Hello, my mom recently passed away. I have one frozen container of her wonderful soup that I loved so much, but unfortunately never got the recipe -- she made it without a written recipe. I tried making it myself since she passed away, with absolutely no luck.

This soup is getting quite old and I don't want to waste it, it's very meaningful to me, but I don't want to eat it without first trying to figure out how I can duplicate it for my own family!

Does anyone know of a company or lab (or person!) that can determine the ingredients of a soup sample? I'm in the Chicago area if anyone has any recommendations.

I tried contacting some labs, but have only found labs that test specifically for named ingredients, they don't determine what is in a sample.

Any help appreciated!
Vicki
pearsonzoo at yahoo.com

On Fri 06 May 2005 01:19:29p, vickilpc wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>
> Hello, my mom recently passed away. I have one frozen container of her
> wonderful soup that I loved so much, but unfortunately never got the
> recipe -- she made it without a written recipe. I tried making it
> myself since she passed away, with absolutely no luck.
>
> This soup is getting quite old and I don't want to waste it, it's very
> meaningful to me, but I don't want to eat it without first trying to
> figure out how I can duplicate it for my own family!
>
> Does anyone know of a company or lab (or person!) that can determine
> the ingredients of a soup sample? I'm in the Chicago area if anyone
> has any recommendations.
>
> I tried contacting some labs, but have only found labs that test
> specifically for named ingredients, they don't determine what is in a
> sample.
>
> Any help appreciated!
> Vicki
> pearsonzoo at yahoo.com

This probably sounds grisly, but you might check with the coroner's office.
They analyze stomach contents all the time.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

What about taking some samples to a person who loves cooking or who is a
chef who's into soup? An experienced person might be able to pick up on the
ingredients from taste.
What type of soup is it? What do you know/think goes into it?

Liz
"vickilpc" > wrote in message
...
>
> Hello, my mom recently passed away. I have one frozen container of her
> wonderful soup that I loved so much, but unfortunately never got the
> recipe -- she made it without a written recipe. I tried making it
> myself since she passed away, with absolutely no luck.
>
> This soup is getting quite old and I don't want to waste it, it's very
> meaningful to me, but I don't want to eat it without first trying to
> figure out how I can duplicate it for my own family!
>
> Does anyone know of a company or lab (or person!) that can determine
> the ingredients of a soup sample? I'm in the Chicago area if anyone
> has any recommendations.
>
> I tried contacting some labs, but have only found labs that test
> specifically for named ingredients, they don't determine what is in a
> sample.
>
> Any help appreciated!
> Vicki
> pearsonzoo at yahoo.com
>
>
> --
> vickilpc