Sweet Corn Gazpacho

I just made your  recipe, and loved it! I was a little apprehensive after reading all the negative  comments, but after tweaking it a little for my taste, found all the negative comments were totally unfair. All in all it was a fantastic, refreshing meal and super easy to make on a busy week day, just threw everything into the Vita-mix before work and threw in the fridge, was a perfect end to a hectic day! Thank you. 

There was nothing “sweet” about this soup. The tomatoes overwhelmed the corn flavor and then the vinegar completely took over. I only put a splash of vinegar initially after reading another experience, but it was still too much. I cut the vinegar with LOTS of sugar and a touch of white pepper. It tasted okay, by after sitting in the fridge all night—-welcome back vinegar. I love vinegar, but that’s the only flavor that came through in the end. I ended up not even taking this soup to the luncheon where I had planned to serve it. Not at all what Inwas expecting. Very disappointed.

I was going to post a quick comment about how you should use only half of the sherry vinegar and then add more if you think it needs it, but I then realized there is a true tale of woe in making this recipe that I wanted to share.
I was home alone (no kids, no significant other, no work) for the first time in years. I was having a leisurely day and one of the things I really wanted to do was make this soup. I had most of the ingredients on hand and I started putting the soup together. I had to run to the store to get tomatoes – just a quick trip to the store, or so I thought…
I ended up losing my phone at the store. Retraced all my steps, asked lost and found – no phone. Retraced my steps, waited for 15 minutes for a customer to stop talking to the manager so I could ask him to check lost and found again – no phone. Drive home, figuring out plan B on how to get a new phone on a Sunday night if I do not find mine (it involves a 2 hour trip each way). Check the computer, it says my phone is on the highway near the store. I fear someone has stolen my phone. Walk to my neighbor’s to borrow her phone – she’s not home. Walk to another neighbor’s and she is home, but she is chatty and i get mauled by her 110# dog’s sharp claws when he jumps on me. I use her phone to call the store – they say they have found it! Spend more time talking with my chatty neighbor, then leave. I am covered in dog hair and I hate dogs already. Back to my car, drive to the store, retrieve my phone, pay for my groceries. It turns out I have spent $20 on heirloom tomatoes. When I finally get home, I have spent 3 hours on my “quick trip” to the store. I finish making the soup. I am hungry and excited to taste it and….. all I can taste is vinegar. I add more salt, more olive oil, cilantro – to no avail. I cannot taste the corn at all; the vinegar pervades everything. I finally pour myself a bowl and add some mozzarella balls to it in desperation to cut the vinegar taste – it doesn’t work. I eat the soup out of obligation, not because it is good. So, this truly was an endless meal for me – one that took a 3 hour shopping trip, getting mauled by a dog and covered in dog hair, chatting with my chatty neighbor when I didn’t want to, spending way too much on tomatoes – all for a soup that was not good. I wish I would have gone easy on the sherry vinegar and just wanted to warn others. I’m off to take a bath….

Just made the yellow gespacho. It is delicious!! Although i didnt have lime nor sherry vinegar. I used lesser quantities of lemon juice and balsamic vinegar instead. It is still so good, . Thank you.