If a salad can become soup depending on how much dressing you add, where do you think the actual boundary is?

lesostep an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I'd like to point out that this isn't a theoretical question.

You can add a bit of kefir to a potato-based salad, and it will remain a salad. But at one point it will actually turn into a cold kefir soup, which is a thing that exists.

Personally, I think it's the floating. As soon as first ingredient becomes buoyant (even partially), it's a soup.

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hi_hi an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

This also got me thinking.

When does a soup become a smoothie (or vice versa)?

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Ekaros an hour ago | parent [-]

In some cases I might argue that difference could well be plating. Put a smoothie like cold soup on a plate and you have a soup.

Maybe we need to also first define smoothie.

	▲	hi_hi an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Or maybe you have a cold sauce?! You also have soups in cups. Is a gazpacho soup in a cup still a soup? Technically tomato is a fruit, so you got a cold blended fruit sauce in a cup, which to me is a smoothie. And let’s not get started on cocktails, like the Bloody Mary. That’s just another smoothie.