It is getting colder outside and what better to compliment crisp fall air than
SOUP!
In the English language, the word "soup" has developed several uses in phrase.SOUP!
- Alphabet Soup, a term often used to describe a large amount of acronyms used by an administration, has its roots in a common tomato-based soup containing pasta shaped in the letters of the alphabet.
- Primordial Soup is a term used to describe the organic mixture leading to the development of life.
- A soup kitchen is a place that serves prepared food of any kind to the homeless.
- Pea soup describes a thick or dense fog.
- "Soup legs" is an informal or slang term used by athletes to describe fatigue or exhaustion.
- "Stone Soup" is a popular children's fable.
- Duck Soup is a term to describe a task that is particularly easy.
- Word soup refers to any collection of words that is ostensibly incomprehensible.
- Tag soup further refers to poorly coded HTML.
- Soup Fire! can be used an expression of surprise.
- Soupe du jour is French for "soup of the day." Sometimes used as a metaphor for anything currently trendy or fashionable.
- Soup to nuts is an American English idiom conveying the meaning "from beginning to end"
- Soup's on is a common term used to say, "Dinner's ready."
- Soup Sandwich is a denigrative U.S. military slang term, typically used to admonish a trooper for poor work or shoddy appearance. The term comes from the concept that a sandwich made out of soup would be a sloppy mess.
Now its your turn, post your favorite simple soup recipe.
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