Third Thursday happened to land on the night before i left town for a week in New Orleans. now, your average hostess might be a little daunted by the prospect of having more than a dozen guests over when she should be doing laundry and packing. but, not a Soup Swap hostess!! i'm telling you, once you've made and frozen your own soup contribution, Soup Swap basically takes care of itself!
Save the Squirrels" Brunswick Stew (oh, how we appreciate the fact that no squirrels were harmed in this *adaptation* of a traditional recipe...)
Any Day Chili
Potato Leek
Southwestern Soup
Santa Fe Soup
Beer Cheese Bacon Soup
Spicy Tomato
Potato Spinach Tomato Soup
Sausage & Peppers Soup
Buffalo Chicken Soup
Ma's Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Pepper Pot
(links to many of these recipes found here.)
you bet that's my soup, all decked out in football regalia! do you think i was being too pushy by offering Superbowl cocktail napkins to the person who grabbed my soup first? hah! there is nothing quite like the thrill of hearing a plastic football whistle blown when someone scores a quart of Buffalo Chicken Soup!
it was hotly contested this year that i might, or might not, have told a new swapper that we brought pints of soup, instead of quarts. did she stay home with her soup and sulk? no way! she supplemented! a half dozen, still-warm(!) chocolate chip cookies to go with an awesome soup? i think my friend crystal has stumbled upon a winning recipe!
you should always take a picture of the full bounty of soup swap. there really is nothing so pleasing on a cold winter's night. six of these delicious quarts (well, five quarts and one pint) ended up in my freezer that night. my only regret about swapping the night before heading out of town for a week, was that the tasting would have to wait!
9 comments:
Did Matt save you any or did he enjoy it all while you were gone?
Really, I love the soup swap idea and why am I not surprised that you decorated your containers?!
Do you have a deep freeze to store this in? I am seriously lacking in freezer space so I would be in trouble, but I think this is a fun idea.
I seriously need to host a soup swap one of these days...who doesn't love soup!
It looks like everyone had a great time, even the little ones in pink.
you know i love this idea. adore it.
adore your napkin bribe.
adore your JUST DO IT attitude, especially when you on your way out of town
adore you...
ps- your soup swap good mail a few years ago was amoung my first! i adore that, too!
Seriously....so much fun and a great idea!
Looks sooooo great! I was really happy with how my soup swap turned out, too. (The full report is on my regular blog, not my SPT blog, just in case you want to read-all-about-it!) Thanks for the on-going and ever-amazing inspiration!
The Telling of the Soup. That just made me smile!
what a fun idea........just wanted to let you know i'm copy catting and have scheduled my FIRST annual soup swap for 2/9!
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