1st Soup Swap: January 22nd
Hey all, so we are jumping in with both feet and planning our first Soup Swap for the evening of Monday January 22nd (International Soup Swap Day is the 23rd, but I have a class that night) with plans to have monthly gatherings towards the end of each month.
Please RSVP you intention to come to the January 22nd Swap by posting a comment to this post, or by email. Let us know what kind of soup you are bringing (to ensure we have a wide variety). If you have any trouble posting, just send me an email and I will post the variety you are making. The real issue is we have a good variety and the host(s) know how many to expect
In considering what soup you will bring, take a look at what soups others are bringing, if there are already several meat-based soups being made, consider making a vegan or vegetarian recipie; if all the soups listed are light and brothy, consider making a hearty stew or chowder. All manner of stews, chowders, gumbos and soups are welcome ~do keep in mind if the soup lends itself to freezing.
WHAT TO BRING:
6 quarts of soup, divided into 6 single quart containers. This applies whether you are a couple, family or individual. You bring 6 and you take 6 home. Make sure that the containers you use hold one quart, can go in the freezer, and that you feel comfortible sending them off with fellow soup swappers (who will hopfully return them at the next months gathering)
Please lable each container with the name of the soup, and if it contains anything folks shouls know about (nuts, meat, dairy, etc.) It would be great if folks could bring copies of their soups recipie to send along as well.
Location
To Be Announced (I will update this post with the address)
posted by westwind @ 3:16 PM
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5 Comments:
We have had a request for the inclusion of vegan/vegetarian stews, gumbos and others from the thicker soup catagoty as "trade-worthy", to which I add my hearty "HERE HERE!"
Soup need not be mild, thin fare, oh no! Good hearty stews that keep your spoon upright are the perfect antidote for an Oregon winter! They are most certainly swap worthy.
The Soup I will be making for the January Soup Swap is a Harvest Sweet Potato Soup made with celery, onion, sweet potatoes, bay leaf and other herbs. It is a fairly thick soup, that is wheat, nut, and animal product free :)
Looking forward to hearing what everyone else is bringing
I'll be out of town then but am up for doing this again and offer my home as a location for Feb. I'm in NE.
i'm thinking of a spicy vegetarian black bean soup... including other things, of course, but details on those TBD. definitely gluten-free, nut-free.
The soups so far sound great, as does the location (thanks Teresa!) At this point five households have RSVPed, meaning at most we are expecting 10 people.
By all means, folks should feel free to invite friends and cohorts, just be sure to have them post the soup and the number of folks they are bringing, so the host knows what to expect.
Remeber, everyone brings 6 quarts, and everyone takes six quarts ~regardless of number of folks in your household. If you want to bring a friend to the swap, thats fine, but in order to get soup they gotta bring soup. As in life, you get as much as you bring.
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