Shoney's potato soup

James Chambers

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Mar 22, 1995, 7:43:04 PM3/22/95

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Does anyone have the recipe for the potato soup on Shoney's soup & salad
bar? We have tried and tried to duplicate it with limited success.

Jim & Deborah Chambers

an...@andy.torolab.ibm.com

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Mar 24, 1995, 9:11:23 AM3/24/95

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James Chambers (ji...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: Does anyone have the recipe for the potato soup on Shoney's soup & salad

: bar? We have tried and tried to duplicate it with limited success.

: Jim & Deborah Chambers

You may also want to post this in rec.food.recipes.

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Thanks,

Andy

Timothy Burke

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Mar 24, 1995, 12:32:40 PM3/24/95

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In article <3kujub$v...@tornews.torolab.ibm.com>,
an...@andy.torolab.ibm.com () wrote:

What's to post? Just go get some canned potato soup.

James M. Scherer

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Mar 25, 1995, 7:54:07 PM3/25/95

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I beg your pardon! Shoney's potato soup is made from scratch from only the
finest ingredients.

Mix 1 cup flour with 1 gallon of water. Tie string to a potato peel. Dip
the peel in the lukewarm liquid and count to twenty...Ta da! It's soup!

Note: Laundry starch may be sustituted for the flour mixture.

Mitch

James Chambers

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Mar 26, 1995, 9:23:48 AM3/26/95

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I'm underwhelmed by your helpfulness. What kind of flour?
Jim

James M. Scherer

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Mar 26, 1995, 6:37:06 PM3/26/95

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In <3l3tdk$q...@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> ji...@ix.netcom.com (James Chambers) writes:
>I'm underwhelmed by your helpfulness. What kind of flour?
>Jim

Please excuse my feeble attempt at humor. I was stunned senseless by your post.
You shunned the last 150 potato recipes posted to this group but crave what I
found to be the worst soup I have ever tasted. Given the price of potatoes,
I was amazed that Shoney's found a cheaper substitute.

You make potato soup by boiling potatoes. You boil them long enough and they
turn into soup! How can Shoney's screw this up? Add salt and pepper. If you
want to get fancy, add some cream and chives and some other goodies.

Mitch "Mood Change?" Scherer

James Chambers

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Mar 27, 1995, 9:51:48 PM3/27/95

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jmsc...@starbase.spd.louisville.edu (James M. Scherer) writes:

Please to consider:
1. I'm new to this group, so I didn't SEE the last 150 recipes.
2. Shoney's here (Atlanta) has wonderful soup.
3. We've tried the obvious (boiling potatoes) and it ain't the same.
4. Don't even think about asking to stay in my house for the Olympics.
5. :.) Jim

James M. Scherer

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Mar 29, 1995, 12:03:46 AM3/29/95

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Jim,

Sorry about my rude posts. I guess I've been unusually crabby lately.
(Could be a chemical imbalance or pressure or something.) The food at
chains does vary quite a bit. The fried chicken at the Hardee's near
my house is bad, but I tried it in another state and it was much better.

The Shoney's potato soup I tried had a strange consistancy. I don't know
how they make their soup, but I make it by cutting the potatoes in two cuts.
First, make the bite-size cubes. I then cut about half the potatoes in thin
slices. The slices cook quickly and disintegrate into the thick body of the
soup.

There are several variations but the additions I prefer include:
a little cream and sometimes some butter (not very healthy)
chives (the tops of the wild onions that grow here in the cool
months taste even better)
bits of bacon (some people save bacon grease for soups and stuff)
salt and pepper

Mitch

Lester Heitlinger, R.B.P.

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Mar 30, 1995, 3:00:00 AM3/30/95

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Heavens to Mergatroid, such a bother about potato soup. It so happens
that I like Shoney's Potato soup. One thing about it is that it is
consistent. We travel quite a bit and frequent Shoney's frequently. Their
potato soup always tastes the same no matter where. The price is right too.