Cold Tomato-Cilantro Soup

[elleng]

Adapted from “Mediterranean Light,” by Martha Rose Shulman (Morrow, 2000)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/dining/252jrex.html?ref=dining

Sounds good to me!

[Lucinda]

1. Salsa Soup. Sounds refereshing to me.

:)

[elleng]

2. Thought so. >Gazpacho.

.

[livetohike]

3. Sounds delicious

I love cilantro :-).

[ginnyinWI]

4. speaking of cilantro--

How do you make it keep more than a few days without rotting? It must take so much time getting to Wisconsin that after I buy it it's got about two days left!

I have dried it, but that takes away so much flavor. So we are always out of cilantro, except for the first day.

[livetohike]

5. I just use what I need and then

put the rest in a zip lock bag and put it into the crisper. I don't wash that until I need it. I've heard you could cut some of the bottom of the stems and put it into a glass of water (then in a bag) and keep it in the fridge. 've never tried that though.

[ginnyinWI]

8. I always rinse the whole thing.

Maybe that's my problem. I'll try your method.

[Tesha]

6. treat it like flowers...

snip the bottoms and stand the stalks in a glass of water. Change the water each day, and you should be able to keep it a good long while.

[ginnyinWI]

7. in the fridge or out at room temp? nt

[Tesha]

10. Room temperature is fine.

So is the 'fridge, so long as it doesn't get cramped or frozen,
but no real need for refrigeration. Kept watered, it's a living
plant and may even make roots; we've had basil do that more
than once.

Tesha

[Tangerine LaBamba]

11. I'm going to try this -

I've had pretty good luck with spreading out the cilantro, unbunching it, and letting it dry completely. Then putting it into - of all things - a Ziploc storage box, and refrigerating it. If you get it perfectly dry, it keeps a very long time.

But I like your system. Gonna try it.

Thanks................

[Tesha]

9. (Replied to the wrong post)

[elleng]

12. I'll do it!

Kept parsley and dill that way, and had lovely fragrance walking thru kitchen; will be GREAT with cilantro!

[Tab]

13. That sounds yum

I didn't read it that closely (it's only 4:40 in the morning) but it sounds like it would be akin to gazpacho unless it has cream in it.

You can never get enough gazpacho. This is almost the gazpacho time of year.