A little bit about soup first of all. Although people used hot water to heat foods, it was not until the invention of heatproof containers that foods were able to boil in their juices. The invention of these containers started new taste sensations. When flavors were released from boiling, it created a whole different menu for the general populations. Ancient people (it is assumed) would eat everything in the pot including the liquid, which was an ancient version of the soup. Initially they could have been cooked on hot stones in bowls of natural substances. Soup derives from the word "sup" meaning the bread on which the broth was poured. In the beginning it was more like porridge and gruel.
Even before cookbooks were published in America, newspapers and magazines mentioned them. William parks published the first cookbook in America. America is the melting pot and its many culinary influences show in its soups. The Germans helped us to see that a soup can be a meal. After the French Revolution, the French fled to America, and in the process brought high flueten gourmet soups. Then those from the slave uprisings in Haiti brought Cajun soups. Soup was often a first course at dinner parties all through the new world
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