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This creamy soup, along with French bread, makes a delicious and filling meal. Leftover soup keeps well in the refrigerator and can be reheated the next day. (Make sure that you don’t boil the soup because boiling will make the dairy curdle, or form lumps.) This soup can also be eaten cold. The French call the cold version vichyssoise.
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Popularity: 33% [?]

Ingredients:
1 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tbsp. cornstarch
1/2 c. lean pork, cut into small pieces
1 c. beef or vegetable broth
1 c. water
1 bunch watercress, chopped*
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Popularity: 27% [?]

This soup is easy to make and is a long-time favorite in China as well as in other countries.
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Popularity: 31% [?]

The literal English translation of the word wonton is “swallowing a cloud.” If prepared as a soup, the wonton do resemble white, puffy clouds floating across the sky!
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Popularity: 19% [?]

2 medium-sized cucumbers, peeled and chopped
5 medium-sized tomatoes, peeled and chopped
1 large onion, chopped
1 medium-sized green pepper, cleaned out and chopped
2 tsp. finely chopped garlic
4 c. French or Italian bread, trimmed of crusts and chopped
4 c. cold water
1/4 c. red wine vinegar
4 tsp. salt
4 tsp. olive oil
1 tbsp. tomato paste
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Popularity: 26% [?]

Ingredients:
4 tbsp. olive oil 1 large onion, chopped 1 can whole pimento, drained and chopped 1 green pepper, seeds cleaned out and chopped
2 tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 16-oz. can (about 2 c.) tomatoes, cut up with a spoon
3 carrots, peeled and chopped
2 c. lentils
1 tbsp. salt
8 c. water
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Popularity: 25% [?]