wedding soup

English

Etymology

A mistranslated calque of Italian minestra maritata (“married soup”), which refers to the “marriage” of the vegetables and the meat.

Noun

wedding soup (countable and uncountable, plural wedding soups)

1. (US) An Italian-American soup consisting of green vegetables and meat in a chicken-based broth.

   Synonym: Italian wedding soup

   • 2013, Ellie Krieger, Weeknight Wonders: Delicious Healthy Dishes in 30 Minutes, →ISBN:

     You have probably heard of wedding soup, an Italian-American favorite that gets its name not because it is served at weddings, but because it is a marriage of meat (in the form of tiny meatballs) and vegetables […]

   • 2014, Mary Campisi, A Family Affair: Fall, →ISBN:

     This was his second helping and he'd already eaten three slices of bread, a salad, and a cup of wedding soup.

   • 2013, Kristen Homan, Money in the Kitchen, →ISBN:

     [The] shopper creates a version of wedding soup and incorporates beans into the mix to allow for extra protein.