You drink soup before or after meal?

I usually don't prepare soup at home but when I go to restaurants I prefer to drink it before meal. And there is a south Indian dish called "Rasam" which we have it at the end of a meal. It is good for digestion and its a kind of soup as well.

In the US, the proper order for meals, appetizer, soup, salad, main course, dessert. This is how I prefer to take meals.

If i'm eating at home, i will only drink the soup after my meal, because it's MSG free, and it's supposed to act as a desert for me.. lol =D But when i'm eating outside, like having western food, i will drink the soup 1st as for them, soup acts as a appetitzer.. hehe ^_^ So, whatever is the culture of the place i'm eating at, i will follow them ^_^

when i have homemade that is my meal.

Hi CK, it depends. If it's a Western meal, then most probably we would take soup first. If it's a Chinese meal, then it's taken together with the rest of the meal! Anyway, I find that drinking water or soup before a meal tends to fill me up; and I won't be able to eat much of the meal.

i will drink the soup before meal ... so that this can prevent me to eat more in de meal ..

i generally don't drink soup daily at home bu yeah when we go to have dinner outside in some restaurant than i gonna drink soup before we have dinner...in my opinion drinking soups make us eat less so if we drink it before we cannot eat much...n yeah its good for the people in diet!! I like drinking tomato soup whenerver i m outside for dinner..its good for our health...i drink just befor ethe meal...same as you!!hehehe gud luck!!

I was used to have soup after meal before and now I will have it before meal.Do you know why?Coz I red something from the health magazine,said that it'll add the loads of your stomach if you have soup after meal,sorry that just can not remember the principle.Thus,I changed my habbit of having soup before my meal~have a good day!!