Do most people like Gazpacho?

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I think it's gross.

YABU = I like it
YANBU = I don't like it

I have fond memories of a wonderful lunch on holiday in Spain. A glass of gazpacho eaten with fresh bread and a glass of fino sherry, at a small cafe overlooking the Alhambra.
I’ve tried to make it here, but it’s not the same. I think as a PP has said, it’s the tomatoes that make a difference.

Look what this thread has made me go and buy

It's one of those dishes that have to be done exactly right.

I wonder if other foods are this divisive. Maybe I should start threads on other random meals

I especially like it served with hot garlic bread, it's the contrast between the chilled fresh sharp taste of the gazpacho and the hot oozzy butteryness of the garlic bread!

@FarTooMuchWashing funny you say that, we had it at my cousins wedding. It was a last minute sub, she was originally going to have regular soup and then the week before we had a heatwave and it was 34 degrees that day... even the family members who aren’t wild about ‘different’ food agreed that it was probably the best idea they could swap to at short notice given then heat!

Personally OP I love it.

Never tried it! I have only heard of it from Red Dwarf.

I live in a hot country (over 30C in July and August)
Gazpacho - straight out the fridge with an extra ice cube and melon is all I live on (and ice cream..)

Thank you OP. I have just made some for lunch.

On a hot day, it's really lovely but it does take a bit of getting used to.

There's another cold soup that I've had in a Spanish restaurant in London, it was a creamy colour, garlicky and I think it had almonds in it. That's bloody fab!

Wish I knew what it was called.

Gazpacho would fill me with horror, but I'm weird about tastes and textures.
Couldn't eat any of it, even to be polite!

I prefer a good vichysoisse as cold soups go, but gazpacho can be delicious if made well

@LakieLady Possibly, Ajo Blanco, chilled almond soup? Delicious!

I prefer salmorejo, although you can taste the garlic for about 3 days afterwards......

Never tried it.
I do know it's meant to be served cold though. Thanks Red Dwarf.
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Cold soup.

Fucking stupid.

It's not cold soup though. Think of it as a liquid salad.

In a lovely seaside restaurant in Spain with a glass of wine in August yes .

At home in November with a cup of tea, no.

Cold...tomato...soup...
Dirty bastards

That's it, @AdaColeman! Thank you.

Bloody lovely.

Love it! Just been searching for it in Waitrose this morning (no luck). Too lazy to make it - I'll wait for the next hot spell.

Waitrose don't make it any more. I used to love their own brand. Now they only stock a brand I had never heard of and it is horrible. It is stored with the fruit juice, not with the soups, but I wouldn't bother. It is just watery tomato juice with a bit of garlic.

I like it a lot!

I’m surprised that people eat it. Surely you either drink it or don’t bother? It’s just yummy seasoned veg juice. It comes in juice carton and everything.

I bloody love it on a really hot day. I have some chilling in the fridge as we speak....