Soup

Soup is a savoury liquid food that is made by boiling ingredients, such as meat, vegetables and beans in stock or hot water, until the flavor is extracted, forming a broth. Boiling was not a common cooking technique until the invention of containers about 5,000 years ago, so soups presumably were little-known before that time.

Soup in popular culture

• Andy Warhol is well known for his signature cans of Campbell Soup.
• The Soup Nazi was a memorable character and episode in the popular comedy television series Seinfeld.
• The Soup Dragon was a character in the UK children's television series The Clangers, after whom the rock group The Soup Dragons was named.