So why don't we just leave out the soup course?

Most meals go on to suimono, a clear soup course.

When they were finally ready for the soup course, the waiter returned with the two bowls.

We have not yet started the soup course!

We were through the soup course before Pengelly came back.

Servants slipped in to serve wine and the soup course.

Not long after we finished the soup course, however, friends of friends started arriving.

A soup course was followed by salad and a fish appetizer.

My mother wouldn't make it past the soup course.

A family friend makes a delicious eggnog, but it's like a soup course.