Check out the upcoming event at Imperio Mariense De Saugus, coming up for the first weekend in July.
The Sopas Festival is a tradition that dates beyond what anyone can remember. It is a giant celebration that happens throughout the Azores-the islands trade off weekends, maybe to give everyone an excuse to visit different islands.
The soups (sopas) are made of just a few ingredients, meat, cinnamon, mint and probably a host of whatever magical and regional tastes (or whomever is in charge of the kitchen). And BREAD.
Everything gets served in long tables, community style indeed. There is table wine, and ginger ale-which people sometimes mix.
Sometimes due to multiple seatings, it is required to stand outside in the heat-to wait for hot soup.
Maybe these celebrations were designed for travel in fair weather, and the food was designed for the cheapest, easiest way to be most generous to everyone. But hot soup in hot weather is an annual rite of passage. We all suffer, and laugh, together.
http://imperiomariensedesaugus.org/
The Sopas Festival is a tradition that dates beyond what anyone can remember. It is a giant celebration that happens throughout the Azores-the islands trade off weekends, maybe to give everyone an excuse to visit different islands.
The soups (sopas) are made of just a few ingredients, meat, cinnamon, mint and probably a host of whatever magical and regional tastes (or whomever is in charge of the kitchen). And BREAD.
Everything gets served in long tables, community style indeed. There is table wine, and ginger ale-which people sometimes mix.
Sometimes due to multiple seatings, it is required to stand outside in the heat-to wait for hot soup.
Maybe these celebrations were designed for travel in fair weather, and the food was designed for the cheapest, easiest way to be most generous to everyone. But hot soup in hot weather is an annual rite of passage. We all suffer, and laugh, together.
http://imperiomariensedesaugus.org/
