soupe

la soupe (FR N-F ARCH) a slice of bread moistened with broth or milk; (modern) boiled liquid thickened by addition of solid elements that may or may not be puréed; any liquid meal course. Soup emerged as a nutritional food as soon as mankind was able to heat water reliably, which was done (prior to the invention of cooking pots) by throwing hot stones into a depression in the ground filled with water. Various elements could then be added to this hot water: animal heads or other internal organs…