This Side of the Pond

We don’t need to worry about warm weather any more, so my thoughts have turned to the kind of comforting meal that cheers up a gray day – and what better option than soup?

While creams of chicken and tomato, noodle-based soups and the various potato-based delights we all love are shared between our nations, this made me wonder if my homeland has chosen any of our offerings as a national soup, which I could then offer up to you as something new to try.

The answer turned out to be “sort of”.

Such a thing does exist, but it is neither official nor a soup.

There’s a recipe that resides in our nati...