Interesting. I would assume that most of the recipes come from wealthy families because those were the recipes that survived. I imagine that most recipes were handed down verbally, seeing that in earlier times most of the peasants were illiterate. I would think that soups would abound in the less well off. It is a great way to stretch meager amounts of meat, use leftovers and disguise some of the less palatable cuts of meats and organ meats. |