This is why the soup is cooked in the middle of the night, so nobody does any manual labor on New Year’s Day.
January 2nd is a holiday called “Jour des aieux” which translates to Ancestor’s day, we celebrate kinda like thanksgiving on steroids, but this is a story for another day.
Family, friends, and neighbors exchange a bowl of soup, adults give children money.
As a kid you would go around telling everybody Happy new year, they’ll speak blessings over you for the new year and give you a “Zetrènn”, basically money.
Adults would wish each other health, prosperity sometimes exchanges money also depends on their relationship.
This tradition echo along with whatever you do at the beginning of the year is what you will do for the rest of the year, so having money.
The Soup Joumou is a team effort, everybody in the household help in some way but the matriarch of the family is in charge. The making of Soup Joumou is kind of like Thanksgiving in America, the person making the potato salad or mac and cheese you got to have street creds. One does not just take over making the Soup. You have to sit at the feet of the master mostly all your life and learn LOL
Haitian people don’t cook with a recipe, you learn to cook by watching your mama in the kitchen. It’s a bit of this and a bit of that, nothing is written down. Last year I started on a quest to record all our favorite recipes because my mama is 75 and losing her vision, so we are working together to put things on paper for the grandkids. And quite frankly I haven’t totally mastered the art of listening to the ancestor’s measurement system, so recording the amounts help me stay true to the recipe and be able to share it with you!
Recipe
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The history behind this soup touched me to my core. They are eating what they once couldn't have. My God. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing your soup with us, and for participating in the soup hop!
As I continued to read about this soup the more I wanted to experience it for myself. I love the connection food can often have to different cultural experiences and this one is a celebration of my African roots as well. I love expanding my knowledge on lots of topics, but as a black man, opportunities to learn more about the struggles and triumphs associated with the African diaspora heritage are infinitely valuable. I am putting this recipe at the top of foodie to-do list. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful soup.
Soup with history! What an awesome dish to make in your house. I will have to see if my boys will be adventerous enough to try it.