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Joyce Johnson
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0 posted 2012-04-05 12:08 PM



Mama’s Soup

Nothing will ever taste as good
as Mama’s homemade noodle soup.
It was the cure for everything
from chicken pox to the nasty croup.
It was worth the while of getting sick
to be brought a nice big bowl.
To make a soup that tastes like hers
has been my life-long goal.

Papa would dress a big fat hen
which Mama boiled ‘til it fell apart.
She’d separated meat from bones
but that was just the start.
To make her noodles she’d break eggs,
enough to fill a cup
and one single tablespoon of water
would completely fill it up.
Flour enough for stiff dough
rolled and hung to dry,
then cut into the noodle soup,
it was simply for to die.

Noodle soup was one of many
that Mama fed her brood..
No gourmet cook has ever made
a soup to taste so good.

© Copyright 2012 Joyce I Johnson - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2012-04-05 12:17 PM


well remembered. Yummy.jo
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2 posted 2012-04-05 12:28 PM


I have had some mighty fine homemade (I make it too) noodle soup, but I have a feeling this would be a little better than fine. It's like my grandmother's tea cakes. She made the absolute best and on an old wooden stove.

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3 posted 2012-04-05 12:36 PM


I miss my grandmother's cooking and her especially. I also love my mother's cooking as well, now my mother enjoy's our cooking the best. Nice poem, brought back some old yummy memories.
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4 posted 2012-04-05 12:46 PM


Joyce, that soup sounds lovely, but I envy you your mother even more.  I am glad you had such lovely parents.  

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5 posted 2012-04-05 08:54 PM


Joyce,

This is too precious. I've had a few "mamas" in my lifetime that fixed chicken soup, and many other recipes, by "their" way...and I learned their ways enough so that when it comes to variety, we, you and I, could fill a cookbook!

And yes...I do recall a day that I was so hungry for some tapioca/vanilla pudding that Mom would fix for those who weren't feeling well, enough so to fake a small quake of "oh mama, I'm not feeling so well" moment.

But I did it too early in the morning, and she made me go to school that afternoon!


JamesMichael
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6 posted 2012-04-05 11:00 PM


I'll have a bowl of that please...James
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7 posted 2012-04-05 11:20 PM


Sounds wonderful, Joyce. Few gourmet cooks can compare to Mom.
                            Ida

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8 posted 2012-04-05 11:59 PM


Comfort food is what mom made. Chicken soup one of her best... now I have learned to make it for her.
Enjoyed your wonderful poem,
Ms. E

[This message has been edited by ebonygirl (04-06-2012 09:25 AM).]

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9 posted 2012-04-06 06:19 AM


Good ideas in your poetry
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10 posted 2012-04-06 06:44 AM


Love this...love chicken noodle soup.

I enjoyed reading about it, in this very nice poem.

Thank you Joyce

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Carl Sandburg

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11 posted 2012-04-06 09:02 AM


quote:
To make a soup that tastes like hers
has been my life-long goal.


Wonderfully nostalgic poem of praise, dear Joyce. But I am sure your children have the same feelings towards you and praise your own abilities as a Mama-chef!

I relate of course, but even more than my Mom, it was my Grandma who is remembered for some of her celestial specialities. I have her book of recipes which is written in old German and is over one hundred years old. A treasure!

Happy Easter!

Love,
Margherita


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12 posted 2012-04-06 03:55 PM


Yes, I remember the same  but from my Grandmother, and all the recipes were  "a little of this" and " taste of that"...making it very hard to recreate.


Wishing you a happy holiday,

M

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13 posted 2012-04-07 11:02 AM


Yeah. It's nice to remember.
Now you'vd done it. Soup's on!

Thanks,
Melton

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14 posted 2012-04-07 01:26 PM


The love in this endeavor resounds!  I  smile and remember my Grandma as I read this.  She worked so hard to feed everyone there, and you felt the joy of her spirit in the kitchen.  I imagine your mother to be that way, too, as she put her heart into taking care of her family.  Your poem is "chicken soup for the soul."  Loved it.  Karen
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15 posted 2012-04-08 10:55 AM


Joyce, your words were so real that I could almost
taste your Mother's soup......and it was delicious.
Hugs,
Ethel

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16 posted 2012-04-09 04:28 PM


Such satisfying memories you serve. *S* I'm jealous, now... and hungry! LOL Thanks for sharing such a wonderful memory!
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17 posted 2012-05-06 01:16 AM


I wish I had a bowl right now.  I have been wanting to make my own noodles.  Might have to give it a shot soon and try my hand at making my own Noodle soup.  Thank you, dear Joyce.

Alison

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18 posted 2012-05-06 01:50 PM


Sounds so good. I don't know what to say except I too wish I had a bowl.....smile....

Eric

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19 posted 2012-05-06 05:20 PM


I love poems that are also recipes.
I should try making my own noodles.
Yum!!!

Startime1955
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20 posted 2012-05-07 06:59 PM


mmmmmmm yummy...I make homemade chicken soup when anyone I know gets sick...love the idea of homemade noodles...A very tasty poem...love it...

*may our dreams ever be magical*

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