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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Any soup is cool enough to eat on a first date. If your date gives you crap about something as inconsequential as what kind of soup you're eating, your date should be discarded at your earliest convenience, because they have shown themselves to be an opinionated twat that will bitch about things that don't matter in the slightest.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

+1 to this. if they're giving you shit about what type of soup you eat the rest of the relationship is not gonna be very pleasant either

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

And since you ordered the soup, they likely have poor taste in soup

[–] supernicepojo 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Phō. I have never had a bad date while enjoying a bowl at a Vietnamese restaurant.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And if the date is dull, at least you've enjoyed an excellent soup.

Traditionally served in the morning tho - do you do morning dates ?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bro I'm one for culture but Pho's so delish idgaf when or where I'm having it, that's a great date for anyone with 3 connecting neurons

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[–] JJROKCZ 4 points 1 year ago

It might be a morning dish traditionally but it’s eaten at any time of the day in my part of the US at least (Midwest)

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

Just don’t eat soup on a first date. Soup is a 38th date food. Soup is what you get at a little truck stop after being stuck in a blizzard together for the last 12 hours in a car with no working heater, on your way back from Christmas. Then you get some soup and empty little bags of oyster crackers into it and you look at her and smile because you’re lucky to be with her. β€œOhhh that’s so good” she says, huffing the air over the soup, and tugging off her mittens.

If you had to eat soup on a first date, Pho is the way to go.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

I have a simple soup rule: if they judge you poorly for you or soup, judge them poorly as a person.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Gazpacho is chilled; if that isn’t cool enough I’ll eat my sombrero.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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[–] guy 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No soup. Too dangerous to eat with a long beard, for a first date. Risk making a fool of myself

[–] Gazumi 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If my date had a long beard with soup in it, I'd think that she wasn't the one for me

[–] Thteven 2 points 1 year ago

Don't be a soup hater, enjoy a flavor saver.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

If you are worried about ordering the "wrong" soup, you aren't mature enough to be dating yet. Discover yourself, then you can show show yourself to another person. Otherwise you are just wearing a mask.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ask for scalding hot dishwater to show that you're hardcore. A bowl of hot sauce is also acceptable. /s

[–] Mr_Blott 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A proper french onion soup is pretty classy

[–] bhmnscmm 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With all that cheese? Good luck not looking like a goober while eating French onion soup.

And don't forget about the breath afterwards.

[–] Mr_Blott 3 points 1 year ago

The cheese is on the bread, not in the soup. And there's no garlic in it, and it doesn't taste much like onions

Don't fancy yours much!

[–] Yamainwitch 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seconding the pho, I would even say a hot pot restaurant since you guys can make your own soups which can take some of the pressure off the conversation since you're actively cooking and the experience will be memorable. 🀩✨

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is actually a good idea

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago
[–] nomecks 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My first date go-to is my mom's famous 13 bean soup

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't even name that many beans. Would you share the list of beans?

[–] nomecks 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  1. Kidney bean
  2. Fava bean
  3. Brown bean
  4. Jumping bean
  5. Edemame bean
  6. Soybean
  7. Garbanzo bean
  8. Pinto bean
  9. Green bean
  10. Cocoa bean
  11. Vanilla bean
  12. Mr. Bean
  13. Howu bean
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You forgot the coffee bean

[–] nomecks 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Coffee beans killed my pappy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

What just because they're brown? I'm calling the cops so they can shoot your puppy and the coffee beans

[–] jcabral9 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] nomecks 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh great, it's the bean police

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh, great! It's the bean police!

[–] Ghostalmedia 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you have the soup at your mom’s?

[–] nomecks 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only if my date wants to see my 40k collection

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And if she doesn't, she doesn't deserve you anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Consomme for the first date.
Double Consomme if you really care about him.
Triple Consomme if he is taken by the King to another duchy, and you don't expect to see him for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The answer to both questions is "ball soup", but the pleasure varies between who's giving and who's receiving.

Childish jokes aside; pea and ham is a good soup for any occasion.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Shared bowl of all you can eat soup from Italian garden. I am not clarifying.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] TerrificTadpole 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I will wonder, forever, if this is meant to be the good soup or the bad soup.

(Don't tell me.)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It's the cool soup

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

broccoli creme soup with ajvar is rather fancy, Kohlrabi creme soup would fit also

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

brassica, on a first date? you're living in a different world than me

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ajvar is the best

[–] RBWells 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that a communal dish is the way to go. Those mussels in broth that you eat and dip bread in the liquid are great- something to do with your hands, one big bowl, and small bites so no cutting and long chewing.

Are you making the soup or eating out? If you are making it - sopa de tomate y frijoles is so much better than it should be, you just take an onion, few dried peppers (Ancho are good) can of pinto beans, can of tomatoes, broth of whatever variety. Soak peppers, blend everything including the raw onion, season, cook by simmering on the stove. Tastes even better if you then refrigerate and reheat it the next day. Toppings - crumbly cheese, tortilla chips, pumpkin seeds, sliced scallion greens, pickled jalapenos.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here I was, asking myself what could be worse than having soup on a first date, and there you come with a brilliant answer: communal mussels

[–] RBWells 2 points 1 year ago

I love them!

Salad is the worst date food. I love salad but it's awkward to eat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

something you cooked from the bottom of your heart, inspired by that person, improvising with seasonal ingredients, with a touch of crazy zestiness (lime, ginger, chili)? something that would taste delicious and show how inventive and thoughtful you are!

[–] beerclue 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

BorΘ™ de fasole (sour bean soup), cold, with mΔƒmΔƒligΔƒ (polenta) and raw onion. πŸ₯²

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Anyone who survives this on the first date is probably your soulmate for all eternity

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