Brainerd Soupy AKA Sneaky Soup!



3-5# beef roast....whatever was on sale

whatever veggies were in the frig.....carrots, celery, potatoes,

onions, green beans, and a generous amount of pearl barley.



She cut up the roast into good sized chunks, covered it with water,

added the onions and celery. and let it cook until the meat fell

apart at a touch of the fork. She then took out the meat to cool, and

left the onion and celery in the broth, to which she added all other

veggies and seasonings. I believe she also threw in a can or two of

stewed tomatoes....whatever sounded great that day! After the veggies

were tender, Mom put them through the blender, being SURE that there

was not a piece of vegetable to be seen! THEN, she combined them with

the meat...., and called it "Brainerd Soupy".........because she lived

in Brainerd.. After packing and .freezing that month's batch, she

made the 120 mile trip to St. Paul, so her darlings would eat

'healthy' for one more month.



But wait, that isn't the end. Somewhere down the line, a stray piece

of carrot turned up in a small critic's soup bowl, whereupon he

pounced on it, as if he were being poisoned! But by then, everyone

was hooked on Brainerd Soupy, so they just changed the name to "Sneaky

Soup" and ate it with more gusto than ever!