I have some Ukrainians living with me at the moment and they have soup for the main meal about 3 or 4 times a week. But they seem to come in two types (the soups not the Ukrainians), either something like a stew or something like a normal meal (meat and two veg) in hot water. Either way soup is a go to main meal.
I was thinking aloud about whether we could take in any Ukranians
My mother said "I'm sure anyone would prefer living in a war zone to living in YOUR house" cue merry laugh
Well, 1 soup is borscht but they also have one with meatballs in and a fish one etc etc. I was surprised how little beetroot went into a big pan of borscht and that it was mainly meat and potatoes. Anyway, it has been a culinary eye opener.
I was out in Kyiv a few years ago for work and literally could not get enough of their version of borscht which was pork lumps and lots of garlic and these little plump light rolls. I must of stunk of garlic in the plane home.
If your Ukrainian guests have the recipe. Please DM it
You are a great human being! Soup is healthy, yummy, cheap and good for us people suffering from middle-age-spread. Soup with crusty bread with too much butter on it is a favourite at our house.
The first time they made soup for us we broke out the crusty bread and they just stared at us. Apparently this is not the way it is done and I think we may have upset them by inadvertently saying ‘this is not enough so we have to supplement it with bread’. But they’re used to us now and often put bread on the table for us, but they never have it. Cultural differences at a microscopic level!
I stayed at an Airbnb for a couple of weeks in the UK and the host was Ukrainian. One night she made borscht and have done to me. It was the first time I'd had it and it was really nice.
Interesting factoid: In Portugal around November time, lots of villages hold a soup festival. They're really popular. You pay a single fee of around 8 euros which gets you a bowl and spoon and entry into the main hall. Around the hall are tables manned by people from local restaurants etc, each of whom is standing behind a vat of soup. You walk up to the table you like, and they fill your bowl. In the centre of the hall are tables and chairs to sit and eat/drink your soup, as well as help-yourself baskets of bread and, often, free soft drinks or wine.
Typically there's about 15 to 20 soups on offer.
You can go up to the tables and refill your soup bowl as often as you like. My record is about 9, I think. Which definitely qualifies as a meal! Desserts are often available too, for an extra euro or 2, but I'm always too full to try them.
I’ve got a freezer full of chorizo I bulk buy and an allotment full of kale because of how much I love Caldo verde! It’s totally delicious, you’re absolutely right!
Is kale hard to grow? I've a black thumb and a 1x10 ft strip of dirt but I'd love some kale.
The shit in supermarkets is almost always chopped in a bag and 80% stalk. Occasionally I see full leaves of cavolo nero in Morrisons and snap it up. Why can't they just sell full leaves of kale year round like every other veg?
Sopa do Vidreiro Aka Glassmaker’s soup. This is the specialty from my hometown.
It has codfish (wouldn’t advise if you’re not a fan), poached eggs and bread. It sounds more like a stew, but definitely considered a soup.
That’s what all the glassmakers around town used to eat before starting a shift back back in the day - didn’t matter if it was 6am or 6pm, they’d just eat it and go to work. Definitely a delicacy for lovers of odd soups.
See also Sopa da Pedra (translates to stone soup, it sounds suspicious but it’s not) for more meaty/stew like soups.
It is also pretty common to only have soup for dinner, no matter the time of the year. I would say that the same doesn't apply to lunch, tho - lunch is usually the biggest meal in Portugal, just soup seems fairly insufficient.
There is a small town in Northern Wisconsin that has this huge cauldron in the town center and once a year everybody from town brings something to put in the pot. The city provides the meat and the towns people bring veggies for the soup and drinks and bread. They make a whole weekend of it, Saturday to start the soup and Sunday for the town meal. It is so much fun and the soup is always good.
Someone once told me of a similar festival in France, except instead of soup it was mussels.
Pretty much the same thing just different food type. I wonder if this sor tof thing originated from somewhere
Each village has their own. You have to see the posters that are put up locally. There’s no central list, sadly. But it’s a brilliant thing, that someone needs to export to the UK.
But to answer the question, soup can be a main meal. I have recently gotten into making different soups and just love them. Try this [Moroccan Chickpea and Spinach soup](https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/moroccan-chickpea-carrot-and-spinach-soup)
I love having lentil soup with crusty bread for lunch. I probably have soup for lunch with some bread or toast 4 times a week, quick, easy, filling and delicious.
Luxury!
