Is soup a food or a drink?

[Beastie]

Is a taco a sandwich?

 

[PFM]

It's not just a food, it's a meal!

 

[Beastie]

It's not just a food, it's a meal!

How come I feel like I'm starving after a bowl of miso?

 

[dexx]

If I put it in a mug and slurp it up then I'm drinking it so therefore it's a drink but if I'm eating it with a spoon in a bowl then that's food.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Liquid food. Its primary purpose is nutrition, not hydration. Same deal with smoothies.

 

[Character from a movie]

It can be both. But if the soup has pieces of meat or vegetables in it then it's food.

 

[Beastie]

It can be both. But if the soup has pieces of meat or vegetables in it then it's food.

Does that make boba a food?

 

[Jarl Varg]

OP thinks the creamofsumyungguy is soup.

 

[Character from a movie]

Does that make boba a food?

Bobba tea is made of tea, so it's a drink. Soup is usually eaten as a meal by itself or with other dishes. So it's food most of the times.

 

[Beastie]

Bobba tea is made of tea, so it's a drink. Soup is usually eaten as a meal by itself or with other dishes. So it's food most of the times.

Boba has those weird balls in it though. You could argue the tea is the soup stock.
I have definitely just had boba for lunch before.

 

[Grub]

Boba has those weird balls in it though. You could argue the tea is the soup stock.
I have definitely just had boba for lunch before.

I've never really considered balls of tapioca to be food before. It's more like a food ingredient.

Also, soup is a food because it doesn't satisfy thirst and is regularly consumed alongside an accompanying drink. Look at say, Miso soup, it's just a salty liquid with some tofu and green onions in it. You can drink it yet it's regularly served with green tea as a drink.

 

[Dilatortron3000]

both

 

[Beastie]

Also, soup is a food because it doesn't satisfy thirst and is regularly consumed alongside an accompanying drink. Look at say, Miso soup, it's just a salty liquid with some tofu and green onions in it. You can drink it yet it's regularly served with green tea as a drink.

This is the kind of solid argument I was looking for.

 

[Toji Suzuhara]

Is a taco a sandwich?

Yes, the law says so

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/following-lengthy-and-expensive-litigation-burritos-and-tacos-are-declared-to-be-sandwiches.191607/

 

[We Are The Witches]

Also, soup is a food because it doesn't satisfy thirst...

It can and it does.

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That's what I wanted to add; in regards to the topic, I think this is just pointless semantics, meaning, it can go either way depending on your criteria, which doesn't hold any truth beyond any subjective level.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Does that make boba a food?

It's primarily intended as a beverage. It'd be like counting orange juice with pulp as a food. Pieces of food being in something doesn't necessitate its categorization as a food.

 

[Beastie]

It's primarily intended as a beverage. It'd be like counting orange juice with pulp as a food. Pieces of food being in something doesn't necessitate its categorization as a food.

Pulpy milk is a food. We call it cheese.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Pulpy milk is a food. We call it cheese.

Even frozen water is considered a food, like flavored shaved ice, despite being almost entirely water. So it's a drink if you can drink it and its primary purpose is hydration. Cheese does not meet that criteria.

 

[Beastie]

Even frozen water is considered a food, like flavored shaved ice, despite being almost entirely water. So it's a drink if you can drink it and its primary purpose is hydration. Cheese does not meet that criteria.

What about sour cream? It's a liquid.

Milk products make me expel liq...tmi sorry. They uhhhh...dehydrate me.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

What about sour cream? It's a liquid.

Milk products make me expel liq...tmi sorry. They uhhhh...dehydrate me.

But not all liquids are for hydration. Technically brine is a liquid but isn't intended as a beverage for hydration.