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Soup Saturday

The weekly pot that holds a household together.

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Saturday soup is not a recipe so much as a rhythm — a long simmer that gathers whatever the week left behind.

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Current understanding

Pumpkin, yam, dasheen, dumplings, callaloo, a little salted meat or none at all. The soup becomes whatever the cook needs it to become.

In many homes it marks the end of one rhythm and the beginning of another. The pot is the week resting.

A Rooted Ritual practice

A no-recipe Saturday soup

  1. Soften onion, garlic, thyme, and scotch bonnet (whole, unbroken) in a heavy pot.
  2. Add a pound of cubed pumpkin and 6 cups of water or broth. Simmer until soft.
  3. Add yam, sweet potato, dumplings — anything starchy and grounding.
  4. Finish with chopped callaloo or spinach. Season to taste.

A Reflection

"What needs to be slowly simmered in your life this week?"

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