Growing up in the Coal Region of Pennsylvania, many of the residents of my small town and surrounding areas immigrated from Isca sullo Ionio in the Calabria region of Italy. This is a popular soup of the coal region and many residents of the area make this soup. Other areas put spinach in their soup but…
Category: Soup
PASTA ‘e FAGIOLI
This is a hearty, filling comfort food. Be sure to slice up some fresh baked Italian bread to eat with this hearty soup! INGREDIENTS: (This recipe is doubled and makes about 8 servings) 2 lbs. ground beef 1 onion, chopped 3 carrots, chopped 4 stalks celery, chopped 2 cans fired roasted diced tomatoes 1 can…
SEAFOOD CHOWDER
This is a hearty, filling dish. It can get very expensive to make this but one of our local grocery stores always has big seafood sales and that’s when I get the seafood and decide to make this chowder. INGREDIENTS: 1 lb. large shrimp (32 to 36 per pound), peeled and deveined (save shells for…
SHRIMP CORN CHOWDER
INGREDIENTS: 4 ears fresh sweet corn or 1 bag Steam-fresh, microwaved 2 minutes less than bag states 4 bacon slices bacon 1 medium white onion, chopped 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. smoked paprika ¼ tsp. cayenne pepper 2 Tbsp. flour 2 medium baking potatoes, chopped 5 cups 2% reduced fat milk 1 pound large shrimp,…
CHICKEN POT PIE
This recipe appeared in my local newspaper at about the same time I got married. That was 30 years ago and I have been making this delicious “soup” for just as long! Many times I call it chicken “Popeye” because I feel you need to distinguish between a meat pie or chicken pot pie and…
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