I Like my soup, I make no bones about it. We've never really had a thread on here dedicated to the delights of soup. Tragic really. What's your favourite soup? I remember old "burnt sausage coupon" taking great umbrage saying that soup was for poor people. He was a ****ing Tim for ****s sake, the very epitome of poor ****wits. Leek and Potato anyway for this discerning sheepshagger.
Answer to your first question would be before. Answer to your second question would be again, all down to viscosity. If it is borderline then I just saying having soup as opposed to eating or drinking it.