cock-a-leekie soup

Traditional Scottish Soup whose origins can be traced back to the days of friendship between Scotland and France. (NYT Bread and Soup Cookbook.) Ingredients include one whole chicken, peppercorns, broth, leeks, dried prunes and dried apricots, parsley.

Waitress: Take your order sir?

Man: Bowl a' cock-a-leekie soup.

Waitress: Will you be having Lame Salad with that?

Man: I beg your pardon???