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Different seasons bring different recipes.  Here's a soup recipe that I always pull out in the springtime.  I learned this recipe from a cook I worked with early on in my restaurant career when I was cooking at one of those faux pub-syle eateries that were so popular in Long Island in the late 70's and early 80's.  The cook's name?  It was Walter, I believe-- this was back in '83 and these days the memory cells are moving slower than they used to... heh,heh! 

The things I remember the most about Walter are these three things:  1) He had a lot of great soup recipes  2)  He grew up in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas and 3)  He was a big fan of the tv sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies-- especially Jed Clampett.  Whenever we were busy on the line during a dinner rush, I would hear Walter laugh to himself and then cry out, "By doggies, we're busy!"  One can imagine what he might have shouted out if he'd been a fan of Granny.

Later on down the line whenver I put this soup on a menu I'd call it... 


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