gazpacho (2 cups=serving)

2 slices day old bread (about 1/4 lb)
1 cucumber, peeled, and cut up (350 gr)
1/2 red bell pepper, cut up
1/2 green bell pepper, cut up
2 cloves garlic, cut up
3 T olive oil
1/4 c red wine vinegar
2 drops Tabasco sauce
1 t sugar
1 t salt
pepper
5 or 6 ripe tomatoes (2 lbs), peeled and cut up

In a flat dish, soak bread in cold water for 1 min. Squeeze out excess water.
Blend cucumber, bell peppers, garlic, oil, vinegar, Tabasco, sugar, salt. Then add 1/2 soaked bread and blend until smooth.
Transfer mixture to a bowl. Blend tomatoes and remaining bread. Transfer to the bowl and mix the two. Refrigerate several hours.

Serving Size: makes 3 @ 2 cups