Recipe:
- Long onions scallions
- Potatoes sliced in cubes
- Eggs
- Hot water
Boil potatoes add scallions mix eggs in add salt to taste.
Background:
“I learned this recipe from my grandmother. I was born in Colombia and raised by my grandmother there for the first several years of my life. She would make this for me when I was sick. It is also supposed to be a good hangover cure, but I was never hungover. I make it for my kids now whenever they are sick.”
The informant is 55, from Medellin, Colombia. She now resides in Southern California.
My Analysis:
This is a very simple recipe with nearly no instructions. It is easy to make, so easy that a sick person could probably cook it for themselves. The fact that my informant’s grandmother would make it for her and she now makes it for her family members when they get sick shows that the people who make this recipe value service. Even if it is not a grand gesture, this simple soup makes a meaningful gift to friends and family when they are ill.