Blend the soup coarsely using an immersion blender or in batches in a blender ( cover the top with a towel to avoid hot splashes ) or a food processor fitted with a steel blade .
Mark twain , whose 1867 trip to europe and the eastern mediterranean produced " the innocents abroad , " described american tourists " who talked very loudly and coarsely , and laughed boisterously when all others were so quiet and well behaved . "