Eat Soup & Bread, Free, Support GCFD: 1.28.09 @ Hideout

Eat Soup & Bread, Free, Support GCFD: 1.28.09 @ Hideout

Next Wednesday, January 28, come by the Hideout and slurp some soup prepared by the Omnivorous Mike Sula, the Sky Full of Bacon-y Mike Gebert and me. And yes, there will be bread.

This soup and bread eataganza was dreamed up by Martha Bayne, and everything is totally free. After everyone has had something to eat, we pass the hat, and if you can drop in a few bucks, that’d be great: it all goes to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Soup’s on around 5:30 PM.

This is a continuing series that involves food lovers serving up savory chow so that others can eat. Martha chronicles recent soup nights at http://soupnbread.wordpress.com/, and these events have been recognized by Andrew Huff in Gaper’s Block (http://gapersblock.com/drivethru/2009/0 ... e_hideout/), Phil Vettel (http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/ ... ou-th.html), Kate Schmidt (http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/food/200 ... -stampede/) and many others.

It's a good cause that tastes good.

Hideout
1354 W Wabansia Ave
Chicago, IL 60642
(773) 227-4433
http://www.hideoutchicago.com/

David Hammond wrote:It's a good cause that tastes good.

Looking forward to the event a good cause and I love soup, in fact just had a big bowl of my brides famous Kneifla.

Though I am a little surprised David 'I Hate Soup' Hammond is participating.

Enjoy,
Gary

I can't make it, we're having a crazy week and Sparky needs to get to bed on time at least once - but I want a report on what the soups were and how they turned out!

I hope to make one of these later in the year, though - I think it's a brilliant idea.

G Wiv wrote:Though I am a little surprised David 'I Hate Soup' Hammond is participating.

Wow... The Internets never forget.

"Soup is dull and boring and sloppy and hard to eat." is practically banner-worthy.

-Dan

I'm hoping to make it, along with my brother, mkess. This would be the first event with LTHers either of us have attended, so we're looking forward to it! I'm hopeful the experience won't redefine the phrase, "from soup to nuts". See (some of you) there.

I hoping to make it too - sounds great!

I also think the soup nights are brilliant, much better than my idea to try and do something similar with cake. Unfortunately, Wednesdays are near-impossible for me.

HI,

Soup and bread is a common community event and fundraiser at many churches during Lent. When I first saw this a few weeks ago, I thought it would be on behalf of a church until I read the details. Certainly a non-secular group meeting in a bar with donations going to a food bank is a variation on a solid fundraising model.

I wish them well.

Regards,

happy_stomach wrote:I also think the soup nights are brilliant, much better than my idea to try and do something similar with cake. Unfortunately, Wednesdays are near-impossible for me.

Soup and Cake! Next brilliant fundraising idea!

mkess is under the weather, so we'll have to skip this one, but we'll make it to one of these events soon!

LTH,

Hideout is aptly named, even though I've been before it's a little difficult to find, but well worth the effort. Five soups, hearty bread, a filling up fast donation jar for the Greater Chicago Food Depository, a successful event that, thanks to Martha Bayne's efforts, will be a continuing project.

Five soups were in attendance, Stone Soup, vegetarian Minestrone, not sure who made these two, delicious Pozole with mulefoot pig by David Hammond, spicy soul warming Kimchi Jjigae by Mike Sula and an interesting, and I mean interesting in a good way, Hummus Soup made with bacon stock by Mike Gebert. The interesting aspect of Gebert's hearty hummus soup were discretionary add-ons of shredded Jamón Ibérico,* and hot paprika oil, a very nice touch.

Fun time, good cause, tasty soups. Looking forward to attending another Soup and Bread.

We had the pleasure of running into the R's (RAB/REB) as we were leaving, darn if I know which is which.

Enjoy,
Gary

*Not 100% sure Gebert said Jamón Ibérico

Wow! The gauntlet has sure been thrown! Sounds delicious.

Yeah, it was Jamon Iberico, lightly crisped into Iberian Bac-Os, from the province of Costco. In theory an expensive ingredient, but it only takes a few sprinkles to add a lot of flavor to a bowl of soup (which I have previously posted about here)-- for a home quantity it might only be a slice or two.