Food for thought.

[songbird_slayer]

Sender: Madhuri Qalli
To: Everyone
Subject: Language is strange!


I was writing up menu ideas for next month and a thought occurred:

Should I list hot dogs under 'sandwiches', and a bowl of cereal under 'soup'?

Comments

Sender: Rob

[nulland]

Technically the milk is optional.

[songbird_slayer]

I suppose you could make it optional, though the idea of milk-less cereal does sound a little hard to swallow.

Besides, then it becomes granola.

[lonelysmiles]

Not sure on the soup, but given the bread is connected for the hot dog, wouldn't that make it some sort of taco?

[Somewhere in Hell, Vaggie is screaming obscenities about Alastor.]

[songbird_slayer]

So you're saying a taco could also be considered a sandwich.

Sender: Emet-Selch

[recreator]

Excuse you.

I, for one, would like to know on what star a cereal could possibly fall under the same category as a soup.

They are two entirely different types of dish with two entirely different purposes.

[songbird_slayer]

How are they different? It can be served hot or cold, and has a group of ingredients sitting in a base liquid, IE a broth.

Sender: Hythlodaeus

[nomoresharks]

Well now. This is looking to be a fascinating discussion. Why, I can't help but be reminded of all the debates over grapes I've heard over the years.

[Only he doesn't have to "politely" request that the debaters leave his workplace and take it to the Hall of Rhetoric.]

But if I may lend mine own opinion, depending on the amount of milk added to the bowl of cereal, could it not conceivably be treated as a sauce, rather than a broth?

[Does he believe that? Absolutely not. Is he putting it out there anyway? Absolutely.]

[songbird_slayer]

I would dearly love to hear this grape discourse.

But yes! YES! A small amount would be a sauce, wouldn't it? Porridge can very well be a wholesome breakfast sauce.

Sender: Rinwell

[owlstral]

Depends. What's your argument for them being a sandwich and soup?

[songbird_slayer]

It's simple-

Sandwich: A group of ingredients encased in a starch to be a tasty handheld meal.

Soup: A group of ingredients served hot or cold in a bowl with a liquid base.

Sender: Thancred

[censorshipnutkin]

Oh, this reminds me of some late night discussions in Limsa.

What's your arguments for those categories?

[songbird_slayer]

Perhaps I should spend more time in Limsa when next I'm in the neighborhood. I miss the drinks.

Soups are bundles of ingredients served hot or cold in a bowl with a liquid base, while sandwiches are edibles in a vehicle of some sort of bread.

Sender: Isabela

[senorita_perfecta]

Um… Excuse me, what is a hot dog? I never heard of it before.

[songbird_slayer]

It's a sausage wrapped in bread. Most people put toppings on the sausage like onions, pickles, mustard, mayonnaise, the works.

Not sure why they call it a 'hot dog', as it's made with pork or beef. Maybe they say HOT DOG when they get one because they're exciting?

sender : mei

[itsgunnabe_mei]

Like. You could.

But why.

[songbird_slayer]

Why not?

Sender: G'raha

[crystalized_hope]

[After some time of watching Madhuri snickering on the couch and reading the journal, he finally decided to make things better. Worse?]

Sharlayan noodles are basically pasta.

[G'raha... Just casually sipping his tea after writing that.]

[songbird_slayer]

See? There you go. Your tea is basically vegetarian broth.

Why so many extra words exist is beyond me, really.

Sender: Nene

[mermaidcursed]

oh this is going to cause so much fighting

[songbird_slayer]

I once asked about pineapple on pizza.

I got escorted out of the tavern.

Sender: Zhao

[seemagicshit]

I am so goddamn offended I don't even know where to start.

[songbird_slayer]

Not a breakfast soup guy?

Sender: Hunter

[hashtagwoof]

Is this a trick question, or did you write this at 3AM?

[songbird_slayer]

I'm not much of a night owl, but is this truly a trick? I ask out of simple curiosity about what makes a sandwich a sandwich and what makes soup soup.

Sender: Skylark

[inspiteful]

Okay, I have to ask, what's a hot dog here?

[songbird_slayer]

A sausage wrapped in bread and topped with vegetables. So I think it's a sandwich.

[burnttoashes]

[Okay, so he's willing to give more than a bit of leeway considering some of the kitchen disasters he works with on a regular basis-- the hot dog one at least he can sort of see, but--]

... how is cereal soup in this world or any other?

[Please tell him it is not considered soup in other worlds.]

[songbird_slayer]

Soups can be cold or hot, cooked or not cooked, with a water base or a dairy base.

Cereal can also be cold or not, cooked or not cooked, with a water base or a dairy base.

Is that not right?

sender: Ace

[donfire]

Yes.

Just don't use the sausage water for the cereal's milk. It's kinda bad tasting.

[songbird_slayer]

Well, there goes my Sunday plan.