I don't post much, but the turtle soup thread brought back some memories. As a young lad in the 70's we would take the trip up from our town Tipp City, Oh to Minster Oh for the Octoberfest or it might have been in the spring, for some festival.
I think turtle soup in considered meatless so it was an option for us catholics during lent. They had huge (to me at the time) copper cauldrons turtle soup simmering. I remember it being very brothy and had hardboiled eggs in it.
On a side note Minster was once home to the Wooden Shoe Brewery which my moms dad and uncle had as one of there first client for their new business, Hugo Deis Distribution, based out of Dayton.
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