2 February: Groundhog Day, and a bowl of Chicken Corn Soup
Groundhog Day began with the Pennsylvania Dutch, who brought a German Candlemas weather custom to Pennsylvania. Whatever the groundhog says, their chicken corn soup with rivels is made for a cold February.
Chicken Corn Soup
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Chicken corn soup is a Pennsylvania Dutch soup from Lancaster County and the farmland of southeastern Pennsylvania. A whole stewing hen is simmered with onion and celery to make a rich, golden broth, often coloured with a pinch of saffron, and the meat is pulled into pieces.
Read about Chicken Corn Soup and get the recipe →What happened
Groundhog Day: a Pennsylvania Dutch Candlemas custom; the first official Punxsutawney observance was in 1887.
Why this soup
Groundhog Day is a Pennsylvania Dutch custom, and this is their soup.
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