 Egg puffs are baked, whereas soup pearls are deep-fried.Soup pearls are generally known in German as "Backerbse" (literally, "baked peas") or "Mehlerbse" ("flour peas").In Swiss German, they are referred to as "Suppenperle", or "soup pearls" (hence the English name), while in the Vorarlberg region in western Austria, they are called "Hochzeitsperle", or "wedding pearls".