Friday, December 21, 2012
You Say Tomato, I say Tamato
I think it's safe to say that on a cold wintry December day there is one food that everyone can agree on, soup. A good bowl of soup made of comfort, warmth and delicious taste. However, on this wintry December day, I was in the mood for soup...but not a hot one, a chilled soup of Tomato Gazpacho. I searched long and hard on Google for a couple different recipes and finally decided on one from a website called "momswhothink.com". I perused the recipe once and then got down to business. I took out three luscious large red tomatoes from the fridge and chopped them into small pieces. I placed the now tiny chops of tomato into a large bowl. Each tomato was bursting full of juice. Then I moved onto the next step, a 1/2 cup of cucumber, I peeled a dark green cucumber, seeded it and then cut it into small chunks and scooped the pieces up into the bowl. For the next step I cut one medium sized redish-green pepper into small slices and added them to the mix. The next step of the recipe called for 2 green onions, but...we didn't have those, so I improvised. I carefully cut one large white onion in half, putting one half in a container to save for later, and dicing the other half into tiny, minuscule pieces to add to the bowl. Then came the tomato juice, I added two cups of creamy, red tomato juice into the bowl and stirred the ingredients together, as the pieces of vegetables floated on top of the liquid. Next step, a tablespoon of lemon juice. Well, in my case, lime juice (we didn't have any lemons), I tipped the spoon into the bowl and mixed the soup together again. Finally, it was time for the ultimate flavor, the spice. I took out black pepper, salt and garlic powder - but there was no specific amount of spices to add to the soup, so I twisted and shook the spices onto the soup, with a final mix so all the vegetables would be covered in spice. Then I covered the soup and let it chill in the fridge for about 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, I scooped a bit into the blender and added the mixture to the bowl of chopped soup. The soup had a rosey red hue with red, white and green flecks. My first spoonful had a fresh summer taste. It was a mixture of the tomato juice and the chunkiness of the vegetables. The soup was filled with hints of spice, along with the crispness of the cucumber, onion and red pepper, I was able to taste each vegetable in every bite. "What good is the warmth of summer, without the coldness of winter to give it sweetness" John Steinbeck.
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You are so creative! It's was sooooooooooooo good
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