I'm using leftovers. Beef roast, the drippings from the beef roast (flavored with fresh ground black pepper and onion and beef), some stir fry veggies (mushrooms, sugar pea pods, water chestnuts, red peppers), broccoli, cauliflower, carrots (no celery left), and alphabet pasta.
So is this a stew or a soup? It's delicious, by the way. I'm on my second bowl. And I have leftover dinner rolls to go with it. And raspberry jam.
2006-12-26 13:28:09 · 18 answers · asked by loryntoo 7 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
No thickeners added. Did add some water and chopped up the caulflower, broccoli, and carrots.
2006-12-26 13:44:29 · update #1
Generally soups have a "broth" base. Stews have a thickener added to give it a more "gravy" base. But who cares,sounds great! Wish I had some, I'm hungry!
2006-12-26 13:37:28 · answer #1 · answered by thirsty mind 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only uncooked food items are in stews because it is the blending of the components while cooking that gives the stew it's characteristic flavor. Pre-cooked items added to raw ingredients will not blend correctly.
Putting a hodge podge of previously cooked stuff together will only result in a soup which can of course taste great.
2006-12-26 13:48:56 · answer #2 · answered by cruisebloke 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yours sounds like a stew. Soups usually have the consistency of water. Either way, it sounds delicious.
2006-12-26 14:18:06 · answer #3 · answered by smeiou78 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's thick enough to eat with a fork, it's a stew. ;) This sounds like a stew to me. A stew is based on the thickness of the broth and the heartiness of the ingredients.
2006-12-26 13:35:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A soup has broth and a stew has gravy. Yours sounds like a fantastic soup, assuming you added water. If you didn't it's probably more like a stew (thicker liquid).
2006-12-26 13:34:06 · answer #5 · answered by janisko 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With all the leftovers in that dish, I would call it a stew. I don't think anyone would care what you call it, soup, stew or leftovers as long as it's taste good.
2006-12-26 13:46:58 · answer #6 · answered by Pamela 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So, what time should I get there?
The biggest difference between a stew and a soup is the amount of liquid with soup being, well, soupy.
2006-12-26 13:36:02 · answer #7 · answered by istitch2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stew. You have to add all of the ingredients in and let the flavors meld. That is a stew.
2006-12-26 13:31:23 · answer #8 · answered by C_1984 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds more like stew, but maybe one way to tell is whether you can pour it or whether you need to spoon it out of the pot. Sounds good by the way!
2006-12-26 13:53:30 · answer #9 · answered by mom of 2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that is a stew. A stew is a hearty soup.
2006-12-26 13:31:12 · answer #10 · answered by Colette B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