cream of mushroom soup
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crema de champiñones
- In a big bowl, mix two cans of cream of mushroom soup with a cup and a half or so of French fried onions.
- cream of mushroom soup, 3-ounce
- cream of mushroom soup, 1 cup
- undiluted cream of mushroom soup
Green beans, cream of mushroom soup, crispy onions, caramel, soy sauce and raw onions.
- Green beans, cream of mushroom soup, crispy onions, caramel, soy sauce and raw onions.
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Step away from the cream of mushroom soup!
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And as for the cream of mushroom soup, well...
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Why do you use cream of mushroom soup?
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You know, I, I think I'm gonna heat up that casserole with the cream of mushroom soup.
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Cream of mushroom soup.
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Green beans, cream of mushroom soup, crispy onions, caramel, soy sauce and raw onions.
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For a quick dinner, I usually make a casserole using a can of cream of mushroom soup as the base.
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The recipe calls for one can of cream of mushroom soup mixed with chicken and vegetables.
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She added cream of mushroom soup to the pasta to create a rich, creamy sauce.
Synonyms
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A hot dish of meat, fish, or vegetables cooked in water
A creamy soup made from champignon mushrooms, often served as a starter
How Creamy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from the constituents: a soup (liquid dish) made with mushrooms and a cream-based (or creamy) base — 'cream of' signals a creamy preparation. This compositional food-naming pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English noun + of + noun structure, so a B1 learner who knows the words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Cream of mushroom soup is a very literal name: cooks make it by cooking mushrooms in milk or cream and mixing them until smooth and thick. So the phrase simply means a creamy mushroom soup, which is why people often use it as a 'base' in casseroles and sauces.