SC - Cold Soup/Vegetables?

[CBlackwill at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/26/00 7:28:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
ekoogler at chesapeake.net writes:

> 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.

Sounds very much like "Cold Cucumber Fool".

Balthazar of Blackmoor

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