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On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:24:12 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 12/12/2013 9:53 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> > On 12/12/2013 8:38 AM, sf wrote:
> >>
> >> I found out something about "Italian Wedding Soup". It is a
> >> mis-translation (only in the USA - lucky us) of Minestra Maritata and
> >> has absolutely nothing to do with weddings. The name, in Italian,
> >> loosely translates to: soup with greens, stock, and meats all married
> >> together.
> >>
> >> And now you know too.
> >>

> > Thank you.
> >
> > Jill

>
> Speaking of Italian Wedding Soup, John and I decided to try a restaurant
> called Bella Luna. Turned out to be more like a sandwich shop that also
> served soup. I ordered the "wedding soup". It was the worst. A bowl
> of weak, no flavour drek. It tasted as if they just opened a can of
> chicken broth, threw in some spinach and a blah meatball or two, heated
> it up and called it done. Progresso canned wedding soup is *light
> years* above what they served.
>


Too bad!

Don't let it discourage you though. I've looked at lots of recipes on
the net and they are all different. I think all you really need to do
is make a good vegetable soup and add meatballs to it.


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