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As a kid in Boy Scouts in Alaska, during the annual broomball tournament on the outdoor hockey rinks in winter, every kid would bring a can of soup as "admissio
by jasonpeacock 2y ago
As a kid in Boy Scouts in Alaska, during the annual broomball tournament on the outdoor hockey rinks in winter, every kid would bring a can of soup as "admission".
One of the adults would have a massive pot setup on a gas burner, and we'd pour in all the random cans of soup to heat up together. Throughout the day you'd grab a styrofoam cup and ladle in some "suicide soup", then try go guess what mystery chunks you were eating.
Not perpetual but definitely "whatever you had" soup :)
- mrbungie 2y agoYou missed the most important part ;). How was it? Was it any good? Randomly bad/good?
- jasonpeacock 2y agoIt was tasty, like a minestrone soup. All the soup cans averaged out to tomato broth with chunks of veggies, meat, and noodles. Mostly, it was hot and salty and could be drank from a cup :)
- ethbr1 2y agoMy grandparents told me something similar was the norm in schoolhouses of Appalachia circa 1930s. Read: a few kids in assorted grades. Everyone brought along what they could, the teacher tossed it into a pot, and by lunchtime that was it. Per my grandfather's telling, squirrel was not uncommon, and any meat was welcome.