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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
vichyssoise

1939, French, in full crême vichyssoise glacée, literally "iced cream (soup) of Vichy" (see Vichy).

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vichyssoise

n. A thick, creamy soup made from potato, leeks, onions, and chicken stock; normally served cold

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vichyssoise

n. a creamy potato soup flavored with leeks and onions; usually served cold

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Vichyssoise

Vichyssoise ( ; ) is a thick soup made of puréed leeks, onions, potatoes, cream, and chicken stock. It is traditionally served cold but can be eaten hot.

Usage examples of "vichyssoise".

Bowls of vichyssoise are being carried out on trays, and some of the elderly guests have seated themselves at the tables, but there is no other sign that the meal is imminent.

This is easier with cold soup, vichyssoise, or when the chefs make a really fresh gazpacho.

So we ate a hasty lunch of vichyssoise and ice cream and had Buster drive us in the Rolls to the Federated Department Store where we bought a great many things for the new house and a new horse blanket for Dan.

Fortunately the soup was Vichyssoise, or consequences might have been even more serious.

McCoy himself was a lit-de less adventurous, opting for vichyssoise and veal in a buttery herb sauce, but he was happy too.

Tankado went to work on an old Moped and ate a bag lunch alone at his desk instead of joining the rest of the department for prime rib and vichyssoise in the commissary.

Tankado went to work on an old Mopedand ate a bag lunch alone at his desk instead of joining the restof the department for prime rib and vichyssoise in the commissary.

Inez served the light supper Pilar had prepared, and between the vichyssoise, the grilled sole and the summer pudding, Philip and Anne plied Nicky with questions about her work.

Sofia voor een uitstekende vichyssoise, ook al kwam die uit een soort tandpastatubes.

Oliver and Cathy began bringing plates of smoked salmon and bowls of vichyssoise soup on trays from the kitchen and offering a choice.

The freezer-chest contained, he estimated, a two-month supply of spaghetti sauce, chili, macaroni and cheese (his favorite), vichyssoise, pot roast, turkey tetrazzini, shrimp gumbo, deviled crab, Swedish meatballs and other Cobb specialties - nothing in curry sauce, he was glad to note.

We had a smooth vichyssoise, lobster Newburg, Brussel sprouts, baked potatoes, and a great salad, plus two bottles of champagne.