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Soup history
It has been said that history is only written and interpreted by those in power, political power that is.
Does that mean that people who cook
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Food origin is notoriously hard to trace. This is because historical records of culinary events are not systematically collected.
However there are still some historical records. Here are some. I hope to find more and update this page with interesting soup history, especially about chinese soups.
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The earliest nation to drink soup is Ancient Greece. It has been said that during the Olympics, every athlete brings a goat or calf to the temple of Zeus to participate in the rituals. During the rituals, these animals were killed and cooked in a huge pot. The meat were distributed to the non-athletes present while the soup are given to the athletes to drink to increase their strength. |
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Archaelogists discovered crude pots in the Near East. They believed that these pots were used to boil grains into soup. |
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The earliest recorded soup recipe was found in an ancient cookbook from China. Created before 2700 BC, there were a total of 10 soups recipes. Apparently one of the soup recipes is still being used today. |
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In Europe, the earliest known soup is probably the Marseilles fish soup from France. This fish soup recipe is about 2500 years old. It was most probably brought into France by the Greeks although many French are convinced that Marseillians would have invented the soup sooner or later. |
Do you have a piece of soup history to share?
