It does not have a fancy name. It takes little time to cook. It can be made from almost anything, even leftovers. But it is so nourishing no fancy dish could ever take its place as a table staple. What do you call this dish? Why, yes, of course - soup! Making soup is an activity almost as old as human history itself. In the old days, people made soup with nary a fuss. They simply tossed ingredients into the pot and left these to cook. It was also believed then - as it is believed now - that chicken soup had curative value, able to cook any illness from chicken pox to flu. Discover all you need to know about soup through the resources in this section.