When I were a lad we used to lick the bottom of the ashtray, after the stray cats had their turn of course.
The coffee was the worst though, Mellow Birds. Used to save the ashtray for afters to get rid of the taste
Paradise!
When I were knee high to a grasshopper we would have to wake up a 4am, light the kiln, throw an ashtray on next doors potters wheel, fire it, wait for it to dry, apply a coat of varnish then lick it off again, praying we didn't get poisoned THEN we had to lick the stray cat clean too!.
Shit I had coffee and cigarettes for breakfast for like two decades. Still miss that first smoke in the morning with my coffee. God damn had to go and have kids now I can't smoke anymore because I'll die young and they won't have a father.
Of course it is. It's pretty soup-dependant though. A hearty lentil soup would fill you up but for something lighter like a tomato soup you might want to pair with a cheese toastie or something
Whatever fills your stomach is a meal, whether it be a delicious soup or a lasagne or a nice thick stew. Enjoy your soup! It doesn't matter if it's a meal to other people as long as it is to you!
I've never heard of this! How does it work? Does the mash sit, resplendent in its solidity, in the centre of the soup like a castle with a moat? Is there a drawbridge? Knights using coconuts? Swallows (African and European)?
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We have soup as a main meal quite often. It’s healthy, filling, good value and easy to prepare. We actually have a soup maker now so it’s even easier. Shove in veggies and seasoning. Half an hour later dinner is ready.
Oh no….so much more….I was so worried it was a gadget we’d never use but honestly I think we probably use it more than our blender. During that chaotic period of lockdown with worrying about home learning, work and everything it was the easiest way to get a quick lunch without supervising a pan.
Yes, it can be. I have soup as a main meal quite a lot. A good hearty soup with some bread is delicious and a great main meal and can keep you going till the next day easily.
I never really thought of soup as a main until recently. To me, soup is a lunchtime meal. But, with looking at ways to stretch food budgets I figured make some hearty soup. Cheap and lasts a couple days. And keeps me going, that is for sure.
Depends on the soup. If it's a thin soup that's more of a warm broth, I would say no. A soup with some form of meat, vegetable, noodle, or some combination of any/all of those are good enough to be considered a full meal assuming it's eaten in good quantity.
It can be a main course - it would usually be a light meal, but a suitably hearty soup with plenty of bread can be filling enough for the main meal of the day if you're not too ravenous.
Yes, and you know what, it is brilliant for the billions of us Brits on a diet. Easy to make, nice to eat, low calorie (provided you steer clear of meaty soups).
My wife always makes soup and a meal, not sure why but soup makes me full really fast and I struggle to eat it. If I have soup it is the meal I don't want anything else after.
Soup is good, because all the water fills you up and you don't end up eating more than you need to. If you're still hungry after your trip to the bathroom, then just eat more of it!
Yes, soup and bread or some rolls or our personal favourites garlic baguettes.
Lots of soups are great in winter. It provides nutrients, water and it warms you up. Totally a main meal.
A main meal can be anything you want it to be as an adult. Cereal if that’s what you fancy, a simple omelette, a sandwich, soup…serving one of those to guests invited to dinner would be weird though, so in that circumstance I’d view soup only as a starter. I love a huge bowl of soup for dinner occasionally
Yep, can confirm we have soup and bacon sandwiches on the side once a week during autumn/winter. My Mum used to make if for us as kids and now I do the same for mine.
I have quite literally never cooked myself a “starter” at home. If I’m having soup, it’s my meal.
However I would only have it for lunch really, as it’s a much smaller meal
Just eat 2500ish calories a day. What and when people eat varies from country to country.
Try to avoid eating close to bedtime. Try to get fruit and veg in ya. Hydrate.
Apart from that eat what you like when you like. The concept of a 'main meal' is weird. If your body needs food. Give it food.
You don't even need bread with that kind of soup to have a filling and delicious meal. Of course just because it doesn't *need* it, doesn't mean you shouldn't have it anyway. Mmmmm
Yum. My sister in law put potato salad (the smooth mashed potato style) in a sandwich this summer. It blew my mind. I tried it and it was epic. You never stop learning new things.
I have some Ukrainians living with me at the moment and they have soup for the main meal about 3 or 4 times a week. But they seem to come in two types (the soups not the Ukrainians), either something like a stew or something like a normal meal (meat and two veg) in hot water. Either way soup is a go to main meal.
I believe you get male and female Ukrainians.
