The Imaginarium - Discussion Thread

[JokersWild]

The dictionary’s never lied to me before. Soup can be cold, but it still needs to be boiled first to make it soup.

 

[Chaos Cat]

 

[Suchomimus]

 

[Suchomimus]

View attachment 597130The dictionary’s never lied to me before. Soup can be cold, but it still needs to be boiled first to make it soup.

Soup is a weapon? I mean it would make for good defense when you throw hot soup at your enemy(ies).

 

[MickeyWaffleCo.]

What credentials does Mother Nature have to be able to decide that?

I, and I presume @ThemeParkPriest as well, would appeal to a somewhat higher authority than “Mother Nature”

 

[Lizzy May Bee]

Perfect music, because I will argue that cereal is not soup!

Cereal is defined as "a grain used for food, such as wheats, oats, or corn". In this case, the core product which people eat is what constitutes cereal. Meanwhile, soup is defined as "a liquid dish, typically made by boiling ingredients in stock or water". In this case, it is not the items that go into a soup that make it soup, but the very liquid itself!

Ingredients, liquid, all present in cereal.

Soup needs to be cooked first. With cereal, you just put in the milk, cereal and optional toppings in the bowl and eat.

Cooked could mean a variety of things, there’s lots of processes in making the core ingredients

View attachment 597130The dictionary’s never lied to me before. Soup can be cold, but it still needs to be boiled first to make it soup.

From the dictionary’s perspective, sure. But I’m talking about the cultural understanding of soup. The way people use words normally is often much different from the way they’re defined.

 

[Suchomimus]

Cooked could mean a variety of things, there’s lots of processes in making the core ingredients

Oh, thanks for pointing that out for me. To think I would suggest that soup cooked via grilling or frying.

Soup needs to be boiled first. With cereal, you just put in the milk, cereal and optional toppings in the bowl and eat.

 

[Lizzy May Bee]

I, and I presume @ThemeParkPriest as well, would appeal to a somewhat higher authority than “Mother Nature”

Okay, but while God would be the supreme authority on these things, I don’t know God’s stance on how to prepare soup, so for now i’m sticking to what the public has established about soup.

 

[Lizzy May Bee]

Oh, thanks for pointing that out for me. To think I would suggest that soup cooked via grilling or frying.

Okay, but what is Pasteurization but boiling milk?

 

[MickeyWaffleCo.]

Okay, but what is Pasteurization but boiling milk?

 

[Suchomimus]

Okay, but what is Pasteurization but boiling milk?

Pasteurization is only for killing bacteria and is done in production before bottling it. It doesn’t count when making a bowl of cereal because you yourself are not boiling milk as part of the preparation.

 

[Lizzy May Bee]

Pasteurization is only for killing bacteria and is done in production before bottling it. It doesn’t count when making a bowl of cereal because you yourself are not boiling milk as part of the preparation.

You know in what other scenario you don’t prepare the broth? A restaurant. Are you saying that restaurant soup is not soup!?

 

[DashHaber]

Ingredients, liquid, all present in cereal.

Cereal isn't the liquid, though! It's just what you pour milk over in a bowl. You can snack on cereal without the milk. They sell cereal bars, even! You can have cereal without any liquid component, and soup is dependent on the liquid component.

 

[Lizzy May Bee]

Cereal isn't the liquid, though! It's just what you pour milk over in a bowl. You can snack on cereal without the milk. They sell cereal bars, even! You can have cereal without any liquid component, and soup is dependent on the liquid component.

So are you saying that just broth without any “chunks” (meat, vegetables, etc.) would be proper soup?

 

[DashHaber]

So are you saying that just broth without any “chunks” (meat, vegetables, etc.) would be proper soup?

Yes. It would be a very basic soup, but it would still be soup nonetheless.

 

[Lizzy May Bee]

Yes. It would be a very basic soup, but it would still be soup nonetheless.

A-Are you seriously trying to tell me that would be acceptable!? Are you really saying that a meal, or at least a side? Could be just liquid? Or are you saying that soup is a drink!?​

 

[MickeyWaffleCo.]

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A-Are you seriously trying to tell me that would be acceptable!? Are you really saying that a meal, or at least a side? Could be just liquid? Or are you saying that soup is a drink!?​

Yes

 

[Lizzy May Bee]

Yes

That’s just wrong​

 

[JokersWild]

I, and I presume @ThemeParkPriest as well, would appeal to a somewhat higher authority than “Mother Nature”

Everyone knows Jesus Christ himself made the first soup by boiling meat and vegetables in a stock or a broth. It’s right there in the dictionary.

 

[DashHaber]

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That’s just wrong​

This isn't about right or wrong, or the best methods of preparing a meal. It's just about what soup is and whether cereal is soup.