White Poppyseed Soup

An unusual cold soup comes from Alexa Young, in Madison, who says in The Flavor of Wisconsin that her mother called it “mohne-soup,” after the white poppyseeds she grew in her garden for Christmas Stollen and this poppyseed soup. Essentially it is a milk soup, uncooked, but thickened and flavored with seeds that are first soaked and then ground into a butter the way both Americans and East Indians gr