Red Velvet Wisdom

This means that noter #4, Holly, is the winner. I truly wish I had something for everyone. The support from everyone on this site has been amazing. Much like in our lives, we have the best support system around.

I don’t know about where you are, but it has been cold around here. Colder than usual temps have had everyone talking for a few weeks now. When it gets cold, that means it is time for soup. Soup is one of those foods that you just have to learn how to cook.

When Mother was here this summer she made a huge pot of soup with fresh vegetables from the garden. It wasn’t until I was grown that I ever had a soup with hamburger meat in it. It was stew meat or vegetable soup. I have tried to learn to make soup that has that really great full taste. I most often fail.

Here is Mother’s Soup Recipe.

Take 1 pkg of boneless stew meat and brown it in a Tbl of oil in a dutch oven. About halfway thru the browning, add an onion that is chopped.  Mother said the next part is to layer it, first adding the vegetables that take the longest to cook first. Plenty of salt and pepper go on the meat.(me thinks loads of salt is where the hearty taste springs from) Sprinke about a Tbl of flour on top of it and stir it around. Add at least 2 cans of tomato sauce. Then add two cans of water.

• carrots
• potatoes
• okra

Cover it and simmer it on low until the potatoes are about half cooked. Then other vegetables you want to add, be it canned corn, peas, beans, and more water as needed. It sounds really simple, but her soup is spicy and rich. During the summer she used all fresh tomatoes and it was wonderful. When we make soup we use canned diced tomatoes and  even use the ones with peppers.

No soup is complete, to me, without cornbread. Some people eat theirs with crackers, but I love cornbread.  Nobody in our family ever makes a small amount. It seems more like a vat of soup.

Now that I’ve talked myself into another bowl, I will again thank everyone for entering our contest and reading our stories. We appreciate you.

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