Soup Holidays in our Calendar
January is National Soup Month.
January is National Soup Swap Month!
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Happy National Soup Month!
National Soup Month is a holiday celebrated annually in the United States. Although this is an American holiday; this holiday celebrates all types of soups from around the world. In doing research for this day, we found that Soup Month is gaining momentum in other countries as well. Why? Because everybody loves soups and every country is famous for their own soups. Because of the Internet, it has helped the whole world connect with one another and share many different soup recipes.
Now you can't have a Soup Month without having a Soup Swap!
The United States has such a great love for soup that the month of January is also publicized as National Soup Swap Month as well. Our calendar first had a movable holiday called Soup Swap "DAY," but our research shows that because the date changes from year to year, it's way to hard to keep up with for such a popular holiday. Due to this, the public has claimed the whole month of January as a good time for a soup swap. Calendar Sites are now listing the whole month of January as National Soup Swap Month and organization, churches and clubs who celebrate this holiday will simply advertise the date of their own "Soup Swap Day." Soup Swaps are extremely popular in Housing communities as well. For more information on tips to help you have a soup swap-
visit National Soup Swap Month
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Origin of this Holiday
Our research did not find the creator, or the origin of this day. At first we thought this holiday would of been created by a popular soup company or a health related organization- This holiday is referred to as a "National" day- However, we did not find any congressional records or presidential proclamations for this day. Even though we didn't, this is still a holiday that is publicized to celebrate. So enjoy the day and have fun with it.
We found recognition about this holiday from:
calendar sites and personal Internet sites that blog and share information about this holiday. Many of these sites talk about the many different types of soups from around the world. Others give great homemade recipes to soups they grew up with. We found that many sites talk about tomato soup and chicken noodle soup a lot! In our research, we found that these 2 soups are top pick for soups.
Definition of Soup
Soup is a liquid food that is made by combining ingredients, such as meat, vegetables or legumes (beans) in stock or hot water, until the flavor is extracted, forming a broth.
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Soup Facts
We all love soups don't we. In fact how could we not love soup since we've all been raised eating it. Every country in the world has soup recipes and family traditions from long ago. In fact it's no surprise that soup is probably the oldest form of food right up there with bread. Here are some fun soup facts that history tell us.
- Soup can be dated back to about 6000 B.C. and was first made of hippopotamus.
- Boiling was not a common cooking technique until the invention of waterproof containers (which probably came in the form of pouches made of clay or animal skin) about 9,000 years ago.
- History also tells us that soup was first known as "sop," which was a piece of bread served with some type of liquid. (broth) People use to pour sop over a piece of bread or over broken off chunks of bread in a platter allowing it to soak up all the broth and then they would eat it. As time went by sop was placed in deeper bowls and the liquid became the focal point instead of the bread as it once was. "Sop" soon became "Soup" and the bread was then dipped in soup or thick stew. In modern day the word sop is a definition of sopping up food. Gruel is a fine example of sop which also goes back a long way in our History.
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Classifications of Soup
Traditionally, soups are classified into two broad groups: clear soups and thick soups. The established French classifications of clear soups are bouillon and consommé. Thick soups are classified depending upon the type of thickening agent used: purées are vegetable soups thickened with starch; bisques are made from puréed shellfish thickened with cream; cream soups are thickened with béchamel sauce; and veloutés are thickened with eggs, butter and cream. Other ingredients commonly used to thicken soups and broths include rice, flour, and grain.
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