On Monday, September 14, 2015 at 6:37:49 PM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Oregonian Haruspex" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Luckily the climate here is pretty mild, so even in the summer when the
> > high is in the low sixties (with few exceptions) I can make soup.
> >
> > However, I'm with you. When the sun starts receding and you get that
> > first night where it's actually really really cold, a soup sounds pretty
> > good. A few days ago it got quite chilly here and I made a veggie soup
> > like my grandma from the old country did. You make very saucy soup with a
> > veggie broth base, mainly out of tomatoes, onions, and celery. The trick
> > is that you need to simmer a half dozen or so whole potatoes fully
> > submerged in the soup for an hour or so (until done) and then the soup is
> > served over a whole potato that is mashed in the bottom of a dish.
> > Apparently it was a common peasant dish in Bohemia in the late 1800s and
> > early 1900s and it has been preserved in all the branches of that side of
> > my family as I recently found out from a book that one of my relatives
> > published.
> >
> > It reminds me of a midwestern dish called the commercial, which is a layer
> > of bread or toast, under a layer of mashed potatoes, under a layer of meat
> > with gravy - usually chicken or turkey, but it could be anything. I'm
> > sure every culture has a similar one-bowl meal.
>
> Hmmm... I'm from the Midwest but never heard of that!

I found just a few hits on Google. It seems to be mainly a
Minnesota term.

Cindy Hamilton