From the container, get a strange looking soup (7)
I believe the answer is:
pottage
'soup' is the definition.
(I know that pottage is a type of soup)
'from the container get a strange looking' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'from' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
an anagram of 'get' is 'tge' which is present in the remaining letters.
A single letter 'p' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for pottage that I've seen is " Soup or stew".)