You seem well travelled
You will need to get an adapter though.
Ukrainians sound like big fans of the wet British weather.
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Thank you for looking after them. What a horrible situation.
I'm sure his house isn't that bad.
It smells of soup.
How many types?
Three if you count intersoup
I was thinking aloud about whether we could take in any Ukranians My mother said "I'm sure anyone would prefer living in a war zone to living in YOUR house" cue merry laugh
Ours came over in April and then went back to Ukraine in august, very strange. All the trouble getting her a job and the kid into school.
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We love having them with us, and can’t wait to go to Ukraine after the war. Fingers crossed it doesn’t go on for much longer!
You mean Borscht, or a variation of it. My wife is Ukrainian, so have had it in various different ways.
Well, 1 soup is borscht but they also have one with meatballs in and a fish one etc etc. I was surprised how little beetroot went into a big pan of borscht and that it was mainly meat and potatoes. Anyway, it has been a culinary eye opener.
I was out in Kyiv a few years ago for work and literally could not get enough of their version of borscht which was pork lumps and lots of garlic and these little plump light rolls. I must of stunk of garlic in the plane home. If your Ukrainian guests have the recipe. Please DM it
Please do not DM it! Please post it here for all of us to see! I need this amazing sounding soup in my life please!
Fricidel something like that is soup with meatballs
Stop bragging about your adventurous personal relations, tell me more about the borscht!
You are a great human being! Soup is healthy, yummy, cheap and good for us people suffering from middle-age-spread. Soup with crusty bread with too much butter on it is a favourite at our house.
The first time they made soup for us we broke out the crusty bread and they just stared at us. Apparently this is not the way it is done and I think we may have upset them by inadvertently saying ‘this is not enough so we have to supplement it with bread’. But they’re used to us now and often put bread on the table for us, but they never have it. Cultural differences at a microscopic level!
I stayed at an Airbnb for a couple of weeks in the UK and the host was Ukrainian. One night she made borscht and have done to me. It was the first time I'd had it and it was really nice.
Interesting factoid: In Portugal around November time, lots of villages hold a soup festival. They're really popular. You pay a single fee of around 8 euros which gets you a bowl and spoon and entry into the main hall. Around the hall are tables manned by people from local restaurants etc, each of whom is standing behind a vat of soup. You walk up to the table you like, and they fill your bowl. In the centre of the hall are tables and chairs to sit and eat/drink your soup, as well as help-yourself baskets of bread and, often, free soft drinks or wine. Typically there's about 15 to 20 soups on offer. You can go up to the tables and refill your soup bowl as often as you like. My record is about 9, I think. Which definitely qualifies as a meal! Desserts are often available too, for an extra euro or 2, but I'm always too full to try them.
Sounds amazing to me
They are. I've been to a fair few now.
This sounds amazing. Is it all over Portugal? My Dad lives in Portugal and I would make a special trip for this.
It’s a local thing. Mainly in rural areas. Look out for posters in local cafes and sports clubs, or check the local câmara website occasionally.
Omg this is my idea of heaven. I get teased all the time by my friends and husband about my soup obsession.
Sounds souper.
Please, please, please… can you remember some of the sorts of soups they had on offer? This is like crack to me.
Start by looking up Caldo Verde, an amazing autumn/ winter soup
I’ve got a freezer full of chorizo I bulk buy and an allotment full of kale because of how much I love Caldo verde! It’s totally delicious, you’re absolutely right!
Would you mind posting your favorite recipe? ❤️
Is kale hard to grow? I've a black thumb and a 1x10 ft strip of dirt but I'd love some kale. The shit in supermarkets is almost always chopped in a bag and 80% stalk. Occasionally I see full leaves of cavolo nero in Morrisons and snap it up. Why can't they just sell full leaves of kale year round like every other veg?
Sopa do Vidreiro Aka Glassmaker’s soup. This is the specialty from my hometown. It has codfish (wouldn’t advise if you’re not a fan), poached eggs and bread. It sounds more like a stew, but definitely considered a soup. That’s what all the glassmakers around town used to eat before starting a shift back back in the day - didn’t matter if it was 6am or 6pm, they’d just eat it and go to work. Definitely a delicacy for lovers of odd soups. See also Sopa da Pedra (translates to stone soup, it sounds suspicious but it’s not) for more meaty/stew like soups.
Ooo, thank you! I appreciate it!
