Are you a lover of soups and soup recipes? Besides the great flavor and variety that the soup has, it also has a wide range of uses in our world histories. Here are some known and little-known facts about soup that you may find interesting. I did!
o Can you believe that Americans drink more than 10 BILLION plates of soup each year? That’s a lot of soup!
o Every year, 99% of all American households buy soup, making it a $ 5 billion business. Wow! I am in the wrong business!
o Who eats the most soup? Men or women? Well, for a typical lunch, women seem to be more than twice as likely to eat soup than men. Statistics say that 9.6% vs. 4.0%.
o When was the earliest evidence that our ancestors ate soup? About 6000 BC! And guess what kind of soup it was? Hippopotamus!
o So in the late 1700s, apparently the French king was so in love with himself that he had his royal chefs create a soup that would allow him to see his own reflection in the bowl. Fuck! But as a result, it was born consummate (clear broth).
o Since we are talking about the French, here is another interesting tidbit from the soup tradition that I had to include on this Soup Information page. At the French court of Louis XI, the ladies’ meals were mainly soup. Guess what the reasoning was? They were afraid chewing would make them break out in facial wrinkles! If this were true today, it would put plastic surgeons out of business!
o This one made me laugh! And yet it is a fact that intertwines fashion, silverware and, of course, soup! Here it is: Why did fine soups become fashionable in Europe during the 17th century? The spoon was invented. (How did they eat soup before the spoon ???) Why was the spoon invented? For the latest fashion trend: large, stiff ruffles that men and women of the high courts wore around their necks. (I bet that’s how the clowns got their costume ideas!) The design of the spoon was to accommodate the users of those big steering wheels and prevent them from leaking!
o The first liquid food most babies receive is the mother’s breast milk, often called “milk soup.”
o Frank Sinatra always asked that he have chicken and rice soup available in his dressing rooms before going on stage. He said it always cleared his mind and calmed his stomach.
o Another famous person who loved soup was Andy Warhol. He told someone who painted those famous soup cans because that’s what he had for lunch, every day for 20 years!
o Soup has always been known as a curative for any ailment of the heart, mind, soul and body … and this old Yiddish saying says it best … “Problems are easier to take with soup than without it “.
or “Of soup and love, the first is the best.” – from an old Spanish proverb. (Sometimes, I think that’s very true!)
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