<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Josh Z.:
Where would you dollop that sour cream? It would seem that it would go like a drop in the middle of the soup, but I'm not so sure. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Yup, dead center of the bowl right on top. For the typical dinner service soup bowl about 1 heaping T is good (more or less as desired) then about 1/2-1 t minced jal (more or less as desired) dropped right atop the sour cream. Some will stay there, some will spill off onto the soup surface.
I often serve soups in coffee mugs when I have guests (or, actually, even when I don't) to be enjoyed before dinner out on the porch, in the yard, or when I or my guests might be milling about the house and chatting. I offer spoons if the soup is thick and/or contains elements that require use of a spoon (garnishes needing mixing in, vegs or meats or seafood in the soup, etc.). Sometimes this is the only app I serve, sometimes other apps are placed about--away from the dining table so as not to clutter it and/or give me time to set it after people arrive, and I usually do this well before dinner is ready. I find it rather nice (and guests do too) to be able to have the soup (and not just finger food apps) while mingling, sitting on the porch, or attending to the grills. Because the surface of a coffee mug is smaller than a soup bowl I'll garnish with proportionately less so as not to cover its surface and allow the soup to be seen.