Vintage Cream Soup Bowls and Liners

I found these darling cream soup bowls and liners while visiting

a favorite antique shop last week. I think that they are so

precious with the fluting and the sweet floral pattern with

pink roses ~ my favorite!

Cream soup bowls, or as they are sometimes called, cups,

provide the diner with a pleasant way to sip soup after any

floating contents are first consumed with a spoon. The liner

provides a place to rest the spoon. These are often used at a

luncheon tablescape and are also perfect for serving bouillon.

I don't serve cream soups very often since we try to be

heart healthy at our cottage, but I do love Roasted Red Pepper Soup

and am including my recipe at the end of this post.

For those of you who are interested, this is the Roanoke pattern

from Royal Worcester.

Roasted Red Pepper Soup

1/2 large onion, chopped

1 clove minced garlic

1 can chicken stock

1 can diced tomatoes

1 large roasted red pepper (either freshly roasted

or one from a jar)

2 tablespoons half and half

S & P to taste

Saute onion in small amount of olive oil until

translucent. Add garlic and saute briefly.

Add chicken stock, tomatoes and roasted red pepper cut into chunks.

Bring to boil in small stock pot, and turn down to simmer for

30 minutes.

Working in small batches, place in blender and blend until smooth.

Return to stock pot and heat up a bit and add the half and half.

Enjoy!

I am joining our friends Laurie and Beverly for

A Few of My Favorite Things Saturday

and

Pink Saturday

Bentley loves soup, but I don't think he needs a bowl

with handles ~ do you?

Love,

Susan and Bentley

xxoo