Mock turtle soup from the time of the personal union between the Kingdom of Hanover and the Kingdom of Great Britain. While green sea turtle was popular for soup making in many countries, U.S. recipes included many other local species. Soup made from snapping turtles is still available in parts of the country. Similarly mock turtle soup recipes have a variety of substitute meats. Beside organ meats like the British recipes, recipes in the U.S. often use stewing beef or ground beef but may call for alligator. The Campbell Soup Company once produced canned mock turtle soup made of calf's head. In a
Plantain soup Plantain soup Plantain soup is eaten in various cuisines. In Colombian cuisine, the dish is known as "sopa de patacón" (fried plantain). There is also "sopa de platanos" (plantain soup) in Latin American cuisine including Cuban cuisine and Puerto Rican cuisine. "Caldo de bolas de verde" (green plantain dumpling soup) is from coastal Ecuador. The dumplings (balls) are made from green plantains stuffed with meat and vegetables. The beef broth includes corn and yuca. "Aguají" is a rustic Dominican plantain soup. "Mohinga" is a Burmese soup made with banana/ plantain stem. "Sopa de plátano" in Puerto Rico is a vegetarian