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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Souper Yummy


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.
  • 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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