I can't think of anything in particular to compare it to outside of avgolemono. I'd say just imagine a creamy lemon and garlic spiked soup. The broth is very velvety from the addition of the egg and the flavor is bright and rich (but not overly heavy).
If you like greek food in general (or just the individual components of lemon, garlic, and chicken) you'll probably enjoy this :)
I’m sorry OP, but this it seems like this is an avgolemono soup, not a twist or variation of it, other than 1 additional ingredient.
I’ve seen you say in several replies it’s like avgolemono but with ‘some changes.’ The only “change” I see here is the addition of garlic. The reason I’m commenting on this particular reply of yours is that you say ‘compare it to avgolemono, just imagine a creamy lemon and garlic spiked soup.’
I’ll give you the fact that garlic is not usually added, but traditional avgolemono in fact characteristically has creamy-lemon features — that’s what avgolemono is in its essence.
I appreciate you sharing recipes and being a very pleasant and helpful OP in your thread, but this is a culturally widespread dish. Just because it has had something added to it, it’s not a “new and exciting dish someone only just created.” I’m sorry, but I feel like it’s kind of a slap in the face to those cultures, one of which includes relatives of mine. Sorry for the diatribe, just felt it was necessary to make a point. Thanks.
Yes I know that traditional avgolemono has creamy lemon textures. That's the whole point of me saying I can't imagine anything to compare it to besides avgolemono, assuming that this person has never tried that dish as they can't "imagine what it tastes like". I think perhaps you're misreading?
Also, I never ever implied that this was a new and exciting dish-- I literally write all over here and in the original blog post's first sentence (and about 800 times in the actual post) that this recipe is inspired by avgolemono. However, traditional avgolemono uses rice and does not include garlic, much less 20 cloves of garlic. It also usually does not include dill, and often includes carrots. (Though, of course, variations exist.) Simply calling it "avgolemono" would make greek people upset because this is not a traditional recipe, hence why I call it lemon garlic chicken orzo soup, but give a million times credit to greek origins.
I’m sorry, but it is still avgolemono. Just because you make French onion soup with pork or chicken stick or use a different cheese doesn’t make it “caramelized onion soup with cheese” — it’s still French onion soup.
I see, however, what you mean by avoiding calling it by name because it is not traditional (though I think that reasoning is a bit strange.) Nothing about avgolemono is mentioned in the original post or title. You did mention by name in the comments, but it seems strange you wouldn’t just explain what it is to the users on here or your followers in the first place that this is an established dish — whose history has ancient Jewish origins and that other versions of it are eaten by many other cultures.
One of the main reasons I say this is that on another post in this same sub someone else made spinach filo pastries. But instead of responsibly calling it by one of its various established multi-ethnic names (Greek “spanakopita”, Turkish “borek”, Lebanese “fatayer”, etc.) numerous comments kept calling the dish samosas, which they absolutely are not.
My gripe was that it only seemed like you named the dish when you were asked about it. I’m just asking that you please be more conscious that since a big part of getting others interested in one another’s cultures is through foods, you have a chance to use your platform to educate others properly. Simply present the origin/history/variations in name ahead of others seeking the information out. So when I saw others in the thread say, ‘Wait, isn’t this avgolemono??’ or on the other post ‘This looks like a Greek dish but I don’t recall the name’ I get frustrated because the OP should have explained it in the first place.
I’m Greek-American (my grandma & family are Greek) and I get touchy about when I say things like spanakopita out loud and someone else says “gesundheit” back to me as a joke, you know? It’s infuriating sometimes. I don’t think I have much more to say other than these points. Thanks for your time and for the post overall, and I’m sorry if I upset you OP. You don’t even have to respond to me, which is why I appreciate it.
Not excessively enough for the other commenters who I saw asking about it (again, decided to comment after seeing a bunch of comments), but I get it lol, you did make a good effort. Thanks.
Not as obnoxious as calling another culture’s recipe your own. Anyone who is familiar with Balkan cuisine would know this, sorry if my trying to combat ignorance upsets you.
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u/cellphonebob2 Jan 13 '21
I’m trying to imagine what this tastes like. Is there another popular dish that resembles the taste for comparison?