Tuesday, August 05, 2003

52 SIP UP

For starters, here are 52 soups of the world:

1 Bahamas - conch chowder
2 Nigeria - egusi soup
3 Romania - bors de berbec (sour mutton broth)
4 France - crème Normande
5 Venezuela - chipe criollo (spiced chicken)
6 Egypt - milookhia (green herb soup)
7 Spain - gazpacho (chilled tomato)
8 Libya - shourba bil hout (haddock and tomato)
9 Slovakia - drstova polevka (tripe)
10 USA - filet gumbo (spicy meat / fish and okra)
11 Thailand - tom yam goong (spicy prawn broth)
12 Trinidad - breadfruit soup
13 Ireland - yellow broth
14 Morocco - harira (lamb and lentils)
15 China - tang mein (noodles)
16 Russia - borshch (beetroot)
17 Hawaii - Portuguese bean soup
18 Indonesia - sayur oelih
19 Italy - stracciatelle (egg broth)
20 Argentina - sopa de Puerta Madryn (mussels and wine)
21 Cameroon - ndole soup
22 India - mullagathanni (spicy meat soup)
23 New Zealand - toheroa soup (shellfish)
24 Mexico - corn and poblano soup
25 Germany - Frankfurter Linsensuppe
26 Greece - avgolémono (egg and lemon)
27 Georgia - kharcho (beef soup)
28 England - brown windsor (beef and vegetables)
29 Jamaica - mannish water (goat head soup)
30 Czech Republic - fish soup with dumplings
31 Vietnam - mang tay cua (asparagus and crabmeat)
32 Japan - tsumire-jiru (sardine ball broth)
33 The Philippines - sinigang (sour broth)
34 Turkey - mussel and harissa soup
35 Ukraine - krupnik (barley broth)
36 Haiti - soupe joumou (squash)
37 Ghana - spiced okra soup
38 Korea - yuk gae jung (spicy beef and ferns)
39 Austria - Biersuppe
40 Slovenia - chick pea and smoked sausage soup
41 Iran - aash-e anaar (meat and pomegranate)
42 Brazil - canja (chicken)
43 Lebanon - chilled cucumber and prawn
44 Switzerland - Kuttelsuppe (tripe and vegetables)
45 Portugal - caldo verde (cabbage and potato)
46 Jordan - labenaya (spinach and yoghurt)
47 Bulgaria - tarator (chilled yoghurt and cucumber)
48 Burundi - elephant soup
49 Hungary - halászlé (fish and peppers)
50 Scotland - cullen skink (cream of smoked haddock)
51 Cuba - guiso de garbanzos (chick peas)
52 Singapore - bak ku the (pork rib tea soup)

Source: various