Can you please help settle an argument - is it "leek and potato" or "potato and leek" soup?

Question

I think it is leek and potato and my friend Molly says it is Potato and Leek. I want to be right!! Because it is my favourite soup and Molly is gay

Anoldmick - I don't mean she is homosexual - gay to me means happy! And there is nothing wrong with being gay!! Yay it looks like Leek and potato is winning!

Looks like I am winning! Thanks everyone! Molly is wrong! hahahaha! love it!

Answer 1

its definately the first one, i asked my mum, she has soup nearly every day, n also she has sum in the fridge!

Answer 2

I can't believe that anyone would even think of calling this soup potato and leek - potatoes are used as a base in many soups, but we always call the soup by the taste-adding ingredient. So you are most definitely right and poor Molly is wrong on this one. Have a look at some soup recipes in a cook book - you'll find that the recipe is called 'Leek and potato'.

Answer 3

As a Welshman I grew up with LEEK (and potato if you really think you must) soup, and I'm supported in this (as are you, it seems) by none other than eminent food science TV boffin Alton Brown - see link 1. Howwwwever, the controversial devils at Portsmouth university, to name but one lot, call it Potato Leek Soup - see link 2.

How about we don't tell Molly about the heathens at Portsmouth, and just rely on Alton for the final word?

Answer 4

I'd say potato and leek. I think the ingredient in the largest proportion is referred to first so if the soup has lots of spud and a bit of leek then it's potato and leek. If you wanted to be different, you could put loads of leek and some potato, then it would be leek and potato.

Answer 5

I always say Leek and Potato soup - and here is the recipe

smooth, creamy vegetable soup full of flavour. Serve with garlic couscous or cheese straws to accompany.
Ingredients
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 onion, sliced
225g/8oz potatoes, cubed
2 medium leeks,sliced
1.2 litres/2 pints vegetable stock
150ml/5fl oz double cream or crème fraîche
salt and freshly ground black pepper



Method
1. Heat the oil in a large pan and add the onions, potatoes and leeks. Cook for 3-4 minutes until starting to soften.
2. Add the vegetable stock and bring to the boil. Season well and simmer until the vegetables are tender.
3. Whizz with a hand blender or in a blender until smooth. Reheat in a clean pan, stir in the cream or crè Fraîhe, heat through and serve.

Answer 6

Leek and Potato - because the most prominent flavour in the soup is from the leeks, rather than the potatoes.

Answer 7

Leek and Potato

Answer 8

Leek and Potato

I'm wondering if this is a regional thing. In the Uk, I've always known it as leek and Potato. Where are the rest of you from?

Answer 9

Ever since moving here, it's been offered or referred to as Leek and Potato soup.

Cheers

Answer 10

Cooking it, you add the leeks first to soften, so I say Leek and Potato.

Weight-wise, there is more leek than potato in it too.

Answer 11

Oh, for heaven's sake, why argue over it? And what does Molly's sexual preference have to do with it? Um - it goes in the other end, Molly! *giggle* Hey, try this recipe: in a 2 1/2 quart saucepan, bring a couple medium potatoes, diced, to a boil in just enough water to cover. Toss in 1/2 teaspoonful of salt and 1/2 tablespoonful of dried onion flakes. After the potatoes have boiled for about 7 minutes, add a can of creamed corn and 1/2 cup whole milk or half-and-half. When that begins to simmer, toss in one or two teaspoonsful of parsley flakes. Serve this soup with buttermilk biscuits and see how argumentative she is after chowing down on that!