vegetable soup

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Vegetable soup is prepared using vegetables, leafy greens, mushrooms, and roots as the main ingredients. Some fruits, such as tomato and squash, are considered vegetables in such a context.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FjJ_RH0l4OIC&pg=PA226|title=The Soupbox Cookbook: Sensational Soups for Healthy Living|first1=Dru|last1=Melton|first2=Jamie|last2=Taerbaum|date=13 December 2012|publisher=Race Point Publishing|via=Google Books|isbn=9781937994068}} Vegetable soup can be prepared as a stock- or cream-based soup.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hbYQAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA50|title=Love Soup: 160 All-New Vegetarian Recipes from the Author of The Vegetarian Epicure|first=Anna|last=Thomas|date=21 September 2009|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|via=Google Books|isbn=9780393347586}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=otoqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA104|title=The Housewife's Cook Book|first=Lilla Pauline|last=Frich|date=1 January 1917|publisher=Augsburg Publishing Company|via=Google Books}} Basic ingredients in addition to vegetables can include beef, fish, beans and legumes, grains, tofu, noodles and pasta, vegetable broth or stock, milk, cream, water, olive or vegetable oil, seasonings, salt and pepper, among myriad others.{{cite web|url=http://wtvr.com/2017/01/30/warm-up-with-western-vegetable-soup/|title=Warm Up with Western Vegetable Soup|date=30 January 2017|publisher=WTVR-TV}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/food-dining/2017/01/04/recipe-for-roasted-winter-vegetable-soup-with-parsley-pesto-and-cheese-toasts/HOoo3XfVbFFScLRtkL8onN/story.html|title=Recipe for roasted winter vegetable soup with parsley pesto and cheese toasts|publisher=The Boston Globe}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GOwuAQAAIAAJ|title=Encyclopaedia of Afghanistan: Afghanistan: customs and traditions|first=S.|last=Ram|date=1 January 2002|publisher=Anmol Publications|via=Google Books|page=147|isbn=9788126111145}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ahgFlXnDZ54C&pg=PA562|title=History of Miso, Soybean Jiang (China), Jang (Korea) and Tauco (Indonesia) (200 BC-2009)|first=William |last=Shurtleff|author-link=William Shurtleff |first2=Akiko|last2=Aoyagi|date=1 January 2009|publisher=Soyinfo Center|via=Google Books|isbn=9781928914228}} Some vegetable soups are pureed and run through a sieve, straining them to create a smooth texture.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VYoXAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA266|title=Hygeia|date=1 January 1939|publisher=American Medical Association.|via=Google Books}} It is typically served hot, although some, such as gazpacho, are typically served cold.{{cite web|url=http://food.ndtv.com/lists/10-best-vegetable-soup-recipes-1456682|title=10 Best Vegetable Soup Recipes|publisher=NDTV}} Vegetable soup is sometimes served as a starter or appetizer dish.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cnc_BAAAQBAJ&pg=PP124|title=Eating For Victory: Healthy Home Front Cooking on War Rations|date=7 August 2014|publisher=Michael O'Mara Books|via=Google Books|isbn=9781782433040}}

Vegetable soup is mass-produced in canned, frozen, dried, powdered, and instant varieties.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jj1hdXjdZJ0C&pg=PA91|title=The Food & Mood Cookbook: Recipes for Eating Well and Feeling Your Best|first1=Elizabeth|last1=Somer|first2=Jeanette|last2=Williams|date=7 January 2004|publisher=Macmillan|via=Google Books|isbn=9780805073386}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H2glBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA22|title=Regulating Safety of Traditional and Ethnic Foods|first1=V.|last1=Prakash|first2=Olga|last2=Martin-Belloso |author-link2=Olga Martín-Belloso|first3=Larry|last3=Keener|first4=Siân B.|last4=Astley|first5=Susanne|last5=Braun|first6=Helena|last6=McMahon|first7=Huub|last7=Lelieveld|date=25 November 2015|publisher=Academic Press|via=Google Books|isbn=9780128006207}}{{cite journal|title=Effect of food ingredient on microwave freeze drying of instant vegetable soup|first1=Rui|last1=Wang|first2=Min|last2=Zhang|first3=Arun S.|last3=Mujumdar|date=1 September 2010|journal=LWT - Food Science and Technology|volume=43|issue=7|pages=1144–1150|doi=10.1016/j.lwt.2010.03.007|doi-access=free}}{{cite journal|url=http://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/460113|title=Chemisch, microscopisch en sensorisch onderzoek van veertig monsters groentesoep|first1=A.B.|last1=Cramwinckel|first2=D.M. van Mazijk -|last2=Bokslag|first3=H.|last3=Herstel|date=1 January 1990}}

Vegetable soup dates to ancient history. A 5th-century Roman cookbook included a recipe for "a forerunner of onion soup."{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ebqpDwAAQBAJ&q=onion+soup+history+roman&pg=PA62|title=The Story of Food: An Illustrated History of Everything We Eat|publisher=Penguin|year=2018|isbn=9781465494788|pages=62|language=en}} Broth is mentioned by approximately the year 1000 and potage by the 1400s.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tjk2pORYQH4C&q=history+of+soup|title=Soup: A Global History|last=Clarkson|first=Janet|publisher=Reaktion Books|year=2010|isbn=9781861898906|language=en}} Clifford Wright has stated that cabbage soup was important in medieval Italian cuisine.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQtCKmQG4rsC&q=vegetable+soup|title=Soup Through the Ages: A Culinary History with Period Recipes|last=Rumble|first=Victoria R.|publisher=McFarland|year=2009|isbn=9780786453900|language=en}}

In central Appalachia, vegetable soup, also referred to as winter vegetable soup and country soup, is a traditional staple food and common dish during the months of December–February among Appalachian highlanders.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VX020eb4RXMC&pg=PA44|title=Appalachian Home Cooking: History, Culture, and Recipes|first=Mark|last=Sohn|date=28 October 2005|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|via=Google Books|isbn=9780813191539}}

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