1.   Thicken the soup by adding potatoes.

2.   Add the butter one piece at a time, blending again after each addition, to thicken the soup slightly.

3.   In a remarkably short time, the flavors meld and the starch in the potato naturally thickens the soup.

4.   She recommends making bread crumbs for coatings and stuffings or for thickening soups like gazpacho.

5.   She also uses them to thicken chicken soup, pureeing the almonds with the broth.

6.   The masa harina will thicken the soup as well as flavor it.

7.   The starch in the potato thickens the soup without adding fat.

8.   Though the acidity of precipitation is typically low, acidity increases in regions where pollution from industry thickens the chemical soup that permeates the atmosphere.

9.   Use pureed onions and potato to thicken soup and bolster its flavor.