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SpatulaGeekGirl
01-12-2006, 07:52 PM
Is chunky soup not just stew? :unsure: Or is watery stew just soup? What's the deal mang? :dabs:

Snee
01-12-2006, 07:54 PM
That's no asian lesbian porn, you liar.

manker
01-12-2006, 07:55 PM
I think Stew just has bigger bits of stuff in it :dabs:

GepperRankins
01-12-2006, 08:08 PM
stew is all about the lumps. like you have stew on a plate, them mop the last bit up with bread. with soup you use bread first then drink teh soup when it's cool enough to not need blowing on.

so scientaficallly

if you use bread then cutlery it's soup
if you use cutlery then bread it's stew

manker
01-12-2006, 08:11 PM
Noice etiquette :schnauz:

Snee
01-12-2006, 08:15 PM
You britons might well have buggered up the original meaning of the word, a century or two ago.

We've got a word here that's very similar to the word "stew", and when it is used it means that the dish has been boiled/cooked with milk.

Water base- soup.
Milk base- ~stew.

Gripper
01-12-2006, 08:18 PM
All is revealed (http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/blsoupgloss.htm) but I must say daves explanation is brilliant :lol:

JPaul
01-12-2006, 08:20 PM
stew is all about the lumps. like you have stew on a plate, them mop the last bit up with bread. with soup you use bread first then drink teh soup when it's cool enough to not need blowing on.

so scientaficallly

if you use bread then cutlery it's soup
if you use cutlery then bread it's stew
Feck, the things I've learned here.

GepperRankins
01-12-2006, 08:24 PM
:dabs:

self pwned but in a nice way

Snee
01-12-2006, 08:26 PM
All is revealed (http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/blsoupgloss.htm) but I must say daves explanation is brilliant :lol:
That site confuses me.

I was just gonna' say that it might be to do with the speed in which you cook it.


Boil slowly or simmer for stew, just boil for soup, maybe :unsure:

Gripper
01-12-2006, 08:32 PM
Simply put:
Stew = big chunks of stuff cooked slowly over a long period "stewed"
Soup = Quickly prepared,mainly pureed stuff,short cooking time

SpatulaGeekGirl
01-12-2006, 08:59 PM
The soup in my primary school was more like stew, it was mostly potatoes and lentils and about one sixth of it was liquid. :dabs: Stupid fucking primary school bitchass cock suckers.

But I like the "stewed" vs. "quickly prepared" explanation.

GepperRankins
01-12-2006, 09:00 PM
you're welcome btw

JPaul
01-12-2006, 09:27 PM
The soup in my primary school was more like stew, it was mostly potatoes and lentils and about one sixth of it was liquid. :dabs: Stupid fucking primary school bitchass cock suckers.

But I like the "stewed" vs. "quickly prepared" explanation.
Scottish soup, the ladle should stand upright in the pot.

The clew is in the verb form of the word. Stew means to cook slowly, therefore you have stewed meat or whatever. There is also a noun, the stew which is the result of the stewing.

You could argue that what you had was a vegetable stew. However that is unlikely, as the tatties were probably added later in the cooking process to stop them breaking up.

Your observation is a good one, but I think it's more a case by case basis, rather than a definitive answer. Pea and ham for example is soup, because it is mostly broth, with some solid meat in it. but it can be cooked for a long time.

All told, I believe The's explanation is probably the best. I think we should forward it to Ency Brit, for consideration.

DorisInsinuate
01-12-2006, 10:18 PM
So what's stroganoff?

Packed lunch FTW, by the way.

JPaul
01-12-2006, 10:19 PM
So what's stroganoff?

Packed lunch FTW, by the way.
Do you have a nice lunchbox, Doris.

DorisInsinuate
01-12-2006, 10:21 PM
Yes, it fits perfectly between my books and pencilshit, and you can see through it and see what my mum put in my sandwich.

Buffalo
01-13-2006, 01:07 AM
If it's runny then it's soup.

Tip: Norfolk Stew, don't peal ya veg, leave it hole, Add little meat!
Bring to the boil, simmer till veg is almost squidgy, and enjoy,
nice & lumpy me beauty

j2k4
01-13-2006, 01:18 AM
The premise is flawed.

Soup can become stew-like (by cooking longer, or stewing) which cooks off a bit of liquid content and by the addition of flour and/or corn starch.

Stew cannot become soup in any case.

If you set out to make stew and end up with soup, you've fucked things up (though not irretrievably), but for soup to be soup, it cannot ever have been stew.

Understand? :)

Buffalo
01-13-2006, 01:25 AM
Nice one the "you've fucked things up" excellent!

It's a simple dish to do

manker
01-13-2006, 01:42 AM
The premise is flawed.

Soup can become stew-like (by cooking longer, or stewing) which cooks off a bit of liquid content and by the addition of flour and/or corn starch.

Stew cannot become soup in any case.

If you set out to make stew and end up with soup, you've fucked things up (though not irretrievably), but for soup to be soup, it cannot ever have been stew.

Understand? :)No, of course not. Your premis is far too complicated for mere humans to understand. I'm surprised you bother.

:dry:


In any case, the thickness of the fluid has little to do with whether cullinary folk define their offerings as soup or stew. This much is clear to anyone who has ever eaten a Batchelors CuppaStew.

I would venture to say that a general rule of thumb should be that if the main part of the dish that is causing consternation in the soup/stew debate is the lumpy bits - then it is stew. If, however, the main part of the meal is the liquid, then it is soup.

Dark Steno
01-13-2006, 01:44 AM
Fuck stew. I've something better.

maebach
01-13-2006, 04:00 AM
what?

nnikol1
01-13-2006, 04:03 AM
huh?

MagicNakor
01-13-2006, 06:25 AM
What’s the difference between soup and stew? In short, stews have a trifle less water and a bit more attitude.

So says some vegetarian cookbook.

:shuriken:

Barbarossa
01-13-2006, 10:54 AM
STEW

STOW
SLOW
SLOP
SLAP
SOAP

SOUP

ftw! :01:

Barbarossa
01-13-2006, 11:01 AM
You'll have noticed that the midpoint between "stew" and "soup" is "slop", of course. :happy:

GepperRankins
01-13-2006, 11:04 AM
:blink:


'k

Dark Steno
01-13-2006, 11:51 AM
what?
Well... I dont know how to tell it in English as its special for local here. ;)

Just like pastas in Italy, we have to call it pasta anyway right?

Gripper
01-13-2006, 05:37 PM
what?
Well... I dont know how to tell it in English as its special for local here. ;)

Just like pastas in Italy, we have to call it pasta anyway right?
Tell us the ingrediants and cooking method,I'll give it a go:w00t: