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Potato soup always takes me back to the day after we lost our first baby when my wife had a miscarriage. My Aunt came to the house and she made homemade potato soup. It was a sad day but she brought some sunshine into our home with that homemade treat. Thankfully we had 2 babies after that but I will never forget that day and my dear wonderful Aunt. May she Rest In Peace 🙏

My mama died in 2007 at the age of 84. She was the best cook. The only thing is, I didn't know how she cooked any of her food. I've recently been trying different recipes of my favorite foods she cooked. Well, the first was her cornbread, and your recipe in another video was spot on. Thank you. My next favorite meal she cooked was stewed potatoes. I can't wait to try your recipe on that. A couple of differences I see in yours and hers so far was she left the potatoes in little cubes because I liked mashing them as a boy with my fork. And she didn't make cornbread with it; instead, she made her homemade biscuits (that she cut in circles with a hairspray can top) and made sausage biscuits. Keep up the good content. Paul Cape, Greenville SC

and ya gotta add alot of pepper to it in the bowl after serving to make it complete with that cornbread. Man, what memories. Thank you.

My absolute favorite potato soup is my dad's way of making it. We always got it the next day after a ham dinner. He would take some of the congealed fat off the leftover ham and throw in a pot with some butter. He would have cubed potatoes cooking in another pot. Once the fat mix was melted, ha added in chopped onion until sweated. Then he added shreds of ham and a few tablespoons of flour, always stirring, making a rue. He added milk and cream, stirring til thickened as he liked it. Added in the drained cooked potatoes, salt and pepper, then turned down the heat, covered the pot and let cook 15-20 minutes. He did reserve the potato water to thin each bowl if we wanted. Some shredded cheese and a couple saltines and you could about eat yourself sick it is so darn delicious.

Potato soup is the first thing I remember learning to cook. Momma was down the road working at our cousin’s bakery and I had to call to ask her all the ingredients. In its simplest form; peeled potatoes cut into chunks, diced onions, celery, carrots, salt, pepper, basil, water and butter. When you get your bowl of soup we would sprinkle shredded cheese on top if we had it and saltines on the side or crumbled up in it. We made so many versions, sometimes adding in vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower or even barley. Sometimes more brothy, others soupier. Adding milk, eating it with buttered bread. I think a lot of it came from just making do with whatever we had to put in it honestly. My great aunt made her potato soup closer to how you do yours and hers was delicious too!

My sweet Mama (84 years old) makes corned beef and potato soup. She peels and cuts potatoes in chunks and dices an onion. Both are added to a pot and covered with water. She crumbles up a can of corned beef and adds it to the pot. Salt and pepper to taste. Boil until done. Great with homemade biscuits for sopping!! Yum!

My mom too made potato 🥔 soup. It was amazing. She always use bacon 🥓, onion 🌰, celery and a little carrot 🥕. Maybe with a little cheese 🧀 on top.Then the corn bread 🍞. Great memories of seeing her in the kitchen. On winter days. where there my 2 ft If snow ❄. Thanks for sharing. God bless.

When me and my 2 sisters were little mom would always make us potatoe soup when we were sick. Sometimes we would have grilled cheese sandwiches with our soup. I'm 58 now, years since we were little girls but last year my middle sister had a double mastectomy. She asked me to make her potatoe soup because she couldn't handle much of anything else and I made it most like our mama did. She lived off of weekly potatoes soup deliveries for a long while. Blessings to you.

I use chicken broth, cubed potatoes, 1.5 cups of whole milk and then thicken with a little bit of mashed potato flakes! Salt and pepper to taste topped with cheddar cheese and bacon

Thank you Tipper, you have change a long time tradition in our home. My wife’s potato soup has always been a cold weather treat. Her’s starts with finely minced celery and onion, she has been making it for fifty years. We love it as do our children and grandsons. My first thought on yours was it will not taste like much. You have never steered me wrong so I tried it your way. The sour cream more than makes up for the missing veg. It is on a whole new level. The next step will be baking a batch of cornbread to go with it. They say you can’t teach old dogs new tricks but there are tails wagging around here! You are a treasure! Thanks again for all the new tricks!

I learned to make potato soup from my grandfather who was born in a log cabin in the mountains in 1889. I can still see him with a cup and fork mixing up his flour thickening. He used potatoes onions, milk, salt and pepper. He is the only man that I ever saw cook anything back then so I decided to learn how when I grew up. I fix it for my wife but I do it different, I thicken with fine ground cornmeal and put in a little chicken broth sometimes and we love it with cornbread. I put my cornbread in first but my wife puts hers in later. I will have to try it the way you did as it looks nice.

Love it. I can close my eyes and listen to you describe these meals and the sounds of my life come flooding into my mind. The meals and lifestyles really so close to my own it feels like I am in the kitchen with my kin watching and listening to them prepare and cook meals. Coming in from a long day of work and the first think that hits me is the smell of supper. Thank you mam. Thank you for your sincere effort in your love of country living and family. May the lord bless y’all. ❤️🌲🌲🌲❤️

My momma was from Texas and moved to Virginia when she married my Dad in 1956. We grew up on potato soup and corn bread. When anyone had been Unser the weather, this is what she made. Thank you for your video!

OMG Tipper, I almost cried. You reminded me of my granny making me this when I was a kid. She's been gone since 1999, and she was from Georgia, grampa from North Carolina. I couldn't remember the exact ingredients until I saw this, and it's identical!!🥰 always wondered what the white stuff was she put in it, sour cream 🤔 🤣 lol now I know what mine has been missing. Southern raised and proud to be one of your subscribers!❤❤❤ Thanks for fixing my tater soup issue 😋 Love ❤ from Florida

Tipper, I loved the homey & heartwarming excerpt from John Paris and in my own imaginations I felt like I was right there too. I cook my salt & peppered potatoes with a chopped sweet onion till tender & don't drain, I then turn off heat & add I can of carnation milk & 1/2 stick of butter - then cool slightly before thickening with flour & warm water mixture in a well shaken 'sealed' container. We also do a yummy loaded potato soup topped with cheddar cheese, crispy bacon bits & fresh diced green onions and usually served with cornbread (crispy on the edges). :) TY for your savory inclusive recipes.

I make my potato soup with left over mashed potatoes. I make and onion broth base. When the onions are cooked I add the left over mashed potatoes, salt and pepper and if and some milk, heat throughly. At serving time I add a little chopped green onions and a little grated cheddar. My grannie was from Ireland and this was her potato soup. I lived in Appalachia for a while so I love southern corn bread with it. And you are right, it's a great meal especially in winter.

When we kids were sick with some childhood disease, we knew we were going to live when Mom gave us a bowl of tater soup and a hunk of cornbread. Yours looks perfect with that skiff of black pepper. Yum!!!

You take me back to my grandmothers kitchen. Such beautiful memories. I hate I didn’t learn her cornbread and soup beans recipes. Nobody cooked like my mamaw. Thank you for all you do for us here in KZfaq land

Tipper thank you. Perfect idea for supper. My grandmother use to make a dish called breaded tomatoes. She would stew tomatoes from her garden and season them then she would add cornmeal near the end. I’ve tried over the years to make it but I have not got the recipe and it never tastes the same. I’d give anything to sit in her kitchen and eat at her table one more time.

I love potato soup on cold days. I boil my potatoes and add sauteed bacon, onion and celery. I also add chopped hot dogs or sausage and sometimes chopped ham. I add milk and butter but thicken my soup with instant potatoes. I never had potato soup growing up and learned how to make a basic potato soup from my older brother. His was a thin potato soup with just onions and butter. I revised his recipe to suit my tastes.

Whenever I was sick as a child, Mama would make potato soup. Now that I think of it, she served it only when I was sick. I’m sure she used canned milk (evaporated), as she always said it made soup & gravy creamier. I still use canned milk, & I miss my Mama.

I absolutely love your channel. My mother was raised in Appalachia so I'm already familiar with a lot of the things you showcase. As for potato soup tho she did hers differently.. hers was more of a ham and potato chowder than anything.. large chunked potatoes cooked with the tiny bits of ham leftover from the bone of ham dinner. A roughly chopped onion.. barely enough water to cover, when potatoes were about half done, add milk to about 1/4 inch above the mixture, then mix a couple TB of flour into a bit more milk and mix in to thicken.. let simmer til everything is tender then serve in bowls with a knob of butter in the bottom of the bowl so it melts and rises to the top of the hot soup.

Home cooking is magic. All home cooks are kitchen witches. Our cauldron is our soup pot, our wand is our wooden spoon, our offerings the food that goes into the cauldron (pot). We stir our intentions into our food; intentions of health and happiness as our loved ones eat the food we conjure up. Bright blessings!

I love how simple this recipe is. Often times we over complicate recipes and there is no need to do so. As I watch your videos these recipes really explain the fabric of the Appalachian style of cooking; simple to the point hearty meals . I see so much of my grandmas way of life here. Keep sharing.

Wow! The simplicity of this potato soup is mind blowing to me, in this world of "loaded" and "crack" recipe. Can't wait to try this!! Thanks.

Tipper, Thank you for sharing all of your wonderful tasty recipe’s, The best part of your recipes/cooking is, Your personal LOVE and Joy that you put into them…. This is what makes them look and be so delicious. Every time I watch you cook it makes me want to try some of your yummy cookin’s, it makes my mouth water for a spoonful. Your family is very blessed by the Love and support you give them. It takes me back to the good old days when my Mother shared her Love and support with all of us…. :-)

I just had to let you know what joy your videos have given me. I'm from the UK, in the south of England and you've given me a window into a world I know nothing about. It's brought me so much. Thank you so much.

I love your kitchen, it's got the look that my mom's kitchen had complete with that carved cornice board over the sink, same color cabinets and same door handles. We cooked alot in that kitchen. Thanks for the wonderful recipe.

I love potato soup! This looks so easy, going to try it this way. It’s quick. I usually sauté onions and celery in butter and put in and sometimes I make loaded baked potato soup with bacon, cheese and chives on top.!

We have a potato soup recipe that's been handed down for at least 120 years. It's very different from what you did here. My great great grandmother cooked for a logging mill and made it every day for lunch along with all the breads and other meals.i wish you lived close, I'd send some over. Everyone in my family makes it. My oldest son now does too. Very special for us all.

Oh LAWD, I just made potato soup the other night as this really cold, wet weather moved into the southeast. I don’t know how to make just a little bit. Homemade potato soup is good for the body and soul. 💯🇺🇸 ….but NOTHING goes better with potato soup than crispy on the outside, melt-in-your-mouth on the inside buttermilk cornbread. Absolutely delectable! My heart goes out to anyone who’s never had the opportunity to enjoy this, the ultimate comfort food supper.

We had those green drinking glasses when I was growing up! 7:32 I know those are vintage! I love it. Easy to see where the girls get their love for such things. 💓

My family requests my potato soup year round. Mine is almost like your recipe except that I leave out the sour cream. My family also requests fried hot water cornbread with it. I serve it with cheese, crumbled bacon bits and lots of black pepper. Thanks for sharing.

I LOVE POTATO SOUP AND CORNBREAD ,,,,THIS IS THE BEST ♥️

Thank you Miss. Tipper. Mamaw made fried onion poultice (wrapped in a birdseye cloth) and pinned it to our undershirts--for the 'croup'...and fed us this potato soup (no sour dream). When I was grown, she put the onions in the soup if she thought I sounded "croupy". Mercy I miss her. I have doctored my own two and two grand children the same way way. It's not so much a medical miracle as it is the hand of someone who loves you that heals.

The soup looks delish! I was born in Wisconsin to a family of 6 kids . We were poor but didn't know it. Our potato soup is very different but I love it. First you fry up a pound of hamburger and drain the fat off. Cutup some carrots , one onion, a couple stalks of celery and at least 4-5 potatoes cubed. Add all ingredients to 2 boxes of Swanson's chicken broth and boil it until the veggies are done. Add pepper and salt to your liking as well as 1-2 cups of milk.

One of my favorite things when I was growing in WV, was when we'd go to Shoney's restaurants where I could get my potato soup fix. As far as restaurant made potato soups go, there was none better than Shoney's. All I thought about while watching this video was having a big bowl of Shoney's potato soup along with some of the oyster crackers they had next to it on the salad bar...LOL. Thank you for posting this, Tipper.

My mother had the same cookware set you do. She's gone but I still use it! Your soup looked delicious.

My mother and grandmother taught us to make it with onions and celery in it. We make a thin broth and add rivels. Lots of pepper also.

My grandma always added peas, onions and potatoes. It was always great! I live in WV and was extremely lucky to grow up close to both sets of grandparents!

We just finished the last of my cheesy potato soup that I made on Thursday after the snow storm! The base is near identical to your recipe, but I add the whites of 4-5 green onions (sweated out in the bottom of my pot) as well as 4oz of grated Black Diamond white cheddar cheese. We both agree with Matt..lots of fresh ground black pepper & we top outs with oyster crackers & the tops of the green onion. 😋😋.. SO SO DELICIOUS & extremely satisfying to body & soul after shoveling (or playing in) snow! Sending y’all lots of 🤗,💜 & 🙏🏻 for a healthy, happy & Blessed week!

Thank you for sharing your potato soup and cornbread ... I never had the two together .. our family did cornbread with white gravy and navy beans done up with pork hocks .. so I am willing to try it out. We love my mom’s potato soup so much that my husband will request it any time of year. Always make it up potatoes and onion salt pepper and just before the potatoes turn soft enough for a fork we drop in the riblets keep boiling till those are light and fluffy. Then keeping all that great water we simply add some butter and milk once that butter is melted it’s ready to eat... serve with peanut butter sandwiches and saltine crackers if you like. Delightful hot or cold the next day.

Potatoe soup is huge in our house! My husband loves it and so do my adult children. Here's mine. 6 potatoes Medium onion diced 1/2 stalk celery 1/2 stick butter. 2 cups whole milk 1 cup heavy cream 1 cup chicken stock 1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese 6 strips bacon fried crisp and crumbled. Salt and black pepper. In small pan add half stick butter and diced onion and diced celery. Cook for 3 minutes till just barely translucent. Add chicken broth and set aside. In large dutch oven put in diced potatoes, cover with salted water and cook till fork tender. When potatoes are done drain water. Take half the potatoes and rice them into the dutch oven add back remaining diced potatoes, add butter mixture over top. Add milk, cream and 1 cup of the cheese. Cook over medium heat for 15 minutes till warmed through, tastes have combined, stirring frequently. When warm, add salt and pepper to taste. Serve with remaining cheese and bacon crumbles. Serve with a pan of corn bread or biscuits with homemade strawberry butter. This was my Grandmothers recipe, it's been in our family for almost 100 years. I always thought my Grandma cooked it better than anyone I knew. I guess everyone feels that way about their Grandma. She also served this soup along side grilled ham sandwiches that had swiss cheese and a bit of sauerkraut on them, usually on rye bread. She'd also serve homemade cinnamon sugar apple sauce and cottage cheese. Can you tell she was truly of German descent? Lol, she always made dessert on top of all that. My Grandpa worked a 250 acre farm and always ate a lot and had a sweet tooth. They were incredible folks!

We LOVE potato soup. My grandma made hers by keeping the potatoes diced, no mashing, and doing a milk & flour mixture to make it more like a chowder. She then added ham, corn and cheddar cheese. Plus lots of black pepper! Delish and that's how my family does it now. ❤️ Murfreesboro, TN

It's so nice to see a potato soup recipe that doesn't contain broth. You make yours like my mother did.

My Mom always added corn to her Potato soup. Also when she wanted it to be the full meal she would add diced chicken. It was sooo good. Thanks for the reminder. I might need to whip up a batch tomorrow ❤

Oh my what memories! My Appalachian Mama would peel and cut the potatoes into medallions. She would par boil them and then saute the onion and celery. Return the potatoes and liquid to the onion and celery. Cook until done over a medium heat. Butter and salt and pepper was added. I really like the idea over sour cream. Whole milk was added last. Cornbread from a local miller. It was split and heaped with butter. Pepper jelly and hominy were also served. But only on the coldest days, 10 degrees or lower. She sometimes made a city ham and cheese grilled to make the potato soup go further. Thank you Tipper! Great video!🐶🐱🐈

