Something special..And never a recipe!
Moms special recipe was vegetable soup! She could make that soup 5 days a week and not one time did it taste the same. And it always got better. Tried to figure out what she put in it by just eating it . Shoot that was not an option.
The meat...uh ham, no beef, nope pork. It remained a mystery for a long long time. I was in my 30's when she finally gave me her secret..
Dreams of fresh sliced carrots, and tiny new potatoes not even fully grown yet. Fresh peas from the store and fresh celery. vine ripened tomatoes. Garlic , fresh , not powdered.
And sweet onions.
All of the above is what I thought she was going to say
NOT NOT NOT
My mouth was watering and with pencil in hand began to take dictation
Mom looked me in the eye and said "Do you really want to know? Are you sure? Are you ready? " By this time my curiosity was tingling and on the alert. My mom was an ole trickster from way back when.
"You dont need to take notes!" (worried now) " How many vegtables can you count in the soup, how many types?. Here look at this bowl of soup" She pushed it towards me... Oh I counted at least 10 different types. " Tell me what you think is in the soup.."
I named off a bunch of stuff and tasted it to find the spices.
Thought they were all fresh..
My mom had those tiny little baggies...and foil..
Every meal that we ever had in 2 wks time was part of the soup. Veggies in separate bags. pieces of onions that when cooked you could not tell if they were the end pieces.. celery leaves onion roots pieces of meat (only she knows what kind of meat) ends of tomatoes all the stuff you normally throw away..went into her soup.. No salt, pepper... little bit of macaroni and cheese.... mashed and boiled potatoes.
ham bones and steak bones.. squash, mushrooms...
There was nothing fresh... leftovers converted into a labor of love soup.
The ultimate soup.....Nothing ever wasted ever
And it was the best soup in the world.
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