Old World Deli.......I used to love their hot Italian sausage soup
with Red,green & yellow bell peppers,
hot Italian sausage, garlic, onions, herbs ,broth , tomato chunks (& apparently the paste too).
The soup is so good that it sold very fast & you had to catch them when they had it, but who knows when that could be.
I even tried to get it by appointment but the best they could do for me was to have me do a call search to see when it was in or not. It wasn't working & after some time it really began to annoy me, but I didn't want to make anybody angry & get cut off.
Stuff was really really good & all I could imagine was this priceless little old Italian lady with a closely guarded , century old , handed down recipe. I just have to had it!!!
So I've been reluctantly contemplating looking up the internet recipes & giving it an attempt myself . I know cooking can sometimes be simple but can sometimes also require the skills of an artist, so was dwelling on the amount of attempts that it would most likely take to even get remotely close to what Old World was serving. I'm thinking "There has to be some Italian secret to it to get that type of deliciously flavorful stock ."
Now I'm the type of person that loves a challenge so my reluctance will usually turn to confident determination. I mean I don't ever expect to suddenly be able to cook like an experienced Italian Grandmother but I know I have to at least start somewhere & can always go from there.....however far that may be.
Surprisingly, as of just after my first attempt, all I can say is .............. BAM!!!!!!, I did it & can't believe it.
All it took was a little common sense, some good tunes & my best Al Pacino. My creation actually taste better than Old World if I do say so myself.So it Turns out its not so tough to match their soup. I thought there would be much more to it. It's legendary I tell ya!
Old World no longer has me by the sausage.......soup!
Now if I could only I could only get my hands on an old school pizza oven I could start working on giving my Favorite Pizza place a run. Fugitaboutit!!.
The recipe actually calls for the regular yellow onions in the soup & now if I find myself facing a, "greater soup demand" , I just simmer &........
head to the store.
add a heaping bowl full Green Crack to Me head.
a little green onion for Me ears
& fire up the stove top.