I do love potato soup and all my kids do too. Now whenever I make it, I make a big pot and one of my daughters comes over and takes some home to her husband and boys. It's so rich and comforting. I like to sprinkle a little onion salt and pepper on top. ♥️

We love potato soup as well! I use homemade chicken broth instead of water to boil the potatoes in. After they are soft, I mash the potatoes up in the broth. I then add butter and some milk, garlic and onion powder, salt and pepper. My family likes grilled cheese with theirs. I think I'd like to try the cornbread next time! I might put some sour cream in the soup too!😊

Great video tipper keep up the great work

We love potato soup and it’s what my husband’s mom made him when he was sick instead of chicken soup.

My mouth was watering all through this video. Your meal looks absolutely delicious! I can't believe I've lived my whole life in the Appalachian mountains yet have never seen or heard of potato soup prepared the way you demonstrate here. As a matter of fact, I've been blessed with two revelations regarding potato soup so far this year. More on that in a minute. I'm familiar with and I too use the same ingredients you do here. But two of the things you do, I've never seen. To me they seem to allow for far more control of the texture, thickness, and balance of the soup. The two steps are the draining of the potatoes which are then mixed with the other ingredients, and then the mashing to break down the potatoes as desired. I've always made potoato soup and seen others make it without draining the water. The other ingredients are just added to the potatoes and water. The potato chunks are left whole. The resulting soup has a very flavorful, slightly thickened broth and chunks of potato. To me, it's like two delicious components that are served in the same bowl together. But in the way you prepare yours, these two components become one "balanced" and very flavorful creation. I'll be buying a bag of russets today, by far my favorite potato. I've gotta try your recipe methods. That other revelation I mentioned.... I recently saw a video all about the use of smoked ham hocks. A chef went into detail about all a smoked ham hock simmered in water for hours until falling apart can add to a soup broth. To me, it was eye opening and I immediately made potato soup from ham hock broth and added the chopped meat from the hock to the finished soup. It was delicious. Of course the hock adds significant flavor and smokiness. But, to me, the big payoff is in the gelatinous collagen imparted into the broth that causes it to linger on the tongue longer which increases the satisfying nature of the soup even more. Thanks for sharing with us and thanks very personally for reaffirming that the normal, common sense world I love and have known all my life still exists outside my home and community, regardless of the garbage that is broadcast across today's media.

Like you said, I don't think I've ever had a bad bowl of potato soup. My pastor's wife made hers with tiny little dumplings, and I have never been able to recreate it. TFS!!

I watched my grandmother make this in the winter. She'd send me into the large crawl space under the house for potatoes, where they stored them (could've fed an army with the potatoes under there). She'd add a spoonful of bacon grease to the pot, then a hunk of butter, melt that together, add onions and cook a few minutes, then add a spoonful or two of flour. Mix that until it was blended, add potatoes (cut up small), and toss and coat with the mixture. Add broth halfway up the potatoes, add milk (usually whole) to just over the top of potatoes, then add a good couple pours of cream. Add salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, lower temp to simmer, and let cook 10-20 minutes until potatoes are done. If you need it thicker, smash some of the potatoes in the pot. Absolutely delicious. Now I have to make some this week. lol Thank you for the memory, and for sharing your recipe. My husband might like the addition of sour cream. I'll have to try it.

I love potato 🥔 soup too! It’s such I comforting thing I think it’s what home would taste like if it were a soup. It was my dads favorite, it always reminds me of him.❤️

I'm a self made sous chef.... My children (all 7) will tell you that they love my soups...thanks for sharing your recipes...

Matts bowl made my taste buds jump to life. Potato soup loaded with pepper. Looked so good and easy . thanks Tipper.

We love tater soup! And always has to be with cornbread! I just leave the water in with taters, add butter & mash em some. Then I add milk to the right consistency & add parsley flakes. Season with salt & pepper. Sometimes I add cheese to the soup but most times I have it out so everyone can add what they want. My grandson doesn't care for cornbread so he likes oyster crackers in his. I eat my cornbread on the side mostly, but sometimes I crumble it up into my soup. The only thing I don't use that you do is sour cream. It's always a comforting meal when it's cold outside! My grandson is always asking for me to fix it, but since my hands are bad & I can't stand for very long, I told hubby how to do it & he did a great job! He's even learned to make good cornbread! I'm very lucky! Blessings from VA!

