Soups

“Like it or lump it” each of us remembers these words coming out of our grandparents’ mouths. Among the typical Roman dishes, there are many with broths and with the use of stale bread.
Acquacotta and Pancotto are winter recipes that re-use bread and other poor ingredients.

A typical thing that has been lost is the finely diced lard with natural flavors called “battuto” added to the soups to make them tastier.
I have loved soups since I was little. One of my first books as a child had as the protagonist a grumpy child named Mafalda in whom I empathize very much except in her aversion to these dishes that warm the belly and the spirit.