SC - Cold Soup/Vegetables?

[Elaine Koogler]

OK, you've got my curiousity up.  What's Cold Cucumber Fool...is it a period
recipe and where would I find it?

Kiri

CBlackwill at aol.com wrote:

> 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
>
> Words are Trains for moving past what really has no Name.
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