This brought back a memory of when I was about 13 yrs old my parents took me to Maggie Valley on vacation then we we went to visit my mother's girlfriend's parents, there in NC. They lived in a small farmhouse and the bottom of a mountain, house sat between 2 creeks it was the most beautiful place I had ever seen, in the morning the mom made biscuits and gravy and eggs and grits 😋 that night she fixed a big pot of potato soup with cornbread collard greens and corn 🌽 😋 then we went to look for the brown mountain lights. Best time of my childhood ❤

Your potato soup looks delicious! It is very similar to what my Granny called creamed potatoes. She diced the potatoes as you did, then cooked them until they were starting to break down, and the water was cooked nearly away and thick with the starch from the potatoes. She didn't use sour cream, but she did use the very thick, clot-like cream from the top of our jersey milk, along with plenty of homemade butter and milk as needed to thin it down. For creamed potatoes, she left it thick-ish, for creamed potato soup she added more milk, until it was a chowder-like consistency. It was seasoned with salt, black pepper and just a dash of garlic powder. Sometimes instead of butter, she would use bacon grease.

I love potato soup any way you can make it!! I am a black pepper fan like Matt, so I do sprinkle a lot of pepper on any potato dish I eat. My favorite potato soup was at the Sizzler chain restaurant in Southern California. It had lots of cheese in it, and was thick. It also had lots of bacon in it. Some soups I like thick, and others I like brothy. I love homemade soup period. And homemade bread, hot and fresh from the oven, slathered with lots of butter. I don’t really care for store bought bread, but will eat the white kind. The wheat kind is too dry for me. And I love corn bread, preferably sweet cornbread, but will eat any kind without complaining! Your dinner looked yummy! Thank you for this recipe!! Donna. : )

My family had a roast with some cornbread for dinner. I love that you shared your potato soup recipe with us- it looks good!

I ate a lot of potatoe soup growing up. I have lived in Indiana my whole life. There were 9 people in our family with 7 boys and 2 girls so cheap and easy meals was the normal for us. Most of my friends had never heard of potatoe soup. I enjoy your videos. Thank you

Your receipe reminds me of my maw -maws. It was a staple in my house growing up in middle Tennessee. Thank you for your videos ! They are a bright light in a sometimes dark world.

I love potato soup especially my Mother's we ate it with crackers. My children I think got tired of it.But now on Xmas eve every one of my neice and nephews request me to make it when we get together over the holidays .I bring the soup and plenty of sides like fresh green onion,cheese,and bacon crunbles.I use half and half ,cream and sour cream on that big of pot.But my favorite way to eat it is made with milk and butter the way my Mother made it.

Potato soup and cornbread is my all time favorite winter meal! I make a pretty good potato soup if I do say so myself. I always make a huge pot and we eat on it for a couple days.

Tipper, that looks and sounds wonderful. It looks like the consistency is perfect, not to thick and not too runny! It's funny to that everyone that makes potato soup uses basically the same ingredients, yet their soup is different! The lowly potato wears many dresses and I love them all, I've always loved potatoes!

Yum YUM!! Watching this video reminded me of my Mom's potato soup. She made it similar to yours, with milk but no sour cream. And she'd add chopped celery and hard boiled eggs. We'd put oyster crackers or saltines in it. I haven't thought about it for a long time, but now I'm going to have to make me some! Thank you for your videos.

Potato soup is a favorite for supper, almost equal to cornbread and buttermilk for a delicious supper! My potato soup recipe is milk gravy poured into the drained, cooked potatoes and thinned to the consistency we like with milk. LOTS of butter and coarse ground black pepper. 🌟♥️🌟

I’d love to try this with the cornbread crumbled in the bowl like you. I love sour cream in potato soup. This is a perfect, wholesome soup recipe! Thanks for sharing!

Mom and Dad always made good potato soup. Mom added drop dumplings, which we kids often fought over. What a delicious memory. I can almost smell it.

