General / Off-Topic Is cereal soup?

[[PS4] Lorenzo Waringos]

Heinz tomato soup is a cure for every human illness on the planet, including ones the CIA haven’t even invented yet. That is just a fact.

Children in the late 70’s in the UK, may have woken up on a school morning with the plague but on bowl of Heinz tomato soup, whilst watching an episode of The Sullivans saw them fit and healthy enough to return to school the next day.

 

[Robert Maynard]

In the case of breakfast cereal, the liquid is generally milk, which is not a soup. The solids are the cereal.

 

[Vasco Sapien]

For the sake of clarity, let's continue with Merriam-Webster definitons. For soup we would choose the first definition, "a liquid food especially with a meat, fish, or vegetable stock as a base and often containing pieces of solid food" and for stew we would use, "fish or meat usually with vegetables prepared by stewing".

In the podcast I had mentioned earlier, they point out that the soup definition says "especially" and not always or only, therefore, by that definition, cereal, as defined as a breakfast food as we all know and love, would be a soup. But it still feels weird saying that.

As for stew, it has to be from a stewed meat. So I don't think anything we are talking about as far as cereal goes qualifies.

Vegetable stew exists though, No meat in it.
Is a stew something that is left for hours stewing on a slow boil, where as a soup is something cooked faster in a boil.
I always saw Soup as thinner than a stew because its strained, which is why it makes a good starter, The flavour gets your appetite started but does not take away space in your stomach from the main course.

A soup is a starter.... but a Stew can be a main.

 

[Robert Maynard]

Soup is not necessarily strained.

See Scotch Broth.

 

[EUS]

Is milk broth?

 

[tolm]

No.

Move along.

Sheesh ... Brexit, Trump, Putin, Climate Change ... but THIS is what people consider an important talking point?

Hell and Handcart spring to mind!!

 

[Arry]

No.

Move along.

Sheesh ... Brexit, Trump, Putin, Climate Change ... but THIS is what people consider an important talking point?

Hell and Handcart spring to mind!!

Err.... We are not allowed to talk about 3 of the 4 above. If we could, no one would be saying that, the forum is dead.

That said: If we could talk about those three above; most of us, would be banned by now.

 

[Dimitri]

Is milk broth?

Pretty much anything "Cream of" has milk in it, does that count?

 

[Robert Maynard]

Pretty much anything "Cream of" has milk in it, does that count?

I'd suggest not - as the base to which the milk (or, more likely, cream) is added has a flavour of its own (otherwise it'd just end up being watered down milk / cream).

 

[Patrick_68000]

Of course, for soup there are specialized cereals.

 

[Vasco Sapien]

Soup is not necessarily strained.

See Scotch Broth.

Is a Broth different from a soup or a stew?

 

[Robert Maynard]

Is a Broth different from a soup or a stew?

A pretty typical Scotch Broth:

.... and Cullen Skink:

There's a significant proportion of liquid - however it's not clear nor necessarily strained - and the solids proportion can be quite high.

 

[Vasco Sapien]

A pretty typical Scotch Broth:

.... and Cullen Skink:

There's a significant proportion of liquid - however it's not clear nor necessarily strained - and the solids proportion can be quite high.

Who ever imagined that Soup could be such a deep subject.

 

[Mxpower76]

You can eat soup for dinner and you can eat cereal for dinner. So...........

 

[Robert Maynard]

Who ever imagined that Soup could be such a deep subject.

In the case of either of those soups, well made, the deeper (the bowl) the better....

 

[Manticore]

Now let's do Yorkshire pudding........

 

[Vasco Sapien]

You can eat soup for dinner and you can eat cereal for dinner. So...........

this thread has inspired me to mix up my porridge.

Im going to make this tomorrow for dinner.
Cheesy Savory Oatmeal with Crispy Potatoes & Pesto

https://www.snixykitchen.com/cheesy-savory-oatmeal-with-crispy-potatoes-pesto/

 

[Vasco Sapien]

Now let's do Yorkshire pudding........

Love a Yorkshire pudding, Little cups for my Mint Sauce.

 

[Dimitri]

I'd suggest not - as the base to which the milk (or, more likely, cream) is added has a flavour of its own (otherwise it'd just end up being watered down milk / cream).

Usually when I make a Cream of anything for whatever, I start with a roux, then add milk and broth. If you add cream instead, it get WAY too thick, as you are depending on cooking off a bit of the water while preparing it. As for store bought, I'm not sure how they make it, but it wouldn't surprise me if they started with milk as well.

 

[Patrick_68000]

There is the soup, the broth but also the velvety.