"dump" canned soup"?

**jtpne** · 09-08-2011, 10:59 AM

Our food pantry wants to celebrate with the clients our first full year in operation. I have heard of a soup that is made by dumping all varieties together. Does anyone have that recipe? Others want to provide donuts and sweet rolls

--how unhealthy! We need an economically recipe to feed 800.

Thanks,
jtpne

**Contrary Housewife** · 09-08-2011, 11:50 AM

I think the idea is that you just dump what you have into the pot, there's no real recipe.

Here's one example: Dump Soup Recipe - Food.com - 112598
And another: http://www.recipe4living.com/recipes/dump_soup.htm

You could substitute easily.

So get enough canned vegetables for 800, corn, beans, mixed vegetables, whatever and add enough chicken or vegetable stock to make it soup. Also you can add pasta shapes or barley or rice to stretch it out, but make sure there is enough water in the mix for them to cook.

**Josephhgoins** · 09-08-2011, 01:06 PM

Soup for 800? OMG, I could only imagine!

My hat is off to you for even attempting to cook for that many.

**Ceashels** · 09-08-2011, 02:57 PM

I just made a batch except I used up all the open bags of frozen veggies from the freezer. I used chicken stock that was taking up space and my lone yellow squash from the garden. Toward the end, I added a can of diced tomatoes and a can of drained and rinsed black beans. It tastes fabulous.

You might want to try a test batch of "a can of each" and see how much it makes so you can calculate what would help feed 800 folks.

**nuisance26** · 09-08-2011, 03:10 PM

~We make dump soup on our family camping trip. I always contribute the low salt, vegetarian varieties.

My brother makes fun of me but all that salt and meat mixed together is frightening.
You don't need a recipe, just grab a bunch and dump them in a pot.
To stretch the soup, add diced potatoes, rice, water and cooked noodles. To make it healthier add frozen veggies and beans.
Oh, if you were making soup from scratch I'd suggest turkey rice soup. My mom's version has everything in it. She throws all kinds of vegetable leftovers and it's always great. ~

**marlas1too** · 09-08-2011, 06:06 PM

you mean a hobo stew-anything and everything-fresh to canned

**sinopa27** · 09-08-2011, 09:37 PM

can you add canned beans too?? I admire you for cooking for 800!!

**mndtrp** · 09-08-2011, 10:13 PM

I call it "sink soup", since it can have anything but the kitchen sink. My wife calls it "all-in soup".

**Winkie** · 09-08-2011, 10:27 PM

Originally Posted by nuisance26

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Oh, if you were making soup from scratch I'd suggest turkey rice soup. My mom's version has everything in it. She throws all kinds of vegetable leftovers and it's always great. ~

I like the turkey soup idea.

I have never mixed canned soup, but our church ladies all make a batch of vegetable soup, bring it in & we dump it together then put it in jars & sell it for a fund raiser. It's great. They do it with chili too, but I was not fond of how it turned out.

**pollypurebred39** · 09-08-2011, 10:39 PM

I call it pantry soup and whatever is in my pantry goes in, plus meat. I've never once made a bad kettle of soup. I never knew it was a real recipe. LOL! I just used to find myself with the pantry almost bare, along with the fridge and knew I needed to stretch out what I had to make it last till payday. I always added lots of spices after I put it together in the kettle and taste tested. Garlic, bay leaves, celery salt, cayenne pepper, onion powder, Mexican seasonings, bouillon, whatever seemed right. I've been making pantry soup for over 25 years and it's never the same twice.

**mndtrp** · 09-09-2011, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by pollypurebred39

I call it pantry soup and whatever is in my pantry goes in, plus meat. I've never once made a bad kettle of soup. I never knew it was a real recipe. LOL! I just used to find myself with the pantry almost bare, along with the fridge and knew I needed to stretch out what I had to make it last till payday. I always added lots of spices after I put it together in the kettle and taste tested. Garlic, bay leaves, celery salt, cayenne pepper, onion powder, Mexican seasonings, bouillon, whatever seemed right. I've been making pantry soup for over 25 years and it's never the same twice.

Pantry soup is a nice term. I'm going to appropriate that, since it will likely be easier to get children to eat something named that, as opposed to some of the other choices available.