Have any of you ever heard of escarole soup?

[Mistrel]

Apparently, no one in this small town stocks escarole and most people I've asked have never even heard of it. I've had to get it special ordered. Is this soup really that uncommon?

I caught some kind of virus while traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday and thought I'd make some of this. Escarole soup is high in vitamins A and K and is prepared with a generous quantity of garlic. It's really good for you when you're sick.

[einander]

Hi Mistrel: Where are you?

Here in Spain is very common the escarole as component for green salad, often as replacement for lettuce.
I found escarole more tasty than lettuce. But here is not a common ingredient to cooking soups.
http://verduras.consumer.es/documentos/ ... /intro.php

Cheers

[GWarner]

I can't say I've ever heard of it unless it's known by other names.

Anyway, thanks for that, I'm a lover of soups as a quick and easy way to satisfy hunger pangs. My lunch during the week is a bowl of soup and some sandwich crackers.

I've often found that even if the soup doesn't have any medicinal qualities, such as being particarly good for you or good for some ailment like colds and chicken soup, there's nothing like a good not soup to help you feel better.

[Mistrel]

Hi Mistrel: Where are you?

I'm living in the western part of the United States right now. I grew up on the east coast though so I suspect it just not as common out here.

I put in an order at a local grocery. They should have some in by Monday.

[Mohawk70]

Hi Mistrel: Where are you?

I'm living in the western part of the United States right now. I grew up on the east coast though so I suspect it just not as common out here.

I put in an order at a local grocery. They should have some in by Monday.

I've never heard of it either. Where in the West ? Oddly enough, I also grew up on the East Coast ( Philly ) & now live in the West ( Arizona ).

[Rook Zimbabwe]

Tortellini soup with meatballs? We done gots that here in the big city but we has to stop chasing our girls cousins and make it our own self!

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,i ... up,FF.html

Not canned but I saw something similar in Krogers a while back... Italian Wedding Soup... it would depend on what yu put in the soup as to how close that is. You can get the tortellini at any town over 40,000 people... several brands dried and just refigerated... Unless you use kale or something odd everything else is there...

If you use tomato stock... and tomato paste I recommend cooking the tomato paste innnn a skillet with a few mashed garlic cloves and a little olive oil for a few moments...

[Zach]

Hi Mistrel: Where are you?

I'm living in the western part of the United States right now. I grew up on the east coast though so I suspect it just not as common out here.

I put in an order at a local grocery. They should have some in by Monday.

I grew up in Maryland and never heard of this stuff either!

Maybe all the crabcakes crowded it out of the market

[blueznl]

An aquintance (well, now former ) visited this site, and remarked my code looked like escarole soup...