Simply put:
Stew = big chunks of stuff cooked slowly over a long period "stewed"
Soup = Quickly prepared,mainly pureed stuff,short cooking time
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Simply put:
Stew = big chunks of stuff cooked slowly over a long period "stewed"
Soup = Quickly prepared,mainly pureed stuff,short cooking time
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.
you're welcome btw
Scottish soup, the ladle should stand upright in the pot.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpatulaGeekGirl
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.
So what's stroganoff?
Packed lunch FTW, by the way.
Do you have a nice lunchbox, Doris.Quote:
Originally Posted by DorisInsinuate
Yes, it fits perfectly between my books and pencilshit, and you can see through it and see what my mum put in my sandwich.
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
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? :)
Nice one the "you've fucked things up" excellent!
It's a simple dish to do