Cold soup
Soup that has gone cold in its bowl — care prepared and not received in time.
Cold soup in a dream is the dream's image of care prepared and not received in time. The soup was warm when it was set down; it is cold now because the eater did not come. The dream brings cold soup when something in your life — a hospitality, an apology, a kindness — was made ready and the person it was for did not arrive at the table. Cold soup reheated and served late is the dream telling you the care can still be salvaged. Cold soup poured back into the pot, abandoned, is the dream noting that the offered care has been withdrawn, and the next offering will be slower to come.