When I was growing up in east TN, my momma would make us a potato soup. I sure do miss it. Haven’t been able to duplicate it in my own kitchen. Thank you for posting this, ma’am.

This looks so delish! My granny used to make creamed potatoes, which were a bit thicker. You mash some of them, so it’s like mashed potatoes with bites of tender potato. She may have cooked with the milk. Think I might make this tomorrow. Love your accent! I’m from Indiana and the Chicago/Kentucky blend comes out sometimes. Growing up in California, though, I miss hearing other regional accents. So much of TV and film is a generic accent and I feel like a lot of people try to lose their native accent in favor of what they hear on screen. But regional accents, like regional dishes, are part of our rich tapestry in America.

My mom would add a little crumbled bacon and top with some parsley or chives in the bowl with hot corn bread as a side. Loved it!

My German mama made potatoes soup. She fried onions and leeks for extra flavor. We had no cornbread, but Mama made a country white bread and we would have that. Thank you for this!

I use a whole stick of butter, Half & Half, a few carrots diced up, 1/2 C grated cheese, 1/2 C diced ham, or more to taste. I use more potatoes, I don't mash them. We have enough for 2 meals. I also dice 1/2 onion small. I add the onions and carrots while cooking the potatoes. After I drain the water from the potatoes I add the cheese andham. I simmer this until nice and hot. We like ours soupy- broth. And yes I make a pan of cornbread with it. We had a big pot of Potato soup during this last snow here in Oklahoma. Love watching all of you, just like a good visit. Stay safe and GOD bless

Potato soup is one of my favorites. I cook my potatoes with diced onion, carrots and celery. Then I add butter, milk, ham, cheese and salt & pepper for cheesy ham and potato soup. Never have tried it with cornbread but certainly will the next time. Don’t think I’ve ever eaten potato soup I didn’t like. ❤️

My mother always made hers with onions and celery seeds, and it was brothier . Instead of cornbread, she’d often make egg salad sandwiches on white toast to go with it.

My great Auntie used to make a potato soup with peas each spring. She'd use some of the last potatoes kept in the cellar over winter and some of the early peas harvested in the spring. The potatoes were always savory-seasoned so the sweetness of those early peas would just balance the taste wonderfully.

Seems like my grandma would thicken her potato soup with cornmeal. She would called them iced potatoes. I think she meant Irish. My Uncle Gary said he could eat that soup until he was fit to bust. Good recipe that is simple and sticks to your ribs. Have a nice week and stay warm.

I make my potato soup a little different every time, same way as cutting my grass. Guess I'm the only one that adds a little chopped parsley. You're always cooking up some good vittles Tipper!😋

I remember my grandmother’s potato soup. She added an egg to thicken hers but I’ve never been successful doing that. I sauté onions, cat tots and celery while the potatoes cook and use cream and butter. And I agree, a bowl of potato soup would not be complete without cornbread!

Your recipe is so simple, it can't help but be delicious. My gran taught me her recipe for potato soup when I was just in my teens. Of course, she had a huge family to feed so I had to cut it down a bit just to feed me. LOL! Anyway, she used to scrub and cut up at least a half dozen large potatoes and a good sized onion (saving the good parts of the greens,) fresh from the garden and start them browning in just a bit of bacon fat. Then she'd add a jar of her good chicken broth to simmer them in. Once they were just tender, she chopped up the onion greens and added them in. Sometimes, she'd brown up a bit of their homemade breakfast sausage or even a slice of ham all chopped up. Like you, she would only mash some of them so it was still nice and chunky. A little salt and pepper, sour cream, and a bit of fresh cream would finish it off. I always liked mine with some grated cheese, but it was still soooo good even without it. Now, I was raised up north where the buttermilk biscuits would often be the bread at the table, but I've lived in the south long enough to really love cornbread too. One thing for sure, with a big pot of Gran's homemade soup and a plate of her biscuits on the table, you had no one but yourself to blame if you went away hungry. I sure do miss eating at her table ...

My Mama used to make a big pot of potato soup. We had nine in our family. She didn't mash the potatoes, they were cut in cubes with onions. She thickened the milky fluid. And she added hot dogs also. So good.

