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dickestep 13 years, 11 months ago.
When I was a little girl, my Daddy was out of work one Summer and we ran out of food….the people around us gave us some veggies but we didn’t have any meat…Mama made stone soup for us…she told us the stone was better than meat and we had a delicious soup…My sister and I still, to this day…remember how good that soup was.
That amazing band "Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show" had a song entitled
"The Wonderful Soup Stone"… kinda touching if I remember correctly (and I do)…
How wonderful!!!!
Shoot I had forgotten, on Dec first our church held the church Christmas decorating party and stone soup dinner.. we started decorating about 9 am and everyone brought something to go into an enormous soup pot.. ooooooooooooooohhh god that stone soup was good.. they used the same big Gennesee river rock every year. Stone soup, bread, salad and coffee… yum
a few years ago I taught a unit on serveral variations of the stone soup story. We read the Native american version, a traditional European version, a Tex Mex Story and a couple others. I was really happy with how the whole unit went since the kids were special needs kids, but they really enjoyed the concept and the differences in the way of using a plot..
Obviously we made Stone soup.. Used a big crock pot and cooked it allll that school day.
The stuff was wonderful, and We had enough for several guests. I was really happy with how much food the parents contributed..
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Originally posted by V960
The way way back concept of rock soup is you heated rocks and used them as the heat source for cooking your stew. No pots, so you used animal skin pouches and dropped hot rocks into them to do the cooking.
Oops!! [:I] I just saw this post. I didn’t realize this had gone into two pages.
Wasn’t riding your coattails there, V960, I promise!! [:0][:D]
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Originally posted by enginecapt
Why the rock? What’s its purpose, other than displacing liquid that could end up going down my neck hole?
As I recall, it was a Native-American way of cooking in general. I don’t know if it were to be able to cook and transport food at the same time, or what have you.
What I do remember is the testing and learning which stones would be appropriate. The rocks would have to be dry, not from the river. If they were from the river, they’d be wet and if they were wet, they’d explode in the fire.
The idea was to heat the stones in the fire and then put them into a cooking vessel of some sort, (skins?), and the hot stones would heat the liquid and cook the food.
I’ll look it up and if I find anything I’ll come back… .
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Originally posted by GordonW
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Originally posted by rouxdog
Well now, I’m a fixin to go throw a little hay to the Longhorns. I’ll be looking for some good rocks.
Dick, rock soup sounds real good.Ole Rouxdog
I’d be sure to carefully read the post that started this thread — the part about sterilizing the rock.[:I]
Sugar qualifies as a rock, when crystalized. My Dad once told me about having mystified a rock hound about the type of rock he had. I won’t blow the punch line because I included it in my western book. 🙂
Another drawback with Rock soup is that if you try to eat it with a plastic soup spoon, the dang thing usually breaks, splashing boiling Rock soup on you!
"NO ROCK SOUP FOR YOU!!!"
The way way back concept of rock soup is you heated rocks and used them as the heat source for cooking your stew. No pots, so you used animal skin pouches and dropped hot rocks into them to do the cooking.
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Originally posted by enginecapt
Why the rock? What’s its purpose, other than displacing liquid that could end up going down my neck hole?
Ahh… there’s the rub aye? Supposed to pull the rock before service!!!
Gives a great foundation! Imagination!!!
[8D]David O.[:0]
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Originally posted by rouxdog
Well now, I’m a fixin to go throw a little hay to the Longhorns. I’ll be looking for some good rocks.
Dick, rock soup sounds real good.
The creative culinary delights I find on ROADFOOD never cease to amaze me! Who needs Martha Stewart when you have good friends who are genius in the kitchen!
Ole Rouxdog
Dang Roux,didn’t know that you had a couple head of meat on the hoof out there! Couple rocks in the pit BBQ ought to do the trick, no need for the pot or water either!! Also have to try pitted turkey! MMMMMMM….
[8D]David O.[;)]
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Originally posted by GordonW
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Originally posted by rouxdog
Well now, I’m a fixin to go throw a little hay to the Longhorns. I’ll be looking for some good rocks.
Dick, rock soup sounds real good.Ole Rouxdog
I’d be sure to carefully read the post that started this thread — the part about sterilizing the rock.[:I]
Rocks on the Ranch.
One of my former clients lives in ‘Indian Old Fields’ in Clark County Kentucky. He has a very large cattle farm. Out west you’d call it a ranch. He had an appreciation Bar-B-Q for his employees, friends, relatives, clients, vendors and whatnot. Quite a feed. Held in his big equipment barn. After we ate (gorged) to the max. I was sitting outside on an old wooden bench looking at Joe’s backhoe and talking with a relative of his, he was scratching in the ground with a boot and darned if he didn’t turn up an Indian Spear Point. Well, I’m no expert, but it was too big to be an arrowhead so I guess it went on a spear.
You can imagine the excitement this generated. After everyone had looked at it, Joe told the finder to keep it as a reminder of the day.
I kinda felt jealous, no, since I’m telling the tale I’ll be honest, I didn’t feel jealous, I was kinda angry, I was sitting right next to this guy, why couldn’t I have found it???
The finder said "Oh no, Joe this artifact is part of this land it belongs on this farm. I couldn’t take it, you keep it". Joe looked him in the eye and said "Thanks, I appreciate that".
Wham. Lightning bolt hit me. Thank you Lord that I didn’t find that point. Because I would have kept it, and the point did really belong on the land. I learned a lesson that day.
I first heard of "Stone Soup" in the science fiction novel "Lucifer’s Hammer" by Larry Niven. A wonderful read, btw.
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