First ANNUAL (I hope) South Minneapolis soup swap. We had 18 people and 15 wonderful sounding soups. Nibblies, beverages and socializing preceded the telling of the soup and then the swap began. Quickest to be snapped up were the Senegalese Peanut Soup and the Roasted Butternut Squash with Curried Condiments. A fine time was had by all. People came from different parts of my life but interesting connections were discovered.
We kept the soup in coolers and insulated bags until right before the Telling of the Soup began (we could have just kept them outside in our frigid weather – January is definitely a good time for a swap here). It was a bit confusing getting them on the tables (much debate about how to do it efficiently). That’s about the only part that will have to be polished next time.
So glad I discovered this concept.

This post was submitted by Lisa Sinclair.

18 Swappers + 19 Soups+ 1 story of unrequited lust + 1 poem that included viagra + 315 CANS OF FOOD FOR the Friends of St. Andrews Food Bank = A whole lot of fun in Centennial Colorado!

The night started off with Fresca Martinis, Cosmos and shots of double espresso vodka, It doesn’t get much better than that! [ed. note, it certainly doens't...]

It was the year of the Lentil, I think we had 7 kinds, and awards went to our three Senior Swappers for the first soup taken (Rosemary), the most stolen soup (Dee) and the best soup story (Jean) (yes it was the viagra one – you can check out the full poem at http://checkeredtablecloth.blogspot.com/).

The Soup Nazi gave his ladle to Vanessa’s green chile stew that made him feel better after a day spent in bed sick. (A jealous rival threatened to withhold his annual peanut brittle stash, but he held firm on his choice!)

We collected 315 food items for the friends of St. Andrews food bank, and they were very happy to get what we had to give. [ed note: THIS ROCKS! That's AWESOME!]

Centennial is looking forward to it’s 4th annual Soup Swap next year. Keep in touch by reading the Checkered Tablecloth blog.

This post was submitted by Jan Adamczyk.

This will be our 4th annual SoupSwap in Connecticut, but it is closed to just the neighborhood. We’re going to swap on February 23.

One woman cannot attend due to chemotherapy, so we are each giving her a soup.

[ed. note...That's a great idea and a wonderful use of Soup Swap. Best wishes to healing and healthy soup in CT!]

This post was submitted by BARBARA SODERBERG.

The second annual soup swap was just as much fun as the first.

A few new faces, amazing soup to swap, and great stories made for a fantastic night. It has been the perfect weather for soup in Colorado, and I can hardly wait to dig in to try some Split Pea curry… or maybe the curried carrot…. or mashed potato cheddar… or there is always the amazing 3 bean soup… shrimp.. chicken tortilla…French Lentil… too many to choose from!

This post was submitted by Julie.

[ed. note: we love how Soup Swap becomes a tradition in so many places]

This is the 3rd year of our soup swap. We have 2 new people participating this year and look forward to swapping 6 new soups.

Our closed swap is this Friday, Jan 29, 2010.

This post was submitted by Sylvia .

Here’s a great recap of our fourth swap on the North Carolina coast on Lelly’s blog, Amuse Bouche.

we had this strange burst of spring-like weather, and then, as if on cue, thursday dawned cold and wet. the perfect setting for Soup Swap!! i’m finding it hard to believe that this was our fourth swap. it is still one of my favorite activities of the year, so i’ll venture to say that in six years, i’ll be all, “i can’t believe that this was our tenth swap.

But do yourself a favor, look at the pictures, get some great ideas for prizes, and see the list of soups by clicking over to see the whole post.

WE HEART NORTH CAROLINA SOUP SWAPPERS!

This post was submitted by lelly.

Sunday, January 24th we held our first Annual Soup Swap Oklahoma.

It was great fun and we had 11 different soups with no duplications! Everyone brought an appetizer and food for the food bank here. The “Telling of the Soup” was so fun! I learned a lot and how much time and effort we all put into our soups.

WELL DONE OKLAHOMA!!!!

This post was submitted by sallyhilfiger.

Yes I know that I am one year behind all the other swappers! The first year we had 7 ladies, second year 11 and this year was 14!!!

We had an awesome time with a wide variety of soups. The girls emailed me their recipes ahead and I made up a cookbook as a memento for them to take home. We brought cans of soup to donate to our local food cupboard.

Their were prizes for most unique soup, best visual presentation and the first soup swapped. I already have some ideas for the NEXT swap!! That’s right girls keep checking your emails for details!! Can’t wait to see you all in January 2011!

Thank you all for making this such an incredible evening.

Gretchen

This post was submitted by Gretchen Huebner.

Moving from Brookline and then to Porter Square, Boston’s oldest soup swap moves again to the South End, where they’ll host Beantown’s 5th Soup Swap.

Email Greg for info and and an address; space is limited and over-half filled.

We are swapping batches of soup on Sunday, January 31, at 6pm.

This post was submitted by Greg Lam.

It’s finally here!

Happy Soup Swapping to everyone across the country!

If you’ve not made your plans, don’t let ceremony stand in your way, just swap when you can… to everyone swapping today: Hurrah! Have a great swap!

Knox Gardner blogging hours ahead of it all in Israel!