SC - Cold Soup/Vegetables?

[Elaine Koogler]

    Sounds like it would be a really great hot weather dish! A welcome
change from Gazpacho (which I like, but am getting tired of)

    Sieggy

> I have a French cookbook (modern) which has a recipe for a wonderful
cucumber
> soup that I suspect may well be based on a period recipe.  It uses chicken
broth
> as a base in which the cucumbers are cooked.  Once they are cooked to
tender,
> they are mashed.  The resulting puree is added to cream and seasonings.
This
> produces a wonderful light-green color.  The soup is then served chilled
with
> cubed cucumbers as a garnish.  It is incredibly refreshing!  And the
cucumber
> garnish adds the necessary crunch.
>
> I have no idea if there is a period source for something similar...I admit
to
> not having gone through either the Scully Early French Cookery or my copy
of
> Taillevent...but this might be a possibility if any of you know if there
is a
> period version....