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By: Laura Hindelang
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Alphabet soup is a true childhood classic.
With a simple recipe you can easily prepare the warming dish yourself.
It puts you in a good mood and helps with the first signs of explanations - everyone has their own personal memories of the alphabet soup.
At first you might have just looked for the first letter of your first name in the broth, then later you might have put whole words together on the edge of your plate.
The literary element makes the alphabet soup a special lunch or dinner for children.
The Brothers Grimm are said to have cooked alphabet soup
The childhood dish has long held the status of a timeless classic.
In German-speaking countries, industrially produced pasta, including alphabet pasta, appeared around 1884, reports
Schweizer Rundfunk
.
The Brothers Grimm, known as storybook authors, linguists and co-founders of modern German studies, had already discovered alphabetic pasta.
This can be read in the diary of one of the Brothers Grimm's neighbors, according to the website of the
Museum of Unheard Things
.
The recipe for alphabet soup combines the noodles with fresh vegetables and home-made broth.
(Symbolic image) © Pond5 Images/Imago
Accordingly, the neighbor describes in his notes how the Brothers Grimm repeatedly asked about his children and gave him pasta in the shape of letters.
In order for children to understand the language better, they should learn letters at an early age, according to the storybook authors.
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Even when alphabet soup was produced industrially, the product was marketed with the claim that it promoted children's language.
It is not clear whether the pasta really helps with learning the alphabet.
What is certain, however, is that the letters in dough form bring joy to most children - but also adults.
Ingredients for a warming alphabet soup
To prepare the childhood dish yourself, it doesn't necessarily have to be the bag from Maggi or Knorr.
With little effort you can conjure up an alphabet soup that is not only tasty and beneficial, but also healthier than the bagged product.
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1 half bunch of soup greens
100g chicken breast
1 small onion
50 g letter noodles
1 half bunch of parsley
1 carrot
50 g peas (frozen or from a jar)
salt and pepper
The ingredients are enough for two servings.
When it comes to meat, Edeka
recommends choosing soup chicken.
Because of the higher fat content, it intensifies the flavor of the noodle soup.
When cooking, the chicken releases the protein cysteine into the broth.
This has an anti-inflammatory and decongestant effect and helps fight colds.
Preparation in just a few steps
The strengthening chicken broth is the basis for the alphabet soup.
When purchasing, you should therefore pay close attention to the quality of the chicken breast.
Breast meat should always be light and never smell sweet, explains
Edeka
.
The alphabet soup is prepared in just a few steps:
Peel the soup greens and rinse them together with the chicken breast under running water.
Bring both ingredients to the boil in a pot with a liter of water and simmer over medium heat.
Peel the onion, halve it and fry it on the cut side in a non-stick pan over high heat.
Add the roasted onion to the soup and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes.
Remove the soup greens and the chicken breast from the broth.
Let the chicken breast cool and cut into small cubes.
Dice the carrots and add them to the broth along with the meat, peas and noodles.
Wash the parsley, chop it finely and add it to the soup.
Bring to the boil again and simmer for 5 minutes.
Season with salt and pepper.
With less than 300 calories per serving, homemade alphabet soup is a light, nutritious classic.
If you want to spice up the dish, you can add egg custard, pancakes and semolina dumplings to the soup.
The Brothers Grimm are said to have also carried out scientific studies using the court, reports
Swiss Radio
.
Several test subjects were asked to eat the alphabet soup and repeat words with their mouths full.
If you value good table manners, you might want to leave it alone and be content with putting words together on the edge of your plate.
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