Chicken soup (lock, stock and two smoking barrels)

[Ezhevika]

Hello everybody.

Please help me understand what is the meaning of the expression chicken soup. Here’s the dialogue from the movie Lock, stock and two smoking barrels.

A guy wants to sell weed:

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- Meat me halfway, mate.

- Look, it’s all completely chicken soup!

- It’s what?

- It’s kosher as Christmas.

Does this literally mean chicken soup here or it’s a kind of expression meaning something else?
Thanks for your help on understanding this extract.

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[The Newt]

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"Chicken soup" is being used as an equivalent of Kosher, because it's often associated with Kosher food. In slang, Kosher also means "legitimate."

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[Mahantongo]

Notice, however, that "kosher" refers to Jewish dietary laws, and "Christmas" is a Christian holiday. Something that is as kosher as Christmas is not, in fact, kosher.

 

[Ezhevika]

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"Chicken soup" is being used as an equivalent of Kosher, because it's often associated with Kosher food. In slang, Kosher also means "legitimate."

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Thanks a lot. Didn't know this. And here it makes sense.

Notice, however, that "kosher" refers to Jewish dietary laws, and "Christmas" is a Christian holiday. Something that is as kosher as Christmas is not, in fact, kosher.

Right. Exactly! And now the sense of the dialogue is absolutely clear to me.
So many nuancies.

Thank you both!