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Originally Posted by Bardalicious
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Uhh... no? Yeah, it originally referred to the French crustacean-based soup, but bisque has come more to describe the consistency and inclusion of cream base in a soup, not the traditional title derived solely from geological birthplace. Hence the bountiful varieties of non-seafood inclusive soups made of cream base and pureed fruits and or vegetables.
If you took soup seriously enough, you wouldn't care about this because you'd put forth the little effort to make your own.
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I said it was a perversion of the original meaning, and it is. It originally referred to a specific type of cream soup, but because "bisque" sounds sexy and french, restaurants began to describe all cream soups this way. This caused confusion among true soup enthusiasts at the time, but because the term was successful as a marketing ploy, the idiots as usual carried the day and generalized it. Also, to suggest that I do not make my own soups is a vile falsehood. Have you no decency?