Is soup a meal?

[Anonymous]

Depends on whether your guests are big eaters. Older people often don’t eat as much. A soup and salad would be more than enough for my in laws. Teenagers , athletic adults or breakfast/lunch skippers no.

Now if they are obese then they are used to eating much more and soup/salad even after a big breakfast and lunch won’t fly.

[Anonymous]

Yes make some white rice and serve it on top. We ate chicken soup 3 days this week. Made a big pot. Make some noodles and serve the soup with noodles on the next day. (I don’t put grains in my soups)

[Anonymous]

I am shocked that anyone is saying soup with a crusty bread and salad isn’t a meal. My parents hosted a LOT and for long periods during the holidays all growing up and still do, a meal like this is always on the menu at some point because you can make the soup beforehand. It’s probably usually served for lunch but could be dinner

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Yes it’s a meal.

[Anonymous]

My 80 year old parents think soup is a meal. My daughter and I do not.

[Anonymous]

I think it is, when served with bread and salad or some appetizer. But I was told it wasn’t by a member of my book club when I served it at a meeting. I was so embarrassed ans felt awful.

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

If you’re trying to figure out an easy/quick meal, I would say make the soup ahead, and plan for a salad and put out sandwich fixings as well.

[Anonymous]

No, I don’t think so.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the replies, everyone. The guests are my sister, her husband, and their 8 year old who will be staying for 4 nights. Everyone is a healthy weight (since someone asked). My thought was the soup could be made ahead, with leftovers available for lunches (lunch isn’t a formal sit-down meal in our house, it’s fixing a sandwich or warming up leftovers on your own). Enough people here are saying no, so I’ll probably skip it, but I still think it’s a meal and will continue serving it to my immediate family, and DH can continue making himself scrambled eggs or a grilled cheese later in the evening if he so desires. Thanks again!

- OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it is, when served with bread and salad or some appetizer. But I was told it wasn’t by a member of my book club when I served it at a meeting. I was so embarrassed ans felt awful.

The rude book club member should have kept that to herself. It’s one meal!

[Anonymous]

It’s definitely a meal. But it’s not something people serve to guests at a dinner party.

[Anonymous]

It’s not a meal unless the person isn’t very hungry. How often do you see soup as a regular entree in a restaurant? I think you can do it if you include the bread + lunch meat/cheese. That way those with heartier appetites can make themselves a sandwich but it’s no more work for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends: Were you given an Armani suit?

Beat me to it PP. Was the soup consommé? Also a key question.