We love potato soup at our house...usually we have biscuits, looks like we might try cornbread next time...thanks for sharing the video!

Potato soup is one of my favorites. I cook diced potatoes with onion, celery and carrots. Then add butter, milk, ham & cheese, salt and pepper. I’ve never tried it with cornbread but I’m definitely going to make some the next time. Never had potato soup I didn’t like either. ❤️

Love your recipes! I always learn something new! Looks delicious as usual. Always enjoy your stories that you read or tell before you cook. Love your videos! Thank you sooo much for taking the time to record and share! Love it!

My mom is from Lancaster, PA and I remember making this soup as a kid and having it when we would visit her mom/my grandmother there.

Absolutely love potato soup. My recipe is my mother’s and is very basic. Similar to yours without the sour cream ( although I think that would be very good). Mine is more brothy ( I generally don’t mash the potatoes or at least not all of them). I generally don’t use a lot of water and then don’t drain it and just add the milk and butter to the cooked potatoes.

Love it! Just made borscht for dinner, starting with scratch made broth from oxtails. Loved hearing and seeing your soup recipe. Thanks!

I start with bacon, butter and onions. Just harvested a bunch of potatoes from the garden, cubed and cooked in chicken broth. Added potato flakes, salt and pepper. Topped with shredded cheddar cheese, green garden onions, basil and cherry tomatoes. Next time I will try some sour cream. Your recipe sounds delicious!

Oh! The smell of potato soup gets my taste buds jumpin. The first time I can remember as a child eatin that delicious soup was at my grandparents house. My grandma had a stroke and my Mom made her some. I've been stuck on it ever since. My kids was raised on it too. They are all gone now but my sweety mades me some every know and then. She can't eat it because of her diabetes. Got my mouth waterin thinkin about it.

I always eat cornbread and onion in my beans, but have never tried it in potato soup. Love the simplicity of this recipe. I’m gonna give it a try! Thank you!

I like to add some bacon and shredded cheddar to the top of mine. Potato soup made with sour cream is just so good and easy and filling… perfect for a chilly winter day!

This video popped up on my feed and I decided to put in my two cents worth. We serve ours with cornbread too. Cook the potatoes to desired firmness ours cook to consistency where you could mash them. We leave them whole cubed. Some of them get mushed up some will keep their shape. We use milk, black pepper, garlic powder and onion powder. Low heat and add milk until it's as thin as you want. Cook until ingredients are blended. We put out crumbled bacon and grated cheese for those that want those aggrandizements. Dad is our taste tester. Yours looks delicious! It's raining here in east Texas but I'm gonna make the best of it. Y'all all have a wonderful day! C

Growing up, I always like when we had a ham. We would have ham and mashed potatoes with green beans. The next day we would have potatoe cakes from those mashed potatoes, then potatoe soup with the left over ham thrown in. Like you say, you can't ever make a bad soup. When we first got together my wife would work so long and hard getting the mashed potatoes so creamy and no lumps, I told her I had never had mashed potatoes without lumps, so stop wasting time and leave them in there, I like them that way.

I had to come on back and give credit where credit is due!!! Yesterday was my first time ever eating cornbread with potato soup!!!! AND oh my goodness!!! This is a game changer!! I felt guilty sitting here enjoying my lunch all by myself!!! It’s just like you said this was a feast for sure!! Thanks so much for sharing!!!

All I remember my My Dad grilled steak, made meatloaf and potato soup . Whenever your sic, dad made potato soup. Lisa from Asheville

Oh gosh I love potato soup. I fix it like Mom's - she boiled the diced potatoes with grated onion, salt and pepper. Towards the end when they'd break down and thicken the soup she'd add milk. Such a simple thing, but it tastes so darn good! We definitely had to have corn bread with it and oftentimes Mom would fry bacon to go along side it or even fry sliced Spam (dredge it in flour, fry it crispy)! So yeah, one of my favorite winter meals is potato soup, cornbread and fried bacon or Spam. I really enjoy your videos. Its funny how similar my family's cooking is to yours. Mom was raised in Oklahoma, grandma was from Arkansas and Great-Grandma was from Tennessee (and I'm from California). It still amazes me how old recipes travel!