As endorsed by Ol' Dependables, speaking from Nantucket

Michael Caines, the chef-owner at Lympstone Manor in Devon, said of the soup: “At first I thought this was a joke, the chef in me thinking: ‘That’s no way to serve a Christmas dinner!’ But then I reflect on the fact that many people out there might not be able to afford a Christmas dinner. Maybe it is not such a bad idea after all.”

Uh huh.