The ancient Greeks has a long history of chicken and broth. Ancient physicians and philosophers believed chicken soup cured everything from bed wetting to leprosy.
Although many have tried to pinpoint exactly how chicken soup works as a medicinal food item, the healing powers still remain largely a mystery.
A doctor named Stephen Rennard famously studied the curative powers of chicken soup in the early 1990s, based on his grandmother’s recipe (which did not have noodles in it), and he definitely came up with some form of positive results.
Noodles have been partnered with broth-based soups as early as the 1200s in Asia. Beginning in the 1700s in Italy, folks began feeding noodle soup to the sick because it was easy to digest. By the 1900s in the US, noodle soups had become a staple convenience food.
Both chicken soup and noodle soup separately have their curative elements, so it was only a matter of time that they came together.However,there is need for further research to proof this.
Chicken noodle soup brief story
In 1934 Campbell’s “Noodle with Chicken Soup” was created by Ernest Lacoutiere, a chef at the Campbell’s company. Although the soup did well immediately, it prospered even more after its name change.
After about five years after its introduction, a radio host accidentally called the food item “Chicken Noodle Soup” and people went nuts. Reportedly, consumers flocked to the grocery store shelves to try out this “new “soup .
Surprisingly, Campbell’s chicken noodle soup still does well today, in a day and age where many people are making their own soups and stews at home. It has sustained a “Top 10 shelf-stable grocery item” title since its origin, and additionally, in 2013 the company reported sales of 200 million cans of chicken noodle soup.
Despite the popularity of chicken soup noodles in many other countries,it is not a popular delicacy in my country Nigeria.
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