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Soups

The Dales Chef

Friday, 3 October 2025 - 12 minutes

We are talking all about the origins of our favourite winter dish - the humble soup. How simple a basic soup is to make and how to elevate it to another level and tantilise your winter tastebuds!

It is National Carrot Day today, so the focus leans towards Carrot and Corriander soup and Bruce's top tips for making the best soup.

How to make a consume (a clear soup) and historically, Bruce tells us why it was invented.

We talk about cold soups, although the fun side of these we'll save for next summer.

What is Muligatawny, why ladies mainly used to eat soup and how it was invented by Neanderthal Man!

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