COLD CUCUMBER & SPINACH SOUP

      Title: COLD CUCUMBER & SPINACH SOUP
  Categories: Soups
       Yield: 8 Servings
  
            Jim Vorheis
       1 bn Green onions, sliced
       2 tb Butter
       4 c  Diced cucumbers
       3 c  Chicken broth
       1 c  Chopped, fresh spinach
     1/2 c  Sliced, peeled potatoes
     1/2 ts Salt
       1 tb Lemon juice
            Freshly ground pepper to
            -taste
       1 c  Light cream
            Radishes
            Green onions
  
   In a saucepan, saute green onions in butter until they are softened.
   Add cucumbers, chicken broth, spinach, potatoes, salt, lemon juice
   and pepper. Simmer uncovered until the potatoes are tender. Transfer
   the mixture to a blender in batches and puree. Transfer the puree to
   a bowl and stir in the light cream.  Let soup cool and chill for
   several hours, or overnight. Garnish each serving with thin slices of
   radishes and/or green onions.
   
   Colorado Cache Cookbook (1978) From the collection of Jim Vorheis
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