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    Aditus
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An Advent Calendar - 21. Door#21 - Sot Suppe

Sot Suppe

When I was a child, my paternal grandparents would invite our extended family to a restaurant the Sunday before Christmas. My father is one of ten kids and they all had big families so there were about sixty to seventy people, no small bill for working-class farmers. It was my grandparents gift to the family each year.

They always made reservations at a place called “The Manor Inn” and it was a traditional supper club style atmosphere. When you walked into the back room, there were lit candles on the tables, sprays of fresh cut evergreens and silver bells. The owner of the establishment collected them and she had the bells displayed on a sideboard at the head of the table. They gleamed and flashed in the low light.

On the tables were trays of relishes; carrots, pickles, radishes, and of course pickled herring filled to overflowing. Set in front of each chair was a table setting and a small bowl of purplish soup. It was ‘sot suppe’, a refreshing cold fruit soup. We had it every Christmas. The restaurant made it special for us from my grandmother’s recipe, which she had saved from her immigrant Norwegian mother. I’m going to share it with you. It’s delicious, easy to make, and perfect for a treat on a winter’s night.

Norwegian Sot Suppe

½ lb prunes

½ lb raisins

½ cup dried currants

Boil in 8 cups of water. Then add the following:

½ cup sago or tapioca

1 cinnamon stick

¼ tsp salt

¾ cup sugar

After starch is soft and translucent, add a 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar and ¾ cup of grape juice.

Serve cold with Christmas cookies or a dollop of whipped cream.

Thank you for reading! :)   Story topic
Copyright © 2016 aditus, Cole Matthews, Valkyrie; All Rights Reserved.
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AC Benus

This is a charming piece, and I love the continuation of a tradition. My mother's mother was from Pomerania, and as it was a Swedish colony, there were lots of little dishes my mom would make from that food tradition. One for the holidays considered of apple cubes and raisins sauteed in butter. At the last moment, a little sugar was added and then the pan deglazed with a splash of red wine. Onto the plate with crushed ginger snaps on top and straight into my long term memory :)

 

Thanks (Cole) for posting this.

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On 12/22/2016 12:16 PM, AC Benus said:

This is a charming piece, and I love the continuation of a tradition. My mother's mother was from Pomerania, and as it was a Swedish colony, there were lots of little dishes my mom would make from that food tradition. One for the holidays considered of apple cubes and raisins sauteed in butter. At the last moment, a little sugar was added and then the pan deglazed with a splash of red wine. Onto the plate with crushed ginger snaps on top and straight into my long term memory :)

 

Thanks (Cole) for posting this.

Cole: That sounds delicious. I love eating ginger cookies with most anything fruity and the spice makes it warm and dear. Thanks for the memories and sharing it with me. I appreciate the lovely review.

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