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The simplest of all peasant soups
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My mom still makes this soup when someone isn't feeling well! (no bread, though - just chicken broth, the egg, scrambled and cooked in the broth, and fresh parsley) - BTW - we're of Sicilian descent - Palermo, Menfi and Ribera, and most of the foods I remember from my childhood are vegetable and/or macaroni based, now that I think back on it, although we were big on fish, too.
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Moms of German descent did that too and we called them " baby eggs" for some reason. And tea and toast was given to you when you didn't feel well. Warm sweet tea was poured over buttered toast. Simple things but calming to your tummy.
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I love this soup and my mom made it a lot when I was growing up. But there was always pasta in it. The best is with tiny pastina and I love it with grated parmesan, a little pepper sprinkiled on it, yum! A little crusty italian bread on the side is good, need to dunk it! I also used to make it for my kids when they were little. Now - I am sure I will be making this soup this week! It is a great comfort food. It is pretty warm in Chicago today but the end of the week is going to get colder!
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As for fennel - no, my family used fennel as part of a salad, never cooked, but there is a "famous" Sicilian dish made at Christmas with fennel and fresh sardines...certainly not my cup of tea. |
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Our family soup was stratiatella...chicken broth with strips of basil. She would then take some home made bread crumbs mixed with romano peccorino cheese, a beaten egg and lemon zest. Bring broth and basil to a boil, add the breadcrumb mixture and cook until the egg is set. Add some crusty bread and a fennel salad.
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Maybe the bread in the soup was like our modern habit of breaking up crackers into soup or chili, not a part of the soup but an addition at the table?
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Last edited by senior citizen; 02-01-2014 at 06:37 AM. |
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We still make fish the way your dad did! My mom still makes "strufoli" the honey balls, every Christmas, as does my sister. My grandmother made the Easter Bread, braided with the colored eggs in between the braids...mom made it and I do, too. I also made the Easter Pie (Pizza Rustica) - with ricotta, hard cooked eggs, salami, etc. It was more like a heart attack on a plate, and I stopped making it a long time ago. It must have weighed close to 8 or 9 pounds when finished! We also bake the fig cookies at Christmas - better than a Fig Newton, and my mom still makes the honey/almond candy. Really, she's amazing! Last edited by applesoffh; 10-23-2012 at 03:03 PM. Reason: addition |
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When a poor man kills a chicken, one of them is sick. The wisdom of Chelm.
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Last edited by senior citizen; 02-01-2014 at 06:38 AM. |
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Good memories of:
1. Pasta Fagioli. 2. Steak Piazzola. 3. Poato and Egg Wedges with ketchup. 4. Bacala. the best was Easter Bread with ricotta and tiny pastina. My friends asked for it every year as they looked so forward to it. I'm gaining weight as I think about it. Mom didn't make the soup with the egg but is sounds delicious. Of course with bread to dunk is a no brainer. :smiley;
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