summer soup

English

Etymology

So named for being suitable to serve cold in the heat of summer. In the Finnish sense, Calque of Finnish kesäkeitto.

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Noun

summer soup (countable and uncountable, plural summer soups) (cooking)

  1. A soup suitable for serving chilled instead of hot as most soups are.
    For many people, gazpacho is the first and last summer soup that comes to mind.
  2. A traditional Finnish soup of vegetables cooked in milk.
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