An unusual cookbook recipe from decades ago is making waves online because it calls for pancakes fried in bacon fat to be dunked into a savory broth.

The recipe, found in a community cookbook from 1975, according to a photo shared on Reddit, calls for a batter seasoned with nutmeg to be fried on a griddle greased with bacon fat. The thin pancakes are then cooled and cut into strips about a quarter-inch wide before they’re added to a broth made with bouillon cubes.

The recipe — apparently created by a woman named Johanna Rhodes and titled “pancake soup” — claims to feed eight people.

A photo of the recipe was shared on the subreddit r/Old_Recipes by a woman with the username “_Alpha_Mail_.”

“I will say the title of this recipe grabbed me,” the woman wrote. “At first I thought this was g

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