There is a story that, at the end of the 17th century, the English writer Addison was sheltering from the rain while out on a walk and was invited into a garden where the owner had a craze for tulips. A muddle-headed servant took some bulbs to cook up a bowl of "onion soup."
話說十七世紀末英國散文家艾地生，有一回散步躲雨，受邀進入一座花園，園主癡愛郁金香，謂百畝良田猶且不換；偏偏糊塗的女僕卻錯拿球莖煮了碗香噴噴的「洋蔥湯」！