Father consumes starters, entr?es and with very little money in old Paris - an alternative to consomm?
I believe the answer is:
pea soup
'old paris an alternative to consomm?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'father consumes starters entr?es and with very little money' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa is a kind of father).
'consumes' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'starters' says to take the initial letters.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'with very little money' becomes 'soup' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
The initial letter of 'entres' is 'e'.
'pa' enclosing 'e' is 'pea'.
'pea'+'soup'='PEA-SOUP'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pea soup that I've seen before include "Green-coloured starter" , "Dish like old London fog" , "Food - thick yellow fog" , "starter course?" , "Green broth" .)