Have you had your gazpacho today?

[Conchita]

Since we’ve been given recipes of drinks to fight off the cold on another thread, I thought I’d offer one to combat the heat.

For those of you who don’t know gazpacho, it’s a (really) delicious Andalusian cold soup. Plus it’s super healthy, as it’s packed with vitamins. You can eat it as a soup or drink it out of a glass, which is what I normally do (I could drink it by the gallon!). If you don’t have very ripe tomatoes, you’d better buy your gazpacho ready-made, if you can find it. Here’s the basic, foolproof recipe:

- 1 - 1 ? kg red (very ripe) tomatoes
- 1 cucumber
- 1 green pepper
- 1 small onion
- 2 or 3 cloves garlic
- for a thick soup, add some bread (it can be stale) soaked in water
- a generous pouring of (preferably extra virgin, cold pressed) olive oil
- vinegar or lemon
- salt

Blend in a mixer.

Optional:
- a pinch of ground cumin and/or black pepper
- some very cold water and/or ice cubes

The longer you keep it in the fridge, the better it tastes – up to a day!

Please let me know if you’ve tried it and how you liked it.

Any other refreshing ideas, anyone?

[Foah]

HI Conchita!

Thanks for the recipe! As I?m a fan of garlic, I?m sure I?ll try your recipe soon. I?m excited how it does taste.

Michael
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[Tamara]

I also like garlic.
By the way, who said something like 'garlic should be eaten together'? Remarque?

P.S.

[Foah]

[Tamara]

:) :D

[Hercules]

Hi Conchita ...

What's that a great Andalusian cold soup !!!

well ..I haven't tried it yet, but I asked my mother about it and she told me that It's very healthy meal.. and as you said ..with some bread, it will be greatest .. :)

by the way ..my mother promised me that she will do it soon ... so I'm waiting :D

Herc

[Conchita]

[Foah]

Hi Conchita!

I must admitt that you were right with pointing out the mistake in my joke. But the biggest mistake I made was that I replaced the two words. While you tip your lipps by speaking the first syllable in confiture, you must broaden your mouth if you say marmelade. :roll: Sorry, but you?re so kind to oversee that as you understood the joke.
What about jam? I think there is no extensive moving of the mouth by saying jam, is there?

Michael
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[Conchita]

[Tamara]

As the above photographer was mainly concerned (at least in Russian interpretation of the joke :) ) about horizontal dimension :) – i.e. about tooooo 'broadly' frog’s smile, too lengthy, too stretched (up to ears) frog’s mouth, jaaaam and кееееекс are both OK. :)
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[Jamie (K)]

Ugh! Don't make me think about gazpacho! I can't drink the stuff! There are only three foods I think are nastier than gazpacho: tabouleh, hummous and guacamole. I don't even like to be in the same room with them.

I have yet to try "pacha", which is lamb stomachs stuffed with brains and spices, so I can't say whether it's as bad as it sounds.

Oh, and I don't understand how people can drink tomato juice. I eat tomatoes, but I can't stand the juice. It's a real waste of good tomatoes.

However, I do love dumplings stuffed with pur?ed chicken feet, and I generally have a reputation as a person who can eat almost anything.

[Jan]

Hi Conchita,
It is the most popular cold soup in Poland.

Chlodnik Litewski: literal translation -" Lithuanian Cold Soup"
The name in English:Cold Beet Soup.

Ingredients:

1 cup chopped baby beet greens and little roots
1/2 to 3/4 cup ham
2 cups boiling water
1-1/2 to 2 qt. sour milk
1 peeled cucumber
1 bunch radishes
1 bunch green onions
3 tsp. freshly chopped dill
Salt, pepper and sugar

Directions:
Place 1 cup chopped baby beet greens and roots (smaller than a radish) and 1/2 to 3/4 cup diced boiled ham (or diced cooked veal) in pot with 2 cups boiling water. Simmer for 15 minutes. Cool.

Add 1-1/2 to 2 quarts sour milk beaten smooth with wire whisk or commercial buttermilk, 1/2 cup fork blended, pourable sour cream, peeled cucumber, bunch radishes, bunch green onions (all vegetables chopped and shredded) and dill. Add a little salt, pepper, and sugar (optional). Sour to taste with a little dill pickle juice or lemon. Refrigerate overnight for flavors to intermingle or at least 5 hours.

Serve cold over sliced hard-boiled eggs.

A refreshing hot weather treat! To get the proper deep-pink color add juice of grated, raw beet or canned beet juice.

Regards
Jan
Well, by courtesy of some cooking web page -forgotten which one.

[Cristina]

Hi,conchita.
It's the first time I hear about gazpacho and I'm curious now, tomorrow I'll tell you,how does it taste....Thanks for the recipe.
Cris
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[Cristina]

Conchita its delicious,really
the only problem I have is that now I need something HOT BECAUSE I'M FREEZING,HEEEEEELLLLLLLPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!! :oops:
Cris.
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