So cold, back to soup season!

7 years ago

We usually have our last rain in April, and don't get much til mid/late October. The last couple of weeks we've had probably close to 5"!

After a full 2 days of rain I decided on 15 bean soup with sausage and some french bread!

Winter weather, winter soup!

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chloebud

7 years ago

My husband's a BIG soup fan. He loves all kinds (especially French onion, gardengal). It's been chilly and damp-ish here in SoCal with more rain coming this week. I need to get it together and make some soup.

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carolb_w_fl_coastal_9/10
7 years ago
I'm jealous. That seems perfectly yummy.

Florida is already hot and sticky - def. NOT soup weather.

I'm actually heading back there from Southern CA right now, where it's been beautifully cool and crisp.

Dreading my return...
laceyvail 6A, WV
7 years ago
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Funny, my father loved soup no matter how hot the weather. And he wanted his soup hot, hot, hot.
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annie1992
7 years ago
laceyvail, my Dad also liked hot soup, even in the summer weather. He pointed out that he drank hot coffee year round, so why not hot soup?

Nancyjane, here it was 77 yesterday, but it rained all day today and is in the 60s, so it would have been great soup weather. Instead, I canned pickled asparagus, so it's nice canning weather too. Bean soup and bread sounds good, though....

Carol, anything above 80 is too darned hot for me, LOL. I used to visit my mother in Dade City, smack in the middle of the state and it seemed like it was always so hot all we wanted to do was sit in the air conditioning. Mother is like me, she can tolerate cold but hates the heat. My stepdad wanted to be close to the Detroit Tigers' spring training camp and he golfed every day so he went to Florida in October, Mother wouldn't go until after Christmas. Stepdad wouldn't come back until May, but Mother came back earlier each year. So, while Stepdad golfed, Mother sat next to the air conditioner and now that my stepdad passed away she quickly sold the Florida place and stays here in Michigan!

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plllog
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Carol, it's not "crisp"! It's positively wintery!! I guess you got out before the rain.

Nancyjane, I hope you found soup. I did ravioli with arrabiata sauce and too much cheese on top. Nice and warming and stick to your ribs.
nancyofnc
7 years ago
It was in the 90's last couple of days in NC - in MAY!!! We did make cold gazpacho soup yesterday and yet I agree that hot soup is good anytime, any temperature outside.
plllog
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Nancyofnc, I think humidity has more to do with the desirability of hot soup on hot days, or the air conditioning. :) Is it humid where you are, or just hot? I love gazpacho if there's not too much oil in it.
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
7 years ago
I made French onion yesterday. I can eat that any day of the year! But it was a moderately cool spring day - low 60's - and I felt very comforted by it :-)
nancyofnc
7 years ago
pillog - it is NC - the humids are out there. Never have to worry about dry skin - the wet air keeps it hydrated. LOL. As for gazpacho - I make it with cantaloupe I froze last season with fresh mint and radishes plus mini yellow tomatoes from freezer, no cukes, and grated ginger. Weird on paper but delicious for real.
plllog
7 years ago
That sounds amazing, Nancyofnc! Would it work fresh, or does the freezing help the texture? Would you be willing to guestimate proportions? I wouldn't have a clue how much radish to use, for instance.

I was once 500 miles from North Carolina for a few days. :) I've always lived in some kind of desert, though close enough to the ocean, and the air isn't really wet or dry most of the time. Perhaps if it's always that humid there it doesn't affect your desire for hot soup?
sheilajoyce_gw
7 years ago
More rain expected tomorrow, so today I will make another pot of potato bisque soup for lunches. Our rainy season is supposed to end in March, but Mother Nature has not read that timeline.
chloebud
7 years ago
We also have more rain coming tomorrow. sheilajoyce, potato bisque sounds good. Been thinking about making a pot of Potato Cheese Soup from the Silver Palate girls.
Lars
7 years ago
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We had wintery weather last week, with highs in the low 60s and lows in the low 50s, which reminded me of August in San Francisco, although I seldom stayed in SF during August because of the cold and fog.

I used to live in Houston, and the summers there were unbearable, but the winters were very nice - in January only about 5° colder than L.A. I do not do well with any extremes in weather, either cold or hot, but I've had more experience (growing up) with heat. San Francisco was too cold for me, but where I live now seems about just right. I'm close enough to the beach that it does not get hot in the summer.

I make soup no matter what the weather is here. It's supposed to rain again tomorrow, and that is rather late for rain here, and so if it does, I will make soup, and if it does not (or stops soon enough) we will barbecue.

I should go to Florida some time, as Kevin has a friend in Tampa who wants us to visit. I would not go in the summer or during hurricane season, however.
plllog
7 years ago
I may just take the rain day off, but the plan is to make clear the fridge lasagna. Warm, cozy and ooey gooey. :) I keep thinking about soup but it sounds like work I have broccoli, apples and pears. Not to soup inspiring, so I'd have to think something up. I have cheese, sausage and boxed lasagne. Sigh. Or I could make onion soup! I have some meat in the freezer I was saving for stock, but no bones. Might still be enough for onion soup. Or cabbage soup! I have a cabbage in the freezer waiting to be stuffed, but it could be soup....

So cold, back to soup season!

chloebud

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