“Soup of the day implies another, possibly even seductive, soup of the night”
There is a “soup of the day” (soup du jour) served in many restaurants, but not “soup of the night” (soupe de la nuit; soupe du soir; soup du soir). “Soup of the night” has been printed on several images.
“Soup du Soir,” by food writer Molly O’Neill, was printed in the New York (NY) Times on January 29, 1995. “Yum! What’s the soup of the night, then?” was posted on the newsgroup alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove on February 24, 2003. “I like that list much better than the Soupe du Jour list. Or any soupe de la nuit lists you may be compiling” was posted on Twitter by Stephanie Reinhardt on May 13, 2010. “‘Late Night Dining’ menu. Item 1: Soup du jour - shouldnt that be Soup du soir?” was posted on Twitter by Joshua McGrath on September 28, 2011.
“Too much soup de la nuit, non?” was posted on Twitter by Francesca Lily on January 4, 2012. “Soup of the Night In the dark of night on a lonely bench, a thirsty vampire consumes a bowl of blood-red tomato soup. It’s the soup of the night (soupe de la nuit)” was posted on Thingsesque on February 17, 2016. “Soupe De La Nuit / Soup of the Night” is a cartoon by Dean White that was posted on Cartoonstock on February 29, 2016.
“For every soup of the day there is an exotic yet sordid soup of the night” was posted on Twitter by rodti on February 28, 2012. “Soup of the day implies another, possibly even seductive, soup of the night” was posted on Twitter by Bewg on June 15, 2021, and the tweet went viral (over 111,000 likes).
“Soup of the Day implies that there is another dark and mysterious evening soup…SOUP OF THE NIGHT” (shown on an image) was posted on Twitter by Cosmically Liminal on August 20, 2021, and this tweet went viral (over 90,000 likes). The original image had been posted on Instagram by frogwitch on July 2, 2021, and had been posted on Facebook by Cheerful Nihilism earlier on August 20, 2021.
Wiktionary: soup du jour
Etymology
Ultimately from French
Noun
soup du jour (plural soups du jour)
1. Soup of the day; today’s soup; whatever soup is sold under that name
Usage notes
“Soupe du jour” would be preferred in many contexts.
29 January 1995, New York (NY) Times, magazine sec., pg. 49, col. 1:
Soup du Soir
Molly O’Neill
Google Groups: alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove
The soup of the day is…
Spuddie
Feb 24, 2003, 1:49:12 AM
In the year of our lard Sun, 23 Feb 2003 14:11:30 -0000 the great
thelemic pyrrhonist “davey”
systematically trimmed
all the hair off and said:
>Oxtail
Yum! What’s the soup of the night, then?
Twitter
Stephanie Reinhardt@stephanie1839·May 13, 2010
Replying to @AnaRevenant
@AnaRevenant Yes ma’am. I like that list much better than the Soupe du Jour list. Or any soupe de la nuit lists you may be compiling.
Twitter
Joshua McGrath
@DopplerInteract
“Late Night Dining” menu. Item 1: Soup du jour - shouldnt that be Soup du soir?
8:45 AM · Sep 28, 2011·Twitter for Android
Google Books
I’m Losing You:
A Novel
By Bruce Wagner
New York, NY: A Plume Book
2012 (first printed 1996)
Pg. ?:
Instead, I had to swallow my emotions and focus on the matter at hand: the Soup of the Day {I'm trying to make that Soup of the Night. Jabba says the tips are so much better.)
Twitter
Francesca Lily@Francesca_Lily·Jan 4, 2012
Replying to @neurosocialist
@jasonwire you’re so right. Plus don’t you get 50% free. Arghhh! Too much soup de la nuit, non?
Twitter
rodti
@rodti
For every soup of the day there is an exotic yet sordid soup of the night.
7:52 AM · Feb 28, 2012 from City of Edinburgh, Scotland·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
sibing
@bingggqilin
It should be called soup of the day, in the day. And soup of the night, at night!
12:10 AM · Sep 19, 2012·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Jennifer Preston Chushcoff
@byjenn
Soup of the Day is all well and good. But what about Soup of the Night? I think I’d much prefer that.
