Depression Soup
Copyright© 2011 by TC Allen
Forward: How To Make Depression Soup
Back in either 1937 or 1938 a hobo came to my cousin's back door and said, "I'm hungry, ma'am. Could you either give me something to eat or part of the makin's for some great tasting Depression Soup?"
Cousin Pearl laughed and asked him, "How do you make Depression soup?"
"Well, ma'am, first you steal a chicken and then..."
My cousin Pearl told him, "Stop right there. You convinced me I better feed you, "She laughed again. She had a flock of nice leghorns penned up in back of her house. She took his not too subtle hint to heart.
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