mood of the moment. Just made one today with some chicken, chorizo, onion, garlic, green pepper, corn, Rotel, huitlacoche, Hatch & other chiles, garbanzos, pinto beans, masa, various seasonings, and some other stuff. Mmmm.

Hmmmm, let's see.  You are in the middle of the heartland, crops all around you.  What's the first soup you can think of - Won Ton of course!!! 

[TwoPockets]

I agree with you on the North Carolina soup, didn't look like anything I would eat and I will not touch anything with beets in it. I have been to the restaurant in Jackson Hole, WY, but did not have the chili. The Alabama soup looked good, but it is in Spanish Fort, not Spanish Port.

[Ka Honu]

I hadn't figured you for a "smutty guy".... You like it...so - what are your favorite ways to use it?

We classy folks don't call it "corn smut" anymore; "corn truffles" sounds so much better (and doesn't prompt SWMBO to immediate nausea). Don't use it often but it adds an "earthy" flavor to soups, eggs, and garlic/pepper/veggie dishes.

[akruckus]

Strange choices that I would have never guessed..Lobster soup from Pennsylvania??? I would have thought chicken  & dumplings..oh well, what do I know.  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

Never would have thought it either.  Snapper (turtle) soup is about a classic here as anything. It isn't as bad as it looks and sounds, but I personally cannot eat more than a cup of it at a time, and that is with some extra sherry vinegar on top.