Need a recipe for this awesome Polish soup
April 27, 2014 7:48 AM Subscribe
I've searched for this soup on Google, recipe sites like Allrecipes, and in Polish cookbooks, with no luck. It must be pretty obscure, but in the Polish neighborhood where I grew up (in Indiana), both my grandmother and my neighbor - who didn't know each other - made this soup. And it's great. So it must be "a thing" at least in some circles, and hopefully someone out there has a recipe.
The soup: it's sweet and sour, with probably a pork broth, vinegar, and sugar. Chunks of pork. Onions, carrots, potatoes, and wax beans.
The aforementioned Polish grandmother and neighbor are long gone, so I can't consult them, and my mom has never made the soup. Through trial and error I've worked out a good approximation of it, but it's not as good as the real thing.
The aforementioned Polish grandmother and neighbor are long gone, so I can't consult them, and my mom has never made the soup. Through trial and error I've worked out a good approximation of it, but it's not as good as the real thing.
It's Pickle Soup.
Super popular in that corner of the world where the Czech Republic, Ukraine and Poland intersect.
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 8:01 AM on April 27, 2014 [2 favorites]
Super popular in that corner of the world where the Czech Republic, Ukraine and Poland intersect.
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 8:01 AM on April 27, 2014 [2 favorites]
Response by poster: Thanks for the suggestions. Both sound great and I'll try one or both... but they aren't the same as the soup I'm remembering.
posted by Mechitar at 1:44 PM on April 27, 2014
posted by Mechitar at 1:44 PM on April 27, 2014
It occurred to me that the Polish part of your quest may be a red herring. With so many border changes and cultural mixing, you might actually be looking for a German or Russian or other East European recipe. Perhaps this Slovak bean soup? It has vinegar, sour cream, beans, potatoes...
posted by ellenaim at 10:32 AM on April 28, 2014
posted by ellenaim at 10:32 AM on April 28, 2014
And now that I 've actually looked up what wax beans are and realized they're like green beans, perhaps it's like one of these green bean soup recipes:
Green Bean Soup -- Based on comments, seems many Romanians recognized this one
Slovak green bean soup
posted by ellenaim at 11:04 AM on April 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
Green Bean Soup -- Based on comments, seems many Romanians recognized this one
Slovak green bean soup
posted by ellenaim at 11:04 AM on April 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
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posted by Mechitar at 7:49 AM on April 27, 2014 [2 favorites]