Oodles of Noodles Soup -- pg. 19

This soup is just ramen with a lot of work.  You chop up chicken, carrots, onion and celery.  Cook it and put it in your ramen.  That's about it.  Not impressed.   My family liked it only because they already like ramen.  So, just make a package of chicken ramen and save yourself some time.  Two spoons.

Tomato & Creamy Mushroom Soup -- pg. 109

Uhhh -- I didn't name this soup -- obviously it should be Creamy Tomato-Mushroom Soup because mushrooms are rarely creamy.  But in the end it doesn't really matter because this soup will never be made again.  It sounded like it would be good.  But it was just weird.  The flavors really didn't work together.  I used blue oyster mushrooms, and sauteed them.  They tasted good.  I chopped up the usual suspects (minus potatoes) and they usually work together -- so where did it go wrong?  Maybe that it called for beef broth, mixed with tomato sauce.  I don't know for sure, but I do know that no one liked it very much.  It was edible, though, so 2 1/2 spoons.

Asparagus Chicken Chowder -- pg. 172

Finally a modest hit!  Everyone loved this soup.  I'm a little nervous about the fat content, however, as it has 1 1/2 cups of heavy cream in it.   But, that's for 18 servings...still... Maybe next time I'll try it with evaporated milk or maybe half and half.  Pretty simple, too, so four spoons.  Steve said four and a half, but the consensus is four.

Hungarian Goulash -- pg. 54

It must stink to be a Hungarian.  Particularly if this goulash is the best you get to eat.  1.  I didn't like the pork and beef stew meat.  I'd do just beef.  2.  I think that it needs tomato sauce.   I think the Hungarian goulash I ate as a child had tomato sauce in it.  This recipe only has paprika and marjoram, and a lot of sour cream.  It was pretty bland, and did I mention the two different meats didn't work?  When I got a piece of pork it tasted wrong.  In a nutshell, it was a very bland beef stroganoff, with no mushrooms...and weird pork pieces.  I'd give it three spoons, for variety and it was very easy to make.  I think picky eaters would like it just fine.

Canadian Cheese Soup -- pg. 85

This soup is kind of like Americans view Canadian food...bland, eh.  Nothing special about this soup.  The family liked it only because I had grated cheese, crackers and bacon bits on the side.  It didn't taste bad.  It's just that if you're going to go through the effort of  making a soup, I'd make something else.  2 1/2 spoons