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Soup tasting draws crowds

By KIM E. STROM

MERCER - Hot soup on a cold day is just what the library ordered Friday in Mercer at the second annual "Soup for You" soup tasting and recipe sharing event.

It was a full house and a good turnout similar to last year's event, said library director Teresa Schmidt.

There were 12 different soups to try, and many of them creative and out of the ordinary, such as the mulligatawny soup.

Victor with the blog "Craving Tasty" shared a bit of history on the soup. Of course many may remember the episodes of Seinfeld and the "soup nazi," especially the one where Jerry has to choose between...