My Dad adored snapper soup (yes, as in “snapping turtle”). He had many a bowl through the years during trips to the Philly area while […]
Soups
Liver Noodles or Leberknoedel
We Pa. Dutch and Coal Region folk are a frugal lot. Not only do we use just about every inch of a butchered animal for […]
Old-fashioned Oyster Stew
My Dad LOVED soup. I think he could have eaten soup every day of the week. He insisted it be served steaming hot and was notorious […]
Pa. Dutch Pretzel Soup (Shdreis’l Suppee)
This is a real Pa. Dutch comfort food that goes way back, is cheap and easy to make, warms you up and is often eaten […]
Cheeseburger Soup
Welcome 2019! I hope everyone had a joyous and happy holiday season. Watching TV the other day, I was bombarded by ads for healthy living […]
Meatless Borscht (Red Beet Soup)
A twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper is traditionally prepared in many Central European and Northern European cultures, especially those that were formerly part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, including Polish, Lithuanian, Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian. Many modern age descendants of immigrants from […]