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captaindibbzy
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the soup poll AKA where are the chunks?

occasionally when discussing lunches and dinners and other such wonders i get the feeling when i say "Soup" i mean another persons definition of "Stew", and our communication is somewhat skewed. please tell me how you identify your wet meals

when you think of soup and stew, what do you think of?

soup and stew are the same thing, the words are interchangeable

soup and stew are different things (soup is just liquid, stew has chunks in it)

soup and stew are different things (soup has chunks in it, stew is just liquid)

they are different things, but i often/always use "soup" for both

they are different things, but i often/always use "stew" for both

somehow you did not account for my opinion, which i will regale to you below

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if you so desire, detail your decision With the place you grew up/learned your distinction in the tags

capricornrainstorm

Stews have larger chunks, more "rustic" looking and use cuts of meat that need longer to cook. There is more chunks-to-liquid ratio in a stew.

The meat and vegetables in a soup are more of a minced situation and there is a higher liquid-to-ingredient ration or can be entirely liquefied.

moveslikejavertt

This is wisdom.

silly-jellyghoty

Also stews are in most cases thickened somehow - be it by potatoes cooked alongside the meat until they start falling apart on edges, starch, or flour, it doesn't really matter. This is often to the point that you could scoop a pile of "liquid" on the spoon. Soups meanwhile are either entirely watery of only very lightly thickened and only ever fill the spoon to the level.

captaindibbzy

A stew must be stewed (cooked and bubbled for a long time). It is usually thicker and more tender.

I put forward that a stew is a kind of soup, but not all soups are stews.