Water Chestnut and Honey Date Soup

Why people make this soup

Nourilo spotted some freshly shelled water chestnut kernels at the dried-goods shop and could not resist. Half went into a braise, half into this little soup. Water chestnut kernels taste mildly sweet and clean, and in food-therapy tradition they are seen as gentle on the middle. This is one of those quiet two-ingredient soups you make when the stomach feels off and digestion has gone slack.