Exsouptional Soups

Years and years and years ago, my friend Biz and I toured Gettysburg on what we referred to as our Souper Soup Search. The goal was to find Gettysburg's most "exsouptional" soup, which required us to eat a LOT of soup.

We generally met on Tuesdays after work. Biz created a scoresheet so we could rank each soup we sampled. It focused on things like "savoriness," "a meal in and of itself," and "tastes homemade."

Not surprisingly, The Dobbin House scored quite well because of its onion soup, and O'Rorke's cream of crab earned respectable marks. For an absolutely ridiculous amount of money, The Pub also served a solid mug of crab soup, but the ultimate win went to Garryowen... and I'm not even sure if it was for the crab soup or the Irish onion. Both are quite scrumptious!

I was thinking of our Souper Soup Search just recently because I visited Marshall's and parked in the lot closer to the Gettysburg Family Diner.

That's right, folks! Even the Family Diner made it onto our list. (The potato soup definitely came from a can.)

The other reason I was thinking about our Souper Soup Search is because Biz texted me yesterday:

Biz: Hello dear friend! I don't see you a lot but I think about you each day! I'm thankful for you and hope we can get together soon and have some soup. Soup you say? I have a potato soup recipe I think you'll love. Want to come over for dinner sometime soon?

Me: That sounds like an exsouptional idea! When were you thinking?

Biz: I see what you did there!

So now I have plans for December 6, which is a Tuesday, and I imagine the experience will be quite nostalgic.

Here's my favorite picture of Biz and me together:

(Obviously, this isn't what we wore while gallivanting around town for our Souper Soup Search. No, this was, in fact, taken at a Valentine's Day formal after raiding our friend's closet.)