I once read in a Provincetown cookbook that every family has its own version. In fact, a cousin recently starting adding split peas and simmering all day. I hate peas, but I have to admit her soup was good. No one in my family ever added peas. We of Azorean descent are simply an innovative crew.
On Feb 15, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Jason Fraga wrote: > I've yet to see kale soup around here (Massachusetts) that has eggs in it. > The recipes handed down from my Grandparents on both sides were devoid of it. > Haven't seen eggs in any of the restaurant versions around here either. > > There's a definite difference in mainland Portuguese versus Azorean kale soup > though. Mainland tends to mash their potatoes into the soup, and the Azorean > version is much more chunky through and through. I'm much more of a fan of > the Azorean style :) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 12:28 PM > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Interesting story with recipes. > > My mother made kale/collard soup frequently. I recall she sometimes added > beans, carrots, potatoes but never eggs. This is the first time I ever heard > about the eggs. Are eggs the most common way to make the soup? Did the > recipes vary from island to island? > > Laura > > > In a message dated 2/13/2011 10:24:37 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > Thank you! All I remember is a big soup pot and eggs. When I asked a cousin > many years later, they thought Great-Grandmother must have been making kale > soup. The recipes for kale soup I found did not include eggs so this recipe > was interesting. Unfortunately none of Great-grandmother's recipes were > passed down to my generation. > > > > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Diane, > > It depends. > > The sopas served at the Portuguese halls in California are served either with > the broth and bread in one pot and the meat and cabbage in the other pot (and > then you put it together yourself on your plate) or sometimes it's broth and > cabbage in one pot and the meat in the other or sometimes it's all put > together in one big pot. I just plop it on my plate. It all goes to the > same place - my stomach! LOL > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, > Achada > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when > they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when > they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when > they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when > they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
