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I love making soups in winter and I thought I'd share with you my favorites. What are yours?

Avgolemono - A classic - my family used to make this once a week! The ultimate comfort food for me.

Fasolada - I will be making this soon - I found a bag of the white beans in my pantry.

Revithosoupa - this one is an easy supper for me - I use canned chickpeas, which I always have on hand.

Kakavia - I love to eat this and order it at restaurants when I see it. It's a lot of work to make, but when I do make it, it's totally worth it.
 
Mine is kotosoupa, which is, strangely, what Americans call Avgolemono.. if you ask for avgolemono in Greece you'll get the sauce that goes on dolmades.

Lentils, fasolada, and patsa are all a close second.
 
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axariotisxy said:
I love making soups in winter and I thought I'd share with you my favorites. What are yours?

Avgolemono - A classic - my family used to make this once a week! The ultimate comfort food for me.

Fasolada - I will be making this soon - I found a bag of the white beans in my pantry.

Revithosoupa - this one is an easy supper for me - I use canned chickpeas, which I always have on hand.

Kakavia - I love to eat this and order it at restaurants when I see it. It's a lot of work to make, but when I do make it, it's totally worth it.
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Avgolemeno and mageritsa (lamb tripe soup)
 
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These all sound great - I eat mageritsa once a year and love it - I have never made it though. Thanks for sharing ... And yes, I noticed that about kotosoupa - it also doesn't seem as common in Greece as it is in the United States? Unless I just didn't look for it in Greece...
 
axariotisxy said:
These all sound great - I eat mageritsa once a year and love it - I have never made it though. Thanks for sharing ... And yes, I noticed that about kotosoupa - it also doesn't seem as common in Greece as it is in the United States? Unless I just didn't look for it in Greece...
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Kotosoupa is just as common in Greece as it is in the United States. Giouvarlakia is another good one!
 
My favorites are lentil soup, avgolemono chicken soup, and the Greek tomato soup with orzo. Granted, the tomato soup doesn't taste as good this time of year as it does during the summer, but I still love it.
 
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