SOUPS ON.....

TIDY MOM

is having HOT SOUP

over at her place...

be sure to go taste them all..

YUM #. 1

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A good homemade VEGGIE soup is one of our very favorites.

You can add absolutely anything you might want and it always taste sooo good.

The main thing I ALWAYS do with my vegetable soups is use BEEF BROTH and not WATER..

MUCH more flavor.

I keep cans of the broth in my pantry all the time, just for soups.

and...when you boil a chicken for a recipe, add chicken broth to the bones and boil for a bit..

you will have WONDERFUL broth to freeze for another soup sometime.

I learned this from

KATHY that lives in KATHY'S COTTAGE.

She is a fabulous cook and has taught this old dog many new tricks. :))

 ....and I always....AL-WAYS cook my cornbread in a cast iron skillet...

my mama did,

her mama did.....

and my daughter does. :)

favorite soup in the whole wide entire world...

homemade

LOADED POTATO SOUP.

omygosh....

FRENCHY ONION SOUP....

homemade or a great mix at the grocery store..

A good BEEF STEW is  hard to beat on a

COLD WINTERS NIGHT...
My mom could make the BEST stew...

she used a lot of leftovers from her fridge..

and called it ICEBOX STEW...:)

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s.^[1] It was the longest, most widespread, and deepest depression of the 20th century. In the 21st century, the Great Depression is commonly used as an example of how far the world's economy can decline.^[2] The depression originated in the U.S., starting with the fall in stock prices that began around September 4, 1929 and became worldwide news with the stock market crash of October 29, 1929 (known as Black Tuesday). From there, it quickly spread to almost every country in the world.
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With so many  out of work, there were a lot of hungry people and
SOUP KITCHENS...
SOUP LINES...
were formed all over the country.
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Grocery stores, truck farmers and sharecropper farmers would give their older and less
attractive vegetables to the volunteers of these SOUP LINES.
They used any vegetables and meats they could get their hands on to make as
nourishing  and tasty soup as they possibly could.

Many times, this ONE BOWL OF SOUP was all these people had to eat per day.

If ever you want to see a classic, true-to-the-times movie of the

hardships this depression put on our people...our country,

THE GRAPES OF WRATH

is THE movie to watch.

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My mother also remembered that hungry people would go into a cafe

and order a cup of HOT WATER..no charge for water.

Then, they would add KETCHUP to the hot water, to make themselves a cup of hot " tomato soup".

My eyes still tear at the very thought of the tough times our people went thru.

I am sorry for anyone that has to go hungry.

YUM # 2

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BACK TO KINDER, SOFTER THINGS.....

I found this amazing and beautiful ladle at an amazing estate sale a few years back...

isn't it pretty?

I use it a lot to ladle the soup into bowls....

and smile all the time I'm doing it.

It just makes a body feel GOOD to use pretty things...

I love pretty flatware...

pretty bowls and not plastic ones...

a cloth napkin instead of paper...

it takes such a little to make yourself feel so pampared.

GOOD FOR THE SOUL, I TELL YOU!!

We love CRACKERS with soups, too...

...don't always HAVE to have cornbread...

YUM # 3
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...but we sure do love our SOUTHERN cornbread..

NEVER sweet..

thin and crispy from the cast iron skillet..

LOADED in butter..

HOLY MOLEY...

YUM # 4

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ANOTHER good cornbread...

HOT WATER CORNBREAD.

This is fried and so good it will make you wanna slap your pappy.

...especially good with POTATO SOUP.

This is a REAL comfort food for me.

Mom used to make this all the time and we all just about made ourselves sick on it, it was so good.

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THIS is also a "left-over" from  the depression era...

when there was no milk...nor flour...nor eggs...

a little corn meal, salt and hot water produces a fabulous taste treat...

It was also an easy bread for cowboys, out on the trail.

Try it sometime...the cornbread..not the trail ride. :)

CREAM OF BROCCOLI with CHEESE and homemade croutons

just about brings me to my knees, it's so good...

Both Mr. Sweet and I LOVE a good

COCONUT PIE

after a meal of cornbread and homemade soup.

I use his mother's recipe and have NEVER found one better..

I'm so doggone hungry for a WHOLE pie right now, I could just spit.

YUM # 5

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DOESN'T THAT LOOK GOOOOD !!!!!

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and

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