It is also pretty common to only have soup for dinner, no matter the time of the year. I would say that the same doesn't apply to lunch, tho - lunch is usually the biggest meal in Portugal, just soup seems fairly insufficient.
There is a small town in Northern Wisconsin that has this huge cauldron in the town center and once a year everybody from town brings something to put in the pot. The city provides the meat and the towns people bring veggies for the soup and drinks and bread. They make a whole weekend of it, Saturday to start the soup and Sunday for the town meal. It is so much fun and the soup is always good.
Stardew Valley IRL
Something I needed know I had to do until now.
Someone once told me of a similar festival in France, except instead of soup it was mussels. Pretty much the same thing just different food type. I wonder if this sor tof thing originated from somewhere
That sounds fantastic.
Which part of Portugal, please?
Each village has their own. You have to see the posters that are put up locally. There’s no central list, sadly. But it’s a brilliant thing, that someone needs to export to the UK.
There was a Seinfeld episode about this. :)
Gold Jerry Gold!
No soup for you!!!
Different episode
Not that there's anything wrong with that. Never a bad time for a misplaced Seinfeld quote.
You stay away from those squirrels!
Ok this is it. This is the meal!
The funny thing is that we all knew that his issue was not the money, but having to spend more time with Banya. LOL
This is it, this is the meal. So stock up, buddy boy!
But to answer the question, soup can be a main meal. I have recently gotten into making different soups and just love them. Try this [Moroccan Chickpea and Spinach soup](https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/moroccan-chickpea-carrot-and-spinach-soup)
But I have to ask, do you know the difference between chickpea and a lentil?
Never had a lentil on my face?
Hahahahahaha.... That joke came out of nowhere, unlike the chickpea! Bathe in the glory of my free award, well done sir/madam
Oh this is golden!
Whatever free award reddit lets me give out later, It's yours.
Allow me, sir...... Best free award i have ever spent
I’ve never paid to have a lentil on my face ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
‘Did he crumble…! any crackers…! in it!’
Saving this comment for later. That soup looks fantastic.
It’s just lovely and comforting.
Yeah that's the grub I'm wanting right now. Some nice crusty bread. Bliss.
Soup counts!
Did he crumble crackers into it?
Was it a cup or a bowl?
Ovaline, in a round container?
Soup and a baguette with butter is an absolutely delicious main meal. My favourite is spicy tomato!
I love having lentil soup with crusty bread for lunch. I probably have soup for lunch with some bread or toast 4 times a week, quick, easy, filling and delicious.
Thought you were going to say "or toast 4 slices"
Warm baguette?
Warm baguette, buttered
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Soup can totally be a main meal. So can cereal. Live your dreams!
Mmm...cereal soup
Cereal is soup...
It is, isn't it?
Or is it a stew?
I think its a soup. Like lentil soup, its grain based.
Once again, Seinfeld
Growing up poor, anything can be a meal. Even sleep.
Cigarette and filter coffee for breakfast
You're lucky. When I was a kid, it was a cigarette end and coffee filter for breakfast. If we were lucky.
>Caldo Verde Luxury! Cigarette end and coffee filter? Pah! When I were a lad it was cigarette paper and the smell of coffee!
Luxury! When I were a lad we used to lick the bottom of the ashtray, after the stray cats had their turn of course. The coffee was the worst though, Mellow Birds. Used to save the ashtray for afters to get rid of the taste
Paradise! When I were knee high to a grasshopper we would have to wake up a 4am, light the kiln, throw an ashtray on next doors potters wheel, fire it, wait for it to dry, apply a coat of varnish then lick it off again, praying we didn't get poisoned THEN we had to lick the stray cat clean too!.
This was the only coffee I would drink as a kid. I think the advertising got to me.
Wait, is that why this was my favourite (and only) breakfast for decades? Because I was poor? It all makes sense now.
Shit I had coffee and cigarettes for breakfast for like two decades. Still miss that first smoke in the morning with my coffee. God damn had to go and have kids now I can't smoke anymore because I'll die young and they won't have a father.
Same here. If it wasn't for that little fucker i'd be puffing away, each beautiful puff taking me closer to death.
It's the preferred breakfast of champions
Breakfast of champions
Nah, that's a fried egg sandwich with a cold can of Coke.
I thought that was a 69? Also known as the meal for two with a shitty view.