11:57 PM · Oct 10, 2013·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Jenny Bailey
@jennyb61
I see many restaurants advertising ‘soup of the day’ but never an evening restaurant offering ‘soup of the night’. Vampires get hungry too
8:05 AM · Aug 2, 2014·Twitter for Mac
Thingsesque
February 17, 2016
Soup of the Night
In the dark of night on a lonely bench, a thirsty vampire consumes a bowl of blood-red tomato soup. It’s the soup of the night (soupe de la nuit).
Soup(e) du Jour can often be found on menus in restaurants. It means ‘Soup of the Day’ which made me wonder if there is similarly a soup of the night and if so, what might it look like?
Cartoonstock
Soupe De La Nuit
Soup of the Night
Cartoonist: Dean White
Search ID: CS435914
Uploaded: 2/29/2016
Twitter
Raven Luni
@Raven_Luni
Soup of the day? Why can you never get soup of the night - that would be much more interesting…
10:08 PM · Apr 15, 2019·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Azakir
@SignpostDragon
Replying to @Raven_Luni
Soup of the Night is Soup of the Day but cold…
10:16 AM · Apr 16, 2019·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Pay Lindsay To Stay Home
@HyperGlavin
People keep telling me what the soup of the day is whenever I go out to eat, but I never hear about the soup of the night. What’s up with that. Are there any diners or cafes ladling out bowls of goth soups out there.
5:23 AM · May 26, 2019·Twitter for Android
Twitter
TurnipCannon
@TurnipCannon
Replying to @L69fs and @ThatsCappy
Soup of the day in the streets, soup of the night in the sheets
5:49 PM · Feb 6, 2020·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Kristopher Michael Wood feat. Pfizer Vaccine
@KristopherWood
I never order the soup of the day after 5pm. You had your moment, it’s time for soup of the night.
9:19 PM · Jan 18, 2021·Twitter Web App
Twitter
Bewg
@bewgtweets
Soup of the day implies another, possibly even seductive, soup of the night.
3:39 PM · Jun 15, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Ian Crook
@IanCrook1
Replying to @bewgtweets and @Shenanigans_luv
Soup of the night is usually soup of the day but a few hours older
4:06 PM · Jun 15, 2021·Twitter for Android
Instagram
July 2, 2021
frogwitch
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
Soup of the Day implies that
there is another dark and
mysterious evening soup…
SOUP OF THE
NIGHT
Twitter
TehMrMartin
@TehMrMartin
Drunk thoughts: Soup of the day implies there is a darker, more mysterious soup… Soup of the night.
4:45 PM · Aug 2, 2021·Twitter Web App
Facebook
Cheerful Nihilism
August 20, 2021 at 5:30 AM ·
Mmmmm
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
Soup of the Day implies that
there is another dark and
mysterious evening soup…
SOUP OF THE
NIGHT
Twitter
Cosmically Liminal
@CosmicHorror77
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
Soup of the Day implies that
there is another dark and
mysterious evening soup…
SOUP OF THE
NIGHT
8:01 PM · Aug 20, 2021·Twitter for Android
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Cosmically Liminal@CosmicHorror77·Aug 22
Replying to @CosmicHorror77
Wow this blew up! I believe the credit goes to Frog Witch on Instagram: https://instagram.com/p/CQ2SEfNsrXB/?utm_medium=copy_link
Via Cheerful Nihilism on Facebook.
If you read this far, I just want to remind everyone to be kind to eachother.
Twitter
Raggedy Dan
@errhello
“Soup of the day”implies the existence of a darker and malevolent counterpart … soup of the night.
6:01 AM · Aug 21, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—Bossfight
Posted by u/JeffTheRabbid August 22, 2021
Soup of the Night, destroyer of bowels
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
Soup of the Day implies that
there is another dark and
mysterious evening soup…
SOUP OF THE
NIGHT
Reddit—Askphilosophy
Posted by u/sheikhimam August 22, 2021
I saw a meme that said: “Soup of the Day implies that there is another, dark and mysterious evening soup…Soup of the Night.” What is the fallacy at play here?
As far as I can tell, the existence of Soup of the Day in no way logically implies that there is a Soup of the Night. What is the fallacy at play in this assertion?