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Of course, we had soup the other day when the weather during the day made me think about breaking out my shorts so I have obviously lost this whole battle.<\/p>\n

But the topic of soup has gotten me in hot water in another area of my life. My feelings on the topic may have cost me a few friends.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite web sites has decided to use this time of year to have a Souper Bowl<\/a>. Visitors can vote on head-to-head matchups of different styles of soup to determine the one and true champion.<\/p>\n

Now my friends and I pretty much agree that clam chowder should have a pretty easy path to the title. We just have one significant disagreement which may alter our interactions going forward.<\/p>\n

One of the earlier matchups provided a showdown between lobster bisque and tomato. I bristled when I saw the seeding \u2013 tomato was seeded sixth in its region.<\/p>\n

With four regions, that meant tomato soup was between 21^{st<\/sup>\u00a0and 24^{th<\/sup>\u00a0in the overall estimation of the guys creating the tournament. I couldn\u2019t fathom that. Of course, my friends reacted just as strongly when I picked tomato over lobster bisque.<\/p>\n}}

One of the big problems comes from my issues with lobster. I\u2019m not saying lobster is bad or that I don\u2019t like it. I just have a pre-existing relationship with other shellfish that keeps me from truly appreciating lobster.<\/p>\n

I grew up in Baltimore. When we had seafood, we had crab and shrimp. You replace lobster bisque with cream of crab in this matchup, and I won\u2019t say a word about tomato soup. But I have never had lobster bisque so I can\u2019t say it has anything over tomato soup.<\/p>\n

This might sound terrible to some people, but it\u2019s just how I grew up. Soup didn\u2019t play a huge role in my eating experience as a kid, unless you count canned chicken noodle or those Chunky \u201csoups.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, as I defend tomato soup, I feel bad mentioning that I didn\u2019t ever really eat this kind of coup probably until I found the beauty of grilled cheese and tomato soup in college. I have a complicated relationship with tomatoes and tomato byproducts so I needed some peer pressure to open my mind.<\/p>\n

The fact that tomato soup relies greatly on grilled cheese played a huge role in the argument my friends gave me, but I see that as a positive, not a negative. Sure, it doesn\u2019t stand strongly on its own, but representing half of an iconic comfort food has to count for something.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure I would love lobster bisque, but I don\u2019t know if I can turn my back on tomato. I guess the only way I can solve all of this is by finding a good bowl of lobster bisque somewhere. I just need the weather to cooperate one of these days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"