Atekmdp.1069 net.cooks utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!cbosg!teklabs!tekmdp!mikez Fri Feb 5 16:58:48 1982 Veggies so far) are excellent, especially for soups. Speaking of veggie soups, my favorite is Gaspacho (sp?) a cold, spicy vegatable soup I make several times every summer when fresh veggies are plentiful. Base: 2 large cans tomato juice 1 quart cider vinegar Add FRESH veggies of all sorts, to include: 4-6 tomatoes 2-3 large onions the kernals from 2-4 cobs of corn 2 green peppers 1-2 cucumbers 4 stalks celery 1 bunch cut spinach 1 potato Plus anything and everything (experiment!). Add hot stuff to taste. I try to use fresh hot peppers, but a lot of Tobasco sauce will work in a pinch. Marinate at least 24 hours in the fridge. It will continue to thicken for a few days, and is still delicious a week later. Notes: I am a free-style cook, so the recipe is an approximation of what I make. Try any fresh veggies available to you -- I haven't been disappointed yet. An interesting thing happens if you make the soup too hot: when you stop eating it your mouth heats up. If you start eating it again, the coolness of the soup is soothing. The net effect is a soup you can't stop eating! ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.