Part 4 Carver On Soup
Carver preached the complete utilization of native products and nothing grown on in your garden should ever be thrown away. He taught composting, canning, and drying so that a single harvest could feed a household through the winter and still leave a surplus to sell. For a farmer with little cash, a jar of dried vegetables was both a wall against hunger and a small, steady stream of income. This bulletin turns the odds and ends of a garden into exactly that. I chose this entry because here in New England, where I live, I make soup in a slow cooker all through the fall and winter.
Dried Soup Mixture Recipe
Onion, finely shredded
Carrots, finely shredded
Sweet peppers, finely shredded
Celery, in small bits
Okra pods
String beans
Tender cowpea pods
Cabbage
Rutabagas
Green and ripe tomatoes
Directions
Shred all the vegetables together nicely and dry them in a dehydrating, the sun, or on low temperature in an oven. Store the dried mixture and add a handful to soups and broths whenever you need it.
George Washington Carver, Nature’s Garden for Victory and Peace, Bulletin 43 (Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Experiment Station. Tuskegee, AL: Institute Press, 1942)
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