Soup, Soup, Glorious Soup
It isn’t many foods that have poems written about them. And remember the story of Esau who, coming in tired and hungry, was willing to give up his birthright for a bowl of pottage – lentil soup. I t must have been good soup! From the time man discovered that he could bake clay hard in the fire he began to make clay pots – and what do you cook in such a pot? - Soup of course.
The earliest pots have the markings of woven sticks on the outside so presumably they first of all lined baskets with clay - but somehow soup in a basket never took off.
Every generation and every people group have some form of soup or stew – it is served hot, cold, thick, thin, creamy, clear, vegetarian, meaty, spicy – something for everyone. It isn’t as fashionable at dinner parties these days – starters tend to be more complicated and dinner parties an excuse to show off. But soup will go on as long as people come home hungry and it is time for a revival
Sweet and Creamy
For 4 you will need
25 grams ( 1 oz)
I clove of garlic, crushed
225 grams sweet potato
1 largish parsnip
1 level teaspoon of paprika
1 level teaspoon of chilli flakes or
