A type of soup. The name of the soup comes from the ingredients used i.e. psoumi (bread) and soup.
Name - Origin
A type of soup with water and pieces of bread.
The name of the soup comes from the ingredients used i.e. psoumi (bread) and sou
Psoumosouppa was made with pieces of stale bread. Women would boil stale bread and add fried onions (Kypri, Protopapa, 2003 p.271).
Functional and symbolic role
Souppopsouma made use of stale bread. This soup was usually given to beggars (Kypri, Protopapa, 2003 p.271).
In the village of Tsakkistra , housewives used to prepare psoumoúthkia or souppoúthkia, which was a similar preparation to psoumosouppa. For their preparation, women would fry pieces of bread and boil them in a broth which they would dilute with water (Kyprianou, 1970).
Additional information and bibliography
Kypri Th. - Protopapa K. A. (2003), Παραδοσιακά ζυμώματα της Κύπρου. Publications of the Centre for Scientific Research, XVIII, Nicosia.
Kyprianou X. St. (1970) Μερικές κυπριακές τροφές του χωριού Τσακκίστρα. Publications of Lapithos High School, Lapithos.
Varvara Yangou, Demetra Demetriou.
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