Merriam-webster  – Definition of soup

1: a liquid food especially with a meat, fish, or vegetable stock as a base and often containing pieces of solid food.

Soups have been made for thousands of years. It is thought that soup was first produced once waterproof containers were invented about 5000 years ago.  The essential results being, a liquid taking on the flavors of solid food ingredients, and the tenderizing of solid food for easy consumption. Of course