Category Soups & Stews

Soup and stew recipes from Aunt Bertha’s Recipe Box, including hearty meat and vegetable stews, homemade soups, chowders, and comforting one-pot meals.

Sot Suppe (Norwegian Fruit Soup)

A cold Norwegian fruit soup filled with apricots, raisins, prunes, and tapioca, preserved here as the closest version I’ve found to the Sot Suppe my grandfather made.

Butter Milk Soup & Lemon Soup

Two sweet soup recipes on one old recipe sheet: Butter Milk Soup with oatmeal and raisins, and Lemon Soup with tapioca, raisins, and fresh lemon.

Dumplings

A handwritten recipe for Dumplings—four basic ingredients, one simmering kettle, and a simple way to turn broth and meat into dinner.