Haitian Pumpkin Soup – Soup Joumou (joo-moo)

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Haitian Pumpkin

Introduction

This savory soup is served in all Haitian households on New Years day in commemoration of  Haitian Independence day. It was on January first, 1804, that Haiti became the world’s first independent black republic and second independent country in the western hemisphere by defeating the French. It’s so sacred that most households in Haiti only drink that soups on the first of the year.

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