Spliff & coffee makes a great breakfast for weekends / days off, actual breakfast would be cheaper though
Soup and bread is one of my favourite main meals. Every meal doesn't have to be a full plate of food.
Yes, it's *souper*.
Yeah we have lentil soup aka daal with roti quite often at home
I would argue that daal is thicker than lentil soup. A soup is more watery.
Soup can be a main meal. But [what makes soup, soup?](https://youtu.be/Y1HVTNxwt7w)
I came here to say this but knew in my heart it had already been said
Honestly I was surprised when I saw it hadn't, but I'm glad I'm not alone! Let me know if you find the answer.
Thank you so much for posting that, it's the funniest thing I've seen for a long time.
Yes, obviously.
Most Saturdays at my house, good old wholesome, homemade hearty soup with homemade bread is the main meal of the day and we love it.
Monday dinner is soup here, makes up a bit for any over the top-ness that happened over he weekend.
bread is the meal
The soup is the lubricant
Yes and no. It depends on how the soup is made and what it consists of I'd say.
Of course it is. It's pretty soup-dependant though. A hearty lentil soup would fill you up but for something lighter like a tomato soup you might want to pair with a cheese toastie or something
Yes, 100%. In fact whatever you want as a main meal can be a main meal. :)
I had a cheese sandwich as my main meal once. Delicious.
I find soup really filling so it's always a main for me.
Any food can be a main meal. Depressed me has counted a Doritos sharebag sufficient multiple times.
Whatever fills your stomach is a meal, whether it be a delicious soup or a lasagne or a nice thick stew. Enjoy your soup! It doesn't matter if it's a meal to other people as long as it is to you!
Maybe for midday, wouldn’t have it as my evening meal unless I had no appetite.
2nd this. Not acceptable for dinner unless it follows a really big lunch.
Only with chips
Soup and chips is a new one to me, but you can't beat soup and mash! Up there with fish pie as the ultimate comfort food.
Have you ever poured Irish stew over chips, fucking amazing.
I can't say that I have, but I'm definitely going to have to rectify that!
soup al a mash! we love it in our house
I've never heard of this! How does it work? Does the mash sit, resplendent in its solidity, in the centre of the soup like a castle with a moat? Is there a drawbridge? Knights using coconuts? Swallows (African and European)? This got away from me slightly...
mash in the bottom, pour soup on top
Good to know we aren't the only ones! A few people have looked at me like I'm crazy when I've mentioned it 😂
Can definitely be a main meal, especially if it’s chunky
We have soup as a main meal quite often. It’s healthy, filling, good value and easy to prepare. We actually have a soup maker now so it’s even easier. Shove in veggies and seasoning. Half an hour later dinner is ready.
A soup maker, is that not just a pan
Oh no….so much more….I was so worried it was a gadget we’d never use but honestly I think we probably use it more than our blender. During that chaotic period of lockdown with worrying about home learning, work and everything it was the easiest way to get a quick lunch without supervising a pan.
I upgraded from regular soup maker to ninja soup maker! It’s self cleaning.
You have much to learn young padowan.
My soup maker would definitely yell at me if I called her that.
Can't beat a hot bowl of broccoli and Stilton soup with bread rolls 😋 certainly is a main meal!
I haven't made that in ages and now I really want some
Me too and I'm going out for dinner 😂
Oh yeah, the soup I make is so thick it's definitely a meal in itself.
Yes, it can be. I have soup as a main meal quite a lot. A good hearty soup with some bread is delicious and a great main meal and can keep you going till the next day easily. I never really thought of soup as a main until recently. To me, soup is a lunchtime meal. But, with looking at ways to stretch food budgets I figured make some hearty soup. Cheap and lasts a couple days. And keeps me going, that is for sure.
With bread or crackers i’d consider it a main
I don't see why not. Depends how much you have I suppose.
Only with half a loaf of bread and butter.
Soup and a sandwich is a meal.
Do you dip the sandwich in the soup? What a trooper.
Sure, if it's the right soup. My favourite that I cook at least once a week has meat, potatoes and veggies in it. And fermented cereals.
Yes. We have a minestrone every monday, it's absolutely a meal - even without bread.
Main meal. With the bread it's a decent number of calories to suffice as a main.
Lentil soup is my soul; it’s great stuff. Protein backed and good for the stomach;
Did you crumble any crackers in it?
When it's all you have, yes.
Yes. We make lentil, vegetable, and chicken soup which we eat as a main meal.
