9. A Vintage Recipe   
   Be sure to check out our vintage recipe archive online at: http:   
   /www.tias.com/newsletter/topics/A%20Vintage%20Recipe.html Over 1200 wonderful   
   vintage recipes are listed.   
      
   Last week Sue asked: "Hi Phil, Since it's summer I thought I would ask if any   
   of your readers have a really good cold soup recipe.  When I was growing up in   
   the midwest, without air-conditioning, there were many hot nights that my   
   mother would make a cold soup for dinner.  She didn't have one particular soup   
   that she made.  Mostly, I think she'd go out into the garden and see what was   
   ripe, or what herbs needed picking, and just throw them together and make a   
   delicious soup.  I'm not as creative as she was so that's why I thought I'd   
   ask if there were some good cold soups that I could make for my husband and   
   kids on a hot summer night.  Thanks, Sue V."   
      
   Hi Phil, Maybe Sue, who was looking for a cold soup recipe, could use this   
   one.  I've been making this cucumber soup in the summertime for so long now,   
   that I don't even remember where I got the recipe from.  I serve it cold in   
   the summer and hot in the winter.  I grow cucumbers in my garden, so it's a   
   good way for me to use those extra cukes up and my family loves the soup year   
   round.  Sally L.   
      
   Ingredients   
   2 cucumbers (chopped)   
   2 tablespoons thinly sliced green onion 2 tablespoons margarine   
   1 tablespoon red wine vinegar   
   4 cups chicken broth   
   1 tablespoon farina   
   salt to taste   
   1/8 tablespoon dried dill   
   1/2 cup sour cream   
   3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley   
      
   Directions: Peel, seed, and chop 2 cucumbers.  Chop the green onions and cook   
   in the margarine until soft.  Add the chopped cucumbers and the red wine   
   vinegar.  Pour in the broth, and stir in the farina.  you can add salt,   
   depending upon your taste.  Then add dill.  Let the soup simmer for about 20   
   minutes, or until the cucumbers are soft.  Put the soup into a blender, and   
   puree it.  Pour the puree into a bowl, and whisk in the sour cream.  Taste the   
   soup for seasoning.  Fill each bowl with soup and garnish with cucumber slices   
   and chopped parsley.   
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   10. A vintage recipe request from a reader: "I've lived in California for my   
   whole life and I think we have always had lemon trees nearby.  Thinking back   
   to my childhood, I know that my mom would make us fresh squeezed lemonade and   
   a bunch of other lemony dishes but I'm not too great in the kitchen and I have   
   a hard time coming up with ideas.  I do go on the internet looking for recipes   
   but I thought I'd ask your readers for ideas since I now have a lemon tree   
   growing right outside my door and I end up with so many lemons that I don't   
   know what to do with them all!  I don't care the recipes are for an appetizer,   
   main dish, dessert or a drink, I'll take any!  Thanks so much!  Sierra T."   
      
   As with collectibles, people also have very strong feelings about foods from   
   their past.  Sometimes these special recipes get lost.  This section is to   
   help people who are looking for lost recipes from their past.  If you submit a   
   request, please include the geographical region where you tasted the recipe.    
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   If you can help this reader with this recipe, please forward it to   
   phil@bignews.biz .  If you have a vintage recipe request send it to   
   phil@bignews.biz and we might just publish it here.   
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   Be sure to check out our vintage kitchen collectibles section online at:   
   http://www.tias.com/showcase/1/Kitchen_Collectibles/1.html   
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