My great aunt, Manush, came to this country from Armenia in 1915. When entering the country at Ellis Island, she encountered some trouble with the immigration officials. She spoke no English, and things were getting heated. Finally, she somehow convinced them to let her make them some soup. I know, random. Just go with it. They went into the Ellis Island kitchen. Thankfully, one of the guards had brought in some items from his CSA delivery – zucchini, potatoes, onions, and cilantro. She grabbed a few other items and whipped together this soup. Thankfully, she had remembered to bring her immersion blender over from Armenia, as the one they had at the kitchen was quite sub-par. She served some of them the hot version, and some of them the cold one. The immigration officials were so overwhelmed by the soup’s taste, they let her into the country, and hired her right away to be the Ellis Island chef. I don’t like to brag, but if you’ve ever heard about the legend of Manush, the Ellis Island chef – that was my great aunt. Pretty cool, huh?
Ingredients (in no particular order): zucchini, potatoes, cliantro, lemon juice, tomato paste, olive oil, onion, salt
Soup type: Cold, Pureed
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I was sceptical….silly me, this was excellent! tangy, with lots of great flavors. very filling but not heavy.
This soup was great. I picked it cause it sounded healthy, but it was super-tasty, too! It also seemed like it could’ve had a cream base, but, no, she did it without!
A tangy and very refreshing cold potato soup.
I worship cilantro and am thus inspired to worship this soup. So tangy and delicious!
This was fantastic. I didn’t expect it to be so delicious and was also a little skeptical that the flavors would come together. Well they did. Awesome job!
Enjoyed this soup a lot, and hope to see it available again.
Absolutely delicious — so fresh, creamy, a complex mix of sub-flavors to delight. It’s good hot, but really wonderful and best cold. Normally I don’t care for cilantro, but here it works nicely. Yay, Supergirl! Another winner.