"Margaret Suran" > wrote in message
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>
> When Barbara was here, we went to a nice restaurant, Ouest, whose owner,
> Tom Vaalenti, happened to be written up in this week's N.Y. Times Food
> Section. The soup on the three course prix fixe dinner was duck soup
> and both of us ordered it. Marcel had Belgian Endive salad. The soup
> was wonderful, but it was not anything like the one of your recipe. No
> sour cream, no beetroot and no caraway seeds. Next time I go there, I
> will see whether I can get the recipe. I never had any kind of duck
> soup before. I thought the very name and the Marx Brothers film meant
> that Duck Soup is some kind of joke. MS

I'm kinda shocked that any 'east of the elbe' recipe would not contain at
least caraway. But what do I know, other than 'Duck Soup' is the best Marx
Brothers film IMO. Huh? Oh, ok, 'Horsefeathers' and ' Monkey Business'
were colossal also.

Jack T Firefly