“You can get your chicken soup so many different ways. At Steve’s Deli, perennial winners at Temple Shir Shalom’s Annual Chicken Soup Cook-Off, they have regulars who come in from all over Oakland and Wayne counties to order a hot bowl of soup and other popular menu items.
Meanwhile, people continue making their passion for the popular comfort food known, one bowl at a time. Chicken soup to-go is available at Steve’s Deli. Research also looks at how chicken soup contributes to helping people feel less lonely and its potential to lower blood pressure. They look at its potential anti-inflammatory effects as well as how it helps fight infection. In fact, many scientific studies over the years have explored the idea that chicken soup could really be beneficial to help you heal from the common cold. “I don’t think it’s proven medically, but some people feel if you have chicken soup, it’s a cure-all,” she says. “It should be a beautiful melding of flavors, with none sticking out.” The Mish Mash at Stage Deli Stage Deli Comfort Medicineĭown the road at Steve’s Deli in Bloomfield Hills, they’ve been selling their signature chicken soup for the past 25 years to people buying it for colds and comfort, says Alexandra Weitz, co-owner of Steve’s Deli. “My goal is to make it taste like my grandmothers’ soup, day after day, 365 days a year,” he says. “We work very hard to keep up with the demand.” Country Chicken Noodle Soup from the Stage Deli Stage DeliĪnd while he experiments at home, putting all kinds of herbs, vegetables, chili and sauces in the soup, at the restaurant, his goal is to make a consistent bowl. “We make it every day - as big as our pots are in the kitchen, we fill them, and repeat and repeat,” he says. It makes a filling and tasty snack, meal and cooking base for sauces, rice or potatoes, he says. Stage Deli sells chicken soup in its restaurant and also has a grab-and-go case for people who want to heat it up at home. It is woven into the warmth and fabric of our culture.” Chicken soup has cultural attachments to healing, soothing, uplifting - it’s Jewish penicillin. “It’s very heartening to me to be able to continue the tradition that goes well beyond my grandparents,” he says. And it’s led to a soup generations can enjoy. His late father, Jack, blended the flavors his maternal and paternal grandmothers, from Russia and Western Poland respectively, used to make their soups shine. And he’s been serving chicken soup based on his grandmothers’ recipes since the restaurant opened its doors 60 years ago. Steven Goldberg, owner of the Stage Deli in West Bloomfield, has vivid memories of making kreplach and matzah balls at his grandmother’s side as a young child. There’s someone up early stirring giant pots of broth, carrots, onion, celery and more at every establishment. Luckily, whether you want to sit down or carry out, there’s no shortage of delis in Metro Detroit ready to make you a bowl of this Jewish comfort food. COVID-19 has accelerated soup sales even further, say local delis.
As the temperature drops and the snow begins to fall, there’s nothing quite like sitting down to a steaming hot bowl of soup. Chicken Soup COVID-19 has accelerated soup sales even further, say local delis.