In this context, tThe purpose of soup as a first course is to fill you up
with something that costs almost nothing to make.


Like Yorkshire pudding ;-)

I was going to say that! But I didn't because Nick might have said that it
needs an egg so could come under the heading of a luxury food rather than
soup made with onion skins and woody parsnips!

Mary

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Kay Easton

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http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm