Denton’s springtime weather may be kooky and unpredictable, but one thing you can always count on are the offbeat sights and wacky underground events that keep our weekend social calendars full of choices that’d fluster even wise ole Solomon. One of these backyard traditions is the legendary QUEST FOR THE GOLDEN JESUS Chili Cookoff, which ain’t too underground anymore but for years was held at various “undisclosed locations."
Read MoreSOUPERFICIAL: THE BEST SOUPS IN DENTON
Okay, first off, let's go on a little rant. Chili is not soup. In a recent in-house WDDI discussion on soup, one of our members (who shall remain nameless) suggested a chili and a pot pie for best soup. Neither of those things is a soup. I'm not going to take the time to Google the definition of soup because I'm steadfast in my belief that chili is not soup and no amount of factual-based information could sway me. So shut up about your chilis. I wanna talk soup.
It's cold out y'all. Like frostbite cold. You know what's awesome when it's super cold outside? Putting your pants in the dryer on high for ten minutes and then putting them on. I'm not sure there's a better feeling in life than really hot pants on a really cold morning. But just below that, soup is also really awesome when it's cold outside. So, let's talk about it for a while.
We thought long and hard about what Denton has to offer in terms of soup and came up with a list of five soups that we can honestly recommend to you. Eat 'em while it's still cold. Soup is more difficult during Texas summers.