Reviewed: Mar. 24, 2003

I didn't change anything. This soup is wonderful. I will make this soup again!

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LetyPat

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Home Town: Midway City, California, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 18, 2003

This is a fantastic recipe. The only reason I did not rate it 5 stars is because it needed a little tweaking. I used 2 tbsp. olive oil and 2 tbsp. butter as suggested by another reviewer. I used 2 1/2 cups of ready to use chicken broth from the box and 2 1/2 cups of water and I omitted the powder and soy sauce. The soup didn't need any salt. I added 1 garlic clove and 1 more medium-sized potato. I used very little cream but the soup doesn't need it. I may leave the cream as a garnish next time to be served at the table. It was delicious.

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Reviewed: Mar. 5, 2003

This was delicious! I inadvertently over-marinated some chicken breasts in soy sauce and lemon juice and was about to toss them out when I found this recipe (using the "ingredient search" feature on allrecipes, I might add!:) I first grilled the chicken----gotta love George Foreman!----and omitted the soy sauce that this recipe called for. Based on other reviews, as well as our preference for more texture, I didn't puree the ingredients. The soup was even better the next day! Sounds contradictory, but the asparagus and celery were soft yet at the same time had a crispness to them (chopped in bite-sized or smaller than bite-sized pieces, and used olive oil to saute. Also, didn't have any white pepper on hand, so I added a bit more black pepper and it was fine). Although this recipe doesn't call for chicken, it made for a heartier soup and saved me from a marinating disaster. Thank you William!

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CookieMomster

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Reviewed: Mar. 5, 2003

Absolutely Fabulous !! Creamy, rich & easy to prepare.

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MICHELLETINKER

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Reviewed: Feb. 22, 2003

Great soup William!! Made it exactly the way the recipie said, and it was a hit.

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Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2003

This recipe produced exactly the type of soup i remember and loved in my childhood. I would like to add some additional spices to it but i am not sure what they would be.

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MAMASHAR

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Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2003

This was great! The only thing I will do differently next time is to puree only half of the soup.

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Reviewed: Feb. 15, 2003

Loved this soup!

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Reviewed: Feb. 8, 2003

This was a hit at our family Christmas dinner. We tripled the recipe so it took forever to do but worth the trouble. My friend's cousin who doesn't like asparagus loved the soup.

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JAYRCOLE

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Reviewed: Feb. 5, 2003

Very good and relatively easy to make. I cut the salty products that were in this receipe (due to what I read in other reviews)and my husband thinks it needs more salt. I only used 2 cubes of chicken boullion, so maybe it could use 3 or the called for, 4. I served this with a loaf of Roasted Garlic French Bread. We will definately make this one again. Thanks William!!

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Reviewed: Jan. 29, 2003

My brother asked me to make Cream of Asparagus soup, I had never made it, I came here for the recipe and boy am I glad I did, the soup was better then any restaurant Asparagus soup I have ever had. Note: It is nice to garnish with a few blanched asparagus tops.

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STEPHANY EMIG

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Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2003

Very good. My husband was skeptical but after the first bite declared it was a keeper.

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Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2002

I did not find this to be all I expected it to be. Two of our four children liked it (our five year old had thirds), and my husband liked it. I found it to have a heavy chicken flavor even after noting other reviews and trimming way back on the chicken bouillon. Our home gives it a 50/50 rating.

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Reviewed: Dec. 17, 2002

Mmm...mmm...good!! I did do a bit of tweaking, per past recommendations and what was in my fridge. Instead of the water and condensed chicken broth, I used 5 cups of chicken broth. Also used 4 teaspoons chicken boullion, 2 potatoes, one tablespoon chopped garlic, and a cup of sliced mushrooms. Also substituted worchestire for soy sauce, and added a dash of paprika. Pureed the whole thing. My brother ate the batch I made for his family...without sharing any with his wife. He said he couldn't help himself!

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Reviewed: Dec. 3, 2002

This recipie was wonderfull! and easy! I took everyone's advice and cut the builon to 4 tsp. and added 1/4 cup half and half. It was great served with toasted 12 grain bread for dipping! I will make this agian as soon as I can!

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Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2002

Very good soup; I omitted the soy and left out the chicken cubes, rather use broth. Very good flavor, creamy; can eat a lot of this! We have asparagas all year around here....dangerous! Ü

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DANA HUME

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Reviewed: Nov. 23, 2002

Mmmmm...yummy in the tummy! I used olive oil instead of the margarine, and added 4 cloves of garlic to the celery and onions. Also, I followed the advice of others and only used 2 chicken bouillion cubes. The only other substitution I made was to use about 1/3 cup of fat free half-and-half (Land O Lakes brand) instead of the 1/2 cup of the real thing...you can't tell the difference and it cuts out a lot of the fat from this recipe. This soup is really easy to make and oh so good!

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Reviewed: Nov. 4, 2002

Absolutely delicious! Easy to make too!

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Reviewed: Oct. 25, 2002

As others have stated, the original recipe was extremely salty. I eliminated the chicken broth, bumped the water to 5 cups, added 1 bouillon cube, 3 potatoes, 1 celery stalk and did NOT puree a thing. It now has a more chowder texture and is extremely popular with our family and friends. This was the first recipe that I had used off of this site. Fantastic!

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Reviewed: Sep. 13, 2002

I've made this soup several times and it is wonderful! The only changes I made is using 3T of the boouillon powder instead of 4. Also, I add lots of chopped garlic when browing onions. I'll be anxiously awaiting the height of next years asparagus crop so I can make lots more of this great soup!! Thanks William for sharing!!

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