National cuisines (recipes welcome!)

[Farseer]

I am not sure that Australia has anything that would qualify as the national soup!

No, not that I know of, especially as we're probably more identified with stew than soup (no, we don't eat wombat stew!)? At least, that's what I'd expect given our swaggie/Outback heritage and subsequent overseas image? Either way, I am a huge fan of both, winter or summer!

My favourite soups are always the simple ones, and would include pea and ham (made from scratch with leftover ham bones), chicken and corn (not unlike a chowder) and fresh tomato soup (which I make HEAPS of as we always have a glut of tomatoes in the garden). I always have a plentiful supply of tinned and packet soups in the pantry...tinned pea and ham soup is a wonderful help when my kids have bouts of tonsilitis as it's the only thing they'll eat!

I think I am also addicted to Continental Cup-a-Soups (the chicken noodle kind!) and would probably choose it as a last meal !