Unlike modern day meat-based soup recipes that often call for very pricey pre-packaged boneless meat, this soup recipe relies on the old-fashioned approach and makes use of leftover bones from a previous meal – such as that Sunday chicken roast or the turkey roast you made for Christmas or Thanksgiving.
Thrifty cooks have long understood the importance of getting all the mileage they can out of the food they purchase, which of course includes any meat they use. There was little waste in the kitchens of old, and cooks would make use of many things that we tend to throw away today.
In the case of soup, in particular, it was never meant to be made with prime cuts of meat. Quite the contrary. It was meant to stretch the food budget and avoid waste.
Thrifty cooks have long understood the importance of getting all the mileage they can out of the food they purchase, which of course includes any meat they use. There was little waste in the kitchens of old, and cooks would make use of many things that we tend to throw away today.
In the case of soup, in particular, it was never meant to be made with prime cuts of meat. Quite the contrary. It was meant to stretch the food budget and avoid waste.
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