Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot though sometimes served chilled, made by cooking or combining meat or vegetables with stock, milk, or water. It is the main generic term for liquid savory dishes, a category that according to the Oxford Companion to Food also includes broth, bisque, consomme and potage among others.
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Partially Attested
Origin Period, From (Year)Source attributes this estimate to some writers describing the Upper Palaeolithic era, 50,000 to 12,000 years ago; treated as an approximate, non-universally agreed estimate rather than a precise date. Classification
Dietary SuitabilityContains Meat or Poultry 1 Connections
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1. Soup - Wikipedia
History section, Prehistory subsection (opening clause, 50,000 years)
The making of soup or something akin has been dated by some writers back to the Upper Palaeolithic (between 50,000 and 12,000 years ago).
History section, Prehistory subsection (closing clause, 12,000 years)
The making of soup or something akin has been dated by some writers back to the Upper Palaeolithic (between 50,000 and 12,000 years ago).
entity record, SubLabel (course)
SubLabel: Soups and Broths
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soup (dietary-suitability)
Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot , though it is sometimes served chilled , made by cooking or otherwise combining meat or vegetables with stock, milk, or water.
Uses Ingredient: Meat, infobox main_ingredient field
Liquid, meat or vegetables
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