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Myrna’s Jewish Chicken Soup. This batch was just made. By Eileen Goldfinger. Editor @Blogfinger ©  Re-posted from February, 2016.

Eileen (left) and Myrna Goldfinger. Chester, NJ. c.1995.

By Eileen Goldfinger, Food Editor @Blogfinger and Paul Goldfinger, Regular Editor@Blogfinger

Most Jewish families have a favorite recipe for what has been called “heaven in a bowl” (Jaimie Oliver). It is a “classic comfort food” and has been part of Jewish tradition since medieval times.

Jewish Chicken Soup  is often prepared to make the sick feel more comfortable. The Huffington Post says that is “has healing powers,” and the University of Nebraska documented some health benefits (anti-inflammatory effects) for colds; probably due to breathing in those delightful fumes.

Eileen follows the tradition of my Mom’s family who came over from Eastern Europe (Poland) shortly after the turn of the 20th century. They settled in Bayonne, New Jersey where they lived in a small…