No New Soup For You!

Did you know that, on average, 98 out of every 100 new soups introduced to the world market each year fail to make it beyond the trial period or are mistaken by consumers for nonalcoholic beer?

So what are you missing? Ill-fated varieties that fell short of fame and fortune include:

• Fisherman's Bait & Barley
• Thai-Style Hair & Ham
• Acid Rain & Rice
• Jay Lentil
• Gypsy Port & Pickins'
• Iguana Gumbo
• Three Sneeze Peeper Leek
• Cream of Muskrat
• H&R Bisque
• Yo Yo Matzo Ball
• Savory Tsunami
• Dead Plant Stems & Pieces
• Chunky Irish Tenor

The good news is, the king of all soups, chicken noodle, is now healing the sick in 37 countries and has even been credited with raising the dead in Haiti, the Philippines and Equatorial Guinea.