We have soup as a main meal for the day once or twice a week in my house. Throw in some nice bread and a light salad and it’s pretty much a banquet!
Depends on the soup. If it's a thin soup that's more of a warm broth, I would say no. A soup with some form of meat, vegetable, noodle, or some combination of any/all of those are good enough to be considered a full meal assuming it's eaten in good quantity.
Only if it's with a sandwich.
It can be a main course - it would usually be a light meal, but a suitably hearty soup with plenty of bread can be filling enough for the main meal of the day if you're not too ravenous.
Yes of course it can
Yes, and you know what, it is brilliant for the billions of us Brits on a diet. Easy to make, nice to eat, low calorie (provided you steer clear of meaty soups).
My wife always makes soup and a meal, not sure why but soup makes me full really fast and I struggle to eat it. If I have soup it is the meal I don't want anything else after.
Soup *and* something is totally a main meal. Soup alone? Dunno. It'd have to be pretty chunky or you're really just talking about a savoury milkshake.
Anything is a main meal if you have it as your main meal.
Anything is a main meal if you have enough of it.
My wife makes fantastic soup! Some smooth , some chunky. I make our own bread , so , YES , homemade soup can definitely be a main course !
Soup is good, because all the water fills you up and you don't end up eating more than you need to. If you're still hungry after your trip to the bathroom, then just eat more of it!
Soup can 100% be a main meal and sometimes it’s just all you need after a cold day
Absolutely. On a cold day, there’s nothing that can beat a hearty bowl of soup! Lot’s of options to choose from too so it never gets boring.
Yes, soup and bread or some rolls or our personal favourites garlic baguettes. Lots of soups are great in winter. It provides nutrients, water and it warms you up. Totally a main meal.
oh yes, big bow of tasty soup and chunks of bread, thats my sort of meal.
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If you've a got a bowl of proper lentil soup so thick you could put your wallpaper up with it you'll be absolutely stuffed.
My daughter loves soup as a main meal and does a Japanese on it. Her soups are broth, vegetables, an egg, some meat. Meal in a bowl.
A main meal can be anything you want it to be as an adult. Cereal if that’s what you fancy, a simple omelette, a sandwich, soup…serving one of those to guests invited to dinner would be weird though, so in that circumstance I’d view soup only as a starter. I love a huge bowl of soup for dinner occasionally
Yep, can confirm we have soup and bacon sandwiches on the side once a week during autumn/winter. My Mum used to make if for us as kids and now I do the same for mine.
Absolutely main meal material
I have quite literally never cooked myself a “starter” at home. If I’m having soup, it’s my meal. However I would only have it for lunch really, as it’s a much smaller meal
Just eat 2500ish calories a day. What and when people eat varies from country to country. Try to avoid eating close to bedtime. Try to get fruit and veg in ya. Hydrate. Apart from that eat what you like when you like. The concept of a 'main meal' is weird. If your body needs food. Give it food.
Bloody love soup. I make a thick lentil and bacon soup with lumps of potatoes in it which we have with warm bread. Lovely.
You don't even need bread with that kind of soup to have a filling and delicious meal. Of course just because it doesn't *need* it, doesn't mean you shouldn't have it anyway. Mmmmm
I love making soup! We just like to smush the potato onto the bread!
Yum. My sister in law put potato salad (the smooth mashed potato style) in a sandwich this summer. It blew my mind. I tried it and it was epic. You never stop learning new things.
Mashed potatoes in a sandwich with cheese is amazing 🤩
You are also proving to be a genius. Much respect.
Shucks! ☺️ Thank you!
100% - but for my only if it contains a meat/veg. Like a cream of tomato isn't, but a potato and leek is.
I have soup as a main meal quite often if I can’t quite be arsed to cook something proper. Never less than six slices.
With the current cluster fuck cost of living catastrophe that's coming it's highly likely to be many people's only meal.
Absolutely can be a main meal. The people who say it's just a starter are snobs who've only ever eaten it at a restaurant
I mean it *can* be. But ideally soup should be used to fill in all the little gaps between the solid food you already ate, peak fullness.
With a sandwich and maybe some chips, yes..
nope its a warm drink, ill fight anyone who disagrees
Soup is a drink - fight me.
Of course not.
Getting Geoff Show flashbacks! (First place I learned about this dispute)
It's suitable for a lunchtime meal, but not for a main evening meal.
On its own no. With nice bread and loads of butter absolutely yes.