My thoughts always drift back to my childhood when I'm sick.First, Mother would press her cheek against my forehead to check my temperature, and then she would give me a big hug and say, "Oh, Brenda Gail, bless your heart. I'll bet some hot cocoa and vegetable soup would make you feel better."
Mother's hot cocoa was smooth and creamy with just the right amounts of cocoa and sugar. It tasted very rich; I think she added a little evaporated milk.
To make her vegetable soup, she started with chopped onions, tomatoes and potatoes, adding whatever vegetables she had on hand: carrots, celery, corn, peas, sometimes green beans. She seasoned it with salt and lots of black pepper and set it on the back burner to simmer.
I've never been able to duplicate it.
For about a week, now, I've been nursing a sore throat and a head cold. I phoned Mother last night, and when I told her I was sick she said what I knew she would say: "Oh, Brenda Gail, bless your heart."
And if I were there now, I have no doubt she would offer to make me some hot cocoa and vegetable soup.
8 comments:
Goodness the soup and mug of hot chocolate look so delicious !
I'm making beef stew, a similar recipe to your mom's vegeatble soup, everything in the pot :)
Did you have snow up your way ?
~Jo
Thanks, Jo!
We have no snow as yet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
I'll be happy to make you vegetable soup! :))
Mother has a way of making everything better. Great post;
Mother's "Bless your heart" and the soup and hot chocolate did more to make a child well than any antibiotic they could ever invent. Soup looks yummy! Loved this post. (Hope you're soon better).
Thanks, y'all! (And bless your hearts! :)
And thank YOU, little Bizzy, for that delicious vegetable soup!
Brenda, I too hope you are feeling better. That soup recipe sounds like what my mother made. And Chicken noodle soup too!!
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