National cuisines (recipes welcome!)

[Nuytsia]

and fresh tomato soup (which I make HEAPS of as we always have a glut of tomatoes in the garden).

*ENVY* (As my tiny tomato seedlings struggle for life on the windowsill)
You know I don't think I have EVER had tomato soup made from fresh tomatoes!!! Goodness I bet it doesn't taste anything like canned. The closest thing would be one time I made Gazpacho.

I think I am also addicted to Continental Cup-a-Soups (the chicken noodle kind!) and would probably choose it as a last meal !

Wow really? Maybe I should give those things a go!

No, I've never tried growing them. As you pointed out, I wouldn't want to be responsible for bringing the "Australian mushroom industry to its knees". Anything that I get goes straight in a pot, and then in my belly! I was browsing the internet for boletus info, and rumour has it that they do actually grow in some areas of Victoria. But their location is a jealously guarded secret. Not fair! Apparently they grow well in New Zealand, too.
Nice mushroom pic, by the way. But I don't know what sort it is. I haven't seen any like that here. The only ones I've picked where I live are the regular button mushrooms, and red pine mushrooms (also called saffron milk caps).

Ohhh no fair New Zealand! I guess we will survive without them... or find out the secret location in Victoria!

There's a Polish gherkin soup, made with pickled gherkins and root vegetables; a lemon soup, made with whole sliced lemons; and my all-time favourite, a soup made from sauerkraut and (surprise, surprise) porcini mushrooms! This one I only have at Christmas time, though. Polish beetroot soup is really good too.

Wow they sound amazing! I really only eat the 'boring' kind of soups!

How big is that mushroom, Nutysia? It looks MASSIVE in that pic

Heheh it WAS! (well to me). It was going back a while now but I think the cap was about 15-20 cm diameter?