Hard Sauce and Clear Soup

This past week I wrote about the White House Christmas dinner during the war and mentioned they were having clear soup and hard sauce.  I was unfamiliar with both of these items and looked them up.

CLEAR SOUP--  Primarily liquid, usually served warm and combining ingredients like meat and vegetables.

HARD SAUCE--  Sweet, rich dessert sauce made by creaming butter and sugar with liquor, often rum.

New Words for Me.  --GreGen