The scene depicts a pepper pot street vendor in Philadelphia serving soup from a pot to customers. Pepper Pot is a thick stew of pepper pot stew tripe, vegetables, pepper and other seasonings.
The soup was first made in West Africa and the Caribbean before being brought to North America through slave trade and made into a distinctively Philadelphian dish by colonial Black women in the 19th century. Pepper Pot shares the same name as soups in the Caribbean but is credited specifically to Black Philadelphians. According to Catherine Clinton, “steaming peppery pot was served right on the street—a dish of vegetables, meat, and cassava, imported by West Indians”. Historians suggest that the soup’s origin can be traced from the West Indies to the Atlantic Coast of North America, following the path of slave trade. There are many versions and variations of Peppery Pot stew, though many include dumplings. The traditional version associated with Philadelphia specifically do have some ingredients in common: “a variety of peppers, spices, root vegetables, beef tripe, herbs, and leafy greens. These ingredients came specifically from the Africans and Caribbeans living in the city at the time of its origin.
William Woys Weaver, a historian of Philadelphia-area food, has noted that versions of the dish in the city can be traced as far back as the 1600s. Back then the ingredient list looked a little different: “Black women would make stock, then cook turtles, fish, veal, collards, cassava, plantains, and spices together, often served with West African fufu or moussa dumplings. The stew was known specifically for being sold on the street and “Pepper pot women” were among the Philadelphia’s earliest street vendors, using ‘street cries’ to grab customer’s attention. Strangers who visit the city, cannot but be amused with the cries of the numerous black women who sit in the market house and at the corners, selling a soup which they call pepperpot. It is made chiefly of tripe, ox-feet, and other cheap animal substances, with a portion of spice.
It is sold very cheap, so that a hungry man may get a hearty meal for a few centsand excepting to weak stomachs, it is a very pleasant feast. Even as the ingredients evolved over time, historians say that the inclusion of beef tripe is what makes the stew distinctively Philadelphia Pepper Pot. The origins of the stew are steeped in legend, with one story attributing the dish to Christopher Ludwick, baker general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. In Philadelphia, legend made Pepper Pot soup popular and easy to find around the city. It was sold as street food and in taverns because it was known as the stew which kept George Washington’s troops alive during that cold winter. Its popularity meant that it became the symbolic food of the city, “It was a dish to try if you were an out-of-towner.
Over time, this popular staple of the city disappeared and became a rarity. A canned condensed Pepper Pot soup was available from the Campbell Soup Company for over 100 years, from 1899 until it was discontinued in 2010. A representative gave “changing consumer tastes” as the reason for the cancellation. Today it’s hard to find a restaurant serving the dish, though there are culinary historians in the US working to bring it back to life. Omar Tate, a chef who focuses on black heritage cooking, added Pepper Pot to his restaurant’s menu. He has noted the difficulty of bringing back a dish when there are so few people to ask if it tastes like they remember.
Pepperpot” not only describes a stew, but according to a book from 1992, it is also a dialect synonym for hodgepodge or topsy-turvy in the Middle Atlantic states. Africans in America – Part 3: 1791-1831″. Historical Documents – Pepper-Pot: A Scene in the Philadelphia Market – 1811. Pepper Pot Soup Recipe: How to Make the Historic Philadelphia Staple”.
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American processed meats such as Spam, ham, bacon, and hot dogs into a Korean stew with kimchi. In the 1950’s, food was extremely scarce after the three-year long Korean war which ended in 1953. So, those surplus processed meats from the U. Koreans to supplement their food shortage.
12 miles northeast of Seoul, where U. Army bases are stationed, a restaurant owner started to make a stew with those meats from the Army bases. How to make Korean army stew As long as it has kimchi and some processed meats, it’s a budae jjigae. The older the kimchi is, the better your stew will taste. I kept it simple in this budae jjigae recipe.
To make the stew, cut the ingredients into bite size pieces, and arrange them in a medium size shallow pot. Cook after adding the broth and seasoning ingredients. Have extra broth so you can replenish while eating, if needed. Noodles absorb lots of liquid if you cook them in the stew.