SC - Cold Soup/Vegetables?

[Elaine Koogler]

It is...and the wonderful thing about it is that the cucumbers are another of
those things that replace electrolytes (or so I understand), so it's good for
you, as well.  I only wish I could document it as period.  I did serve it at one
feast as a period-type dish (all of the ingredients were period, and I
understand that soups of similar types were served in period).  I haven't done
it since and would like to!

Kiri

Siegfried Heydrich wrote:

>     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....
>
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