Super soup saturday story
Today I'm spreading love and warmth to my fellow WA'ers still battling with cold temperatures and maybe some snow.
I'm also rekindling fond memories to fellow members with Caribbean roots of what Saturdays in the islands were like.
Two things were certain on a Saturday morning. First, you woke up bright and early to help your parents get the house chores done. Does not matter what time you went to bed, you woke up bright and early Saturday morning.
If you lived with your grandma you'd surely hear her say "don't let the sun rise and meet you sleeping".
Part of those chores may have even included visiting the local market to purchase produce with your mom.
Here's at typical scene at an open air market selling fresh produce
As night follows day, the second thing that was sure to happen on a Saturday was Soup! Soup was the meal of choice for your parents almost every Saturday.
Whether you liked soup or not, that was your lunch. Most of us would have heard our mother or grandmother say "If you don't like it, sit down by it". Basically that's them saying if you don't like it you have no choice but to still eat it.
So here's a look at a variety of hot and tasty soups that filled our homes with mouth watering aromas and our stomachs with warm hearty meals:
Chicken Foot Soup - yep we enjoy chicken feet
Corn Soup with salted Pig Tails
Oxtail Soup
Cowheel Soup
Fish Broth
I hope I was able to warm your hearts and your tummies up this morning with a throwback of Caribbean Saturday cuisine. Truth be told many households still delight in having soup on Saturdays.
What ever some of your Saturday traditions growing up?
In a community of members from all over the world this is a great way to learn about each other's culture and childhood traditions.
Drop on in and share your memories. I just may have some soup for you :)
Oh! Before I go, thanks Jeff for inspiring the name of this Blog.
Roberta
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Ha ha, Roberta--very well done!π Those soups are more exotic than I know, but look delicious nonetheless! I'm more of a beef stews and Chicken noodle soup guy, but the oxtail soup, and perhaps the chicken feet soup look delicious. Heck, all of them look delicious and healthy!
Have a GREAT Sunday!
Jeff
Jeff I knew you'd like my title ... hahaha
I'm glad you enjoyed the pics. Maybe a lil inspiration for you to try one out.
I hope you have a wonderful Sunday as well my friend.
It just might be, Roberta! Keep cooking up some excellent posts!
I learn something new every day!
Jeff
It's the roast corn that I can't forget Roberta. I grew up on a farm and on the weekends Papi would come home with a bag of ripe corn freshly picked and still in the skin. We would place the corn and kindling in a heap, with dried grass on top and light a bun fiah in the yard to roast the corn.
We would play hide and seek in the dark(no electricity) while Papi and Mommy gyaff or we would sit and listen to Papi tell stories.
When the corn was ready we would take it out of the fire and Papi would peel them shaking his fingers now and again if it was too hot and blowing. Lol.
Then into a basin, it went to be passed out to us kids.
The best way to have corn Roberta, roasted.
Good times.
Candy Benn
Well that story really took me back Candy, wow!
Really makes me wonder what our kids will look back on fondly. Pity how story telling by the elders has just flown out the window. Whenever electricity was out my parents used that time to share their experiences. Or of course folklore tales to scare us straight. lol
Thanks for sharing a part of your childhood. I really enjoyed it.
Enjoy your Sunday
I am just going to say this to you. I don't think you mean me well Roberta!
How can you show those delicious soup and I'm no where near to have them?
Seriously, Roberta, how can you be so mean? Lol
I can just TASTE and SMELL all those flavours in those soup
Trying now to book my flight. It has really been too long for me!
Yes Simone clearly you need to make a trek back home for a bit ... hahaha
Have a wonderful Sunday
Time to cook Simone. You can take the girl out of the Caribbean but not the Caribbean out of the girl.
Time to throw down.
Candy Benn
I do Candy but most of my kids are British and soup is not appealing.
Everything else from the Caribbean is loved except soup
Take a look at that - I couldn't help scrolling back and forth- just the food alone are to die for -this gives me an idea for tropical dishes for an upcoming birth day for a friend who loves dishes of the sort.
Thanks for the share, Roberta, I have to visit the Island's for sure ππ
That's a wonderful idea Chris - "Tastes of the Islands" theme.
As soon as things have settled be sure to visit. You'll have a blast.
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Hi Roberta,
Yes , the good old days growing up in the Caribbean {St. Vincent and the Grenadines} - Saturday was always soup day. Then, we would have Fried Fish {fresh caught}, homemade bread and hot chocolate for supper.
Even though I am not back home, I still eat soup for lunch at least twice a week especially during the cold months. You still have to continue the culture especially the foods. There is no getting away from that.
Thanks for sharing those spectacular pictures of the different soups. I have had them all. Great post! Enjoy your Sunday!
Wishing you the very best!
Kind regards,
Nichola
Oh man Nichola you got me feeling for some of that fried fish and homemade bread ... yummy!!! It's amazing how a lot of great memories are tied to food.
Glad to hear you're still filling up on your soups. Must mean you're a good cook or lucky enough to have Caribbean cuisine nearby.
I hope you have a wonderful Sunday as well and my dinner just might be fried fish and homemade bread ... who knows ;-)
Oh yes, yummy indeed! I make my own soups and my other meals as well. Occasionally, I get some food from the Caribbean restaurants. There is nothing better than cooking your caribbean foods exactly how you like it - [like your grandmother and mother cooked them}.
I am going food shopping on Monday at the Chinese store for pumpkin and callaloo so that I can make some cream of pumpkin soup and callaloo soup with some corn, sweet potato and mini corn dumplings among other things.
Yes, go ahead and have some fried fish and homemade bread for your dinner. ππ
Nichola and Roberta that bread eaten hot with butter or margarine to finish up a baking day is how we liked to finish up a baking day in Guyana.
Corn and dumplins are what I love for my metagee. You all have me craving things.
Its Guyanese cookup for me today though.
Candy Benn
Nichola it sounding like your house is the place to be. Yuh have ah sweet hand girl :)
Well Candy I wondering what I started here myself. All kinda food coming to mind now and I love my belly :)
For sure! I am not in the Caribbean but I am not leaving the foods behind.
Lol, don't we all.
Hi Candy,
It is so funny how our foods are so similar. We would eat the hot bread with butter as well.
Nice, I hope all Caribbean people enjoy that there is no better way to eat it.
Yup ... gotta take your roots with you.
You are so right! No other food compares!
Absolutely!
Way better than toast and butter. Hot fresh baked bread and butter is da bomb! A fattening bomb but we'll deal with that later. lol