Comment on Lemmy.zip & Piefed.zip Server Update November 2025
zerofk@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
I’ll grant you bread sandwich, but cereal soup? That’s where I draw the line. Just adding a liquid to something does not make it soup.
An argument could be made for milkshake being soup though…
frongt@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Why not? Soup can be milk-based (chowder) and cold (borscht). Why is cereal not soup?
zerofk@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Putting a raw tomato and a raw chicken breast into a bowl and adding water doesn’t make chicken soup. In soup all the ingredients are prepared together in the liquid, which is not drained after.
frongt@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Gazpacho is soup, and it includes whole raw ingredients.
In cereal, all the ingredients (cereal, fruit, nuts, etc.) are placed together in the base, which is not drained.
zerofk@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
The missing step is preparation of the ingredients and liquid, all together. Gazpacho is blended. So are milkshakes, for which I left the door open.
Other soups have other preparations, but the key is they’re prepared together with the liquid.
If you blend and/or boil your cereal, I’ll grant you it’s soup. And please do record yourself eating it.