There is a Difference . . .

Between soup and bouillon

And what you serve them in!

Back in the day, dinner parties would often start with a cup of bouillon

What is bouillon?    How does it differ from soup?

Bouillon is a savory liquid made of water in which bones, meat or vegetables have been simmered.

It could be beef -- it could be chicken 

But for dinner parties beef was the bouillon of choice.

But you couldn't just serve bouillon in a soup bowl --

No, you had to have a special dish for it

A bouillon cup!

Two handled because you could pick it up by the handles and drink it

It is the same size and shape as a cup

The only difference being that it has a handle on both sides.

But then there is that other two handled cup that comes with china

 

It's a cream soup bowl

No hostess would think of serving cream soups in a bouillon cup

nor bouillon in a cream soup bowl

As you can see, it's bigger and wider than a regular cup

It holds much more soup

But then a small cup of bouillon would probably satisfy you

While you would like a little more cream soup 

And they each came with their own spoon

A spoon for cream soup on the left and a bouillon spoon on the right

(it's a wee spoon compared to the soup spoon)

I love to compare the sizes

I am sure sone china comes with both a bouillon cup and a cream soup bowl

But neither of mine did -- it was one or the other!

For those interested -- the pattern on the left is Aynsley Pembroke while the pattern on the right is Noritake Duluth

There is nothing like a bowl of cream soup

to start a luncheon or dinner!