Though the story may be untrue, it receives some credit for increasing the popularity of pepper pot soup in Philadelphia and earning the dish its other name, Philadelphia Pepper Pot. Posted on 12/29/2023 12:07:09 PM PST by Red Badger
Though the story may be untrue, it receives some credit for increasing the popularity of pepper pot soup in Philadelphia and earning the dish its other name, Philadelphia Pepper Pot.
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL PEPPER POT DAY
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NATIONAL PEPPER POT DAY HISTORY
Our search for the origins of this day resulted in an empty pot. So while we fill it back up with flavorful ingredients, we'll keep looking.
Pepper Pot FAQ
Q. Is there pepper in pepper pot soup?
A. Yes. The soup calls for peppercorns as one of the ingredients.
Q. How do they make pepper pot in Guyana?
A. Guyana claims pepper pot soup as its national dish. The primary ingredient in Guyanese pepper pot soup is cassareep, a thick sauce made from the cassava root.
Q. Did George Washington create pepper pot soup?
A. No. Though the popular story gives credit to the army chef under Washington's command, it is unlikely to be true.
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December 29th Celebrated (and Not So Celebrated) History
1851 Retired sea captain Thomas Valentine Sullivan establishes the first Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in Boston, MA. He modeled the organization after the YMCA created by George Williams of London, England. Sullivan opened the Boston YMCA in the Old South Church, where volunteers coordinated its operation.
1890 The 7th U.S. Cavalry kills between 150-300 Lakota Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee Creek located on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
1902 The ragtime tune "The Entertainer" by the classically trained musician Scott Joplin is registered with the U.S. copyright office. He also registered two other songs: "A Breeze from Alabama" and "Elite Syncopations."
1952 Sonotone began selling the first hearing aid with a transistor.
December 29th Celebrated (and Not So Celebrated) Birthdays
Charles Goodyear - 1800 On June 15, 1844, the U.S. Patent Office issued patent No. 3633 to Goodyear for his process for vulcanized rubber. The chemist spent years of experimentation studying rubber until Goodyear developed a rubber that withstood the elements.
Andrew Johnson - 1808 Johnson served as President Abraham Lincoln's second Vice President. Following the President's assassination, the southern Democrat from Tennessee swore the oath of office and became the 17th President of the United States. Even though his home state had seceded, Johnson remained in Washington and loyal to the Union. However, during his term as president, tensions over reconstruction grew. Following Johnson's veto of the Tenure of Office Act, Congress brought articles of impeachment against Johnson. He was the first U.S. president to be impeached.
Annie Alexander - 1867 In 1908, the explorer, naturalist, and paleontological collector founded the University of California Museum of Paleontology and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.
William "Billy" Mitchell - 1879 Mitchell's military experience in the Army Signal Corps led to numerous achievements. While the aviator is considered the "Father of the United States Air Force," Mitchell's forthright opinions earned him a career-ending court-martial before he ever saw the fulfillment of a separate Air Force.
Mary Tyler Moore - 1936 The American actress is best known for her roles in the sitcoms The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Ted Danson - 1947 Some of the actor's most notable roles include Sam Malone in Cheers, Jack Holden in Three Men and A Baby, and Michael in The Good Place.
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Pepper Pot was my favorite Campbell’s soup ever, so of course they stopped making it.
Thanks. I might try that, although if my wife finds out it has tripe in it, I’ll have to eat it all by myself.
I love tripe, it’s just another part of the cow. It tastes delicious!...........
Agreed. Some people, though, just won’t eat any part of a cow other than skeletal muscle tissue, and my wife is one of them. Won’t eat liver, tongue, heart, or any of that sort of thing.
Of course, I’d draw the line at stuff like eyeballs, myself. Everyone has some limits.
"NATIONAL FREEPER POT DAY"
My wife is the same.
Must be a woman thing..............
I'd except Asian women from that. I've known several guys who married Asian women (Chinese, Thai, and Filipina) and they all say their wives will cook up some of the damnedest stuff, but it's good. The Thai woman got in trouble with the law more than once for setting traps and snares in local parks and netting things out of ponds. She was from a rural upbringing in Thailand.
Yeah. It’s a ‘Girl Thang.’ I have EVERY ‘leftover’ part of just about any animal you want to name in our collection of freezers. Those parts get cooked up - OUTSIDE - and fed to the hunting dogs.
I draw the line at Rabbits. That’s as SMALL as I will go for RODENTS...and random body parts, LOL!
Where did the beloved Campbell’s Pepper Pot Soup originate?
Pepper pot is a stew commonly made in West Africa and the Caribbean. However, the dish became popular on these shores in Philadelphia and thus was named “Philadelphia Pepper Pot Soup.”
Campbell’s was making Campbell’s Pepper Pot Soup since the late 1800s but discontinued it in 2010.
Campbell’s pepper pot soup is a unique dish, an old-style recipe that uses many ingredients you can find today in the supermarket.
However, tripe (cow’s stomach) is hard to find and not everyone enjoys tripe. Tripe is not as common an ingredient as it used to be even though it does add a distinctive flavor to the soup.
This pepper pot soup recipe was actually provided by Campbell’s.
https://soupstud.com/campbells-pepper-pot-soup-recipe/
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