Always intrigued me. What does this taste like / similar to? (Other than hot & sour)
It varies so much from place to place. Its basically a clear(ish) thick soup with a tombola of chicken, pork, mushroom, peas, tiny shrimp, water chestnuts, beanspouts, tofu, egg etc. It is rice vinegar sour rather than citric acid sour.
I liked it because it used to be the cheapest thing (under £2) on the menu. I think it was a cheap way of getting rid off all the scraps that were left.
I love pumpkin soup, it's delicious. I've also made pumpkin cake, serve like carrot cake with lots of cream cheese frosting and it's very good. Perfect for Halloween. I can't believe people just carve out a pumpkin and throw away the best bit!
Back to soup, chicken & mushroom is my favourite. I have "cuppa soups" with my lunch in the winter and really like the Ainsley Harriott Thai chicken & lemongrass.
Always have to put black pepper in my soup whatever flavour though.
Heinz Oxtail with a crusty roll and Dairylea for dunkage.
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What a great shout, putting dairylea on the roll! Will be trying that soon.
Have given up shit meat, so the oxtail soup may be a bit far.
Used to love the covent garden chicken soup with liberal use of hot sauce, so it was pinkish in colour...thinking about it, it's probably warm hot sauce I like.
I love pumpkin soup, it's delicious. I've also made pumpkin cake, serve like carrot cake with lots of cream cheese frosting and it's very good. Perfect for Halloween. I can't believe people just carve out a pumpkin and throw away the best bit!
Back to soup, chicken & mushroom is my favourite. I have "cuppa soups" with my lunch in the winter and really like the Ainsley Harriott Thai chicken & lemongrass.
Always have to put black pepper in my soup whatever flavour though.
Proper ballache to sepate the seeds and flesh with pumpkins though.
New Covent Garden Smoked Haddock one is decent, never had it much as it's not really on to have fishy smelling stuff in the office, but while we're all WFH might have to get some.
Butternut squash based soups are usually pretty nice too.
Always intrigued me. What does this taste like / similar to? (Other than hot & sour)
Chilli (dried) and vinegar are the strongest flavours. Usually has mushrooms (shiitake), bamboo shoots, egg (dropped in when hot and stirred so it forms ribbons). Aside from that, it depends whether it's veggie (tofu, veg stock) or meaty (pork/chicken and chicken stock). I used to love it but it always seemed to give my hiccups....
Before I became a vegetarian many years ago there used to be 'clear chicken soup'. I liked it with inordinate amounts of pepper. Does it still exist? Wouldn't touch it now, simply curious.
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I assume it's the egg and the MSG that make it.
Its basically a clear(ish) thick soup with a tombola of chicken, pork, mushroom, peas, tiny shrimp, water chestnuts, beanspouts, tofu, egg etc.
It is rice vinegar sour rather than citric acid sour.
I liked it because it used to be the cheapest thing (under £2) on the menu. I think it was a cheap way of getting rid off all the scraps that were left.
Back to soup, chicken & mushroom is my favourite. I have "cuppa soups" with my lunch in the winter and really like the Ainsley Harriott Thai chicken & lemongrass.
Always have to put black pepper in my soup whatever flavour though.
Have given up shit meat, so the oxtail soup may be a bit far.
Used to love the covent garden chicken soup with liberal use of hot sauce, so it was pinkish in colour...thinking about it, it's probably warm hot sauce I like.
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Butternut squash based soups are usually pretty nice too.