Do you eat soup, or do you drink it?

@miamilady (4910)
United States
October 29, 2007 6:32pm CST
This is one of life's big questions that has puzzled me for years. Thank goodness for myLot! Now I can finally learn the answer to my question. Is soup eaten or drunk? (drank? you get the idea...)
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@estherlou (5015)
• United States
30 Oct 07
Both! LOL. You eat all of the noodles or goodies out of the bowl first, and then you drink the leftover broth.
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@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
30 Oct 07
I like your response, I didn't think of it that way until I read your response, LOL
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
31 Oct 07
Hehe, I dring soup when it is plain, but when there is something solid in the soup, I need to eat the stuff, but still drink it.
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@plumwish07 (4057)
• Indonesia
31 Oct 07
soup...in my country, we eat soup with rice and i got notice that actually indonesian soup is different taste with western soup. so in here, we eat the soup and if i take western soup it will be prefer to be drink with little eat :P...ssllllluuuurrrrrppp....:D
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@plumwish07 (4057)
• Indonesia
31 Oct 07
my first day in my lot...., hmmm...i just confuse what to do coz i found mylot website accidently. i just do nothing for one week. just learn what website was about although i already joined mylot :P thats i remember my first time on mylot. sound stupid, isn't it..LOL :D
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@lyndee22 (1210)
• Philippines
31 Oct 07
I eat my soup. Sometimes I used it as my dish, mix in my rice.
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@nanclie (73)
• China
31 Oct 07
hi,miamilady!of course,i drink soup.but i eat noddles,someone says he drinks noddles.maybe one thing has many sayings,but the fact is the same.what about you?do you eat noddles,or do you drink noddles?LOL!we can have lots of thinkings in mylot.i love mylot!
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
6 Nov 07
I always drink soup out of a mug because I find it easier and I can walk around with it! So I guess I drink soup rather than eat it, it's more of a personal preference and it saves slurping with the spoon!
@Lifeless (2635)
• India
6 Nov 07
I wud have to scratch my head really hard to get the answer to ur question...LOL!!! Neways, I think soup is both eaten as well as drunk.. But if u want to answer a phone call and u want to tell what u r doing rite now, then it wud b wise enough to tell that u r 'drinking' the soup...
5 Nov 07
well never ever thought about this one. This question is same as in my native language where we ask same question but for water... well here i think if the soup is all soup nothing to chew then its drunk if there is something to chew then its for eating.
@raychill (6525)
• United States
30 Oct 07
Well you can't drink veggies and stuff. I think you do both. You eat the chunky/crunchy parts of the soup. the major bulk of the soup. Then you drink the leftovers that are in the bottom of the bowl. you get the best of both worlds.
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@wiccania (3360)
• United States
1 Nov 07
I generally eat it with a spoon. If it's just broth I'll put it into a cup and drink it, but I prefer to eat it with a spoon. Of course, most soups I make are heavy on the meat, noodles and vegetables. But even if it's just tomato soup, I prefer to eat it with a spoon.
• Philippines
6 Nov 07
It depends on the soup actually. If its is pure liquid then I drink it..have you ever heard someone eating water? ..^^..If some solids are there like a little bit of crab and corn then I eat it but of course I also drink the liquid part because it's the delicious one.
@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
17 Jul 08
Dear friend, I mostly have soup and I would prefer vegetable soups like Mushroom Soup, Vegetable Soup, Corn and Pepper Soup, Raw Papaya Soup, Vegetable Spinach Soup, Creamy Tomato Basil Soup, Spinach-Potato Soup, mixed vegetable soup so on. Among this I most is mushroom soup and vegetable soups. In these the liquid is drank and the vegetable part or things which are to be chewed is eaten and other not chewable vegetables are swallowed.
• United States
29 Oct 07
I'd say I eat soup but drink the broth if I like that flavor of it.
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@Geminigirl (1909)
• United States
31 Oct 07
I like to "eat" soup with a spoon, even if it is all broth. I guess I feel this way because it is what my parents taught me to do. However, it would work just as well to pour it in a cup and drink it. Probably easier, too!
• United States
1 Nov 07
I eat soup. I've never had those soup at hand things that are in those cup things that you can drink or whatever. The only time I drink soup is when I'm at the bottom of the bowl and have a bit of soup left, but not enough to get the rest from the bottom with my spoon. Besides, some soup you can't drink. What about vegetable soup? That'd be difficult to drink without choking.
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
31 Oct 07
If it is not the thick kind, I would guess I drink it. Actually I sip it, but I do chew the small chunks of vegetables and potatoes since I do not have any back teeth and am in danger of choking easily. Of course, there are those chicken noodle soups that you drink the stock and then you eat the noodles. And if it is just a chicken or a beef or a vegetable broth, you can drink it out of a cup.
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
31 Oct 07
I eat soup. It's not only water like most people think. Chicken soup for example you can't drink it, the meat chunk can cause you choking if you do. maybe you can drink vegetable soup, but I don't think I've ever seen any soup I can drink
@musicman6 (2406)
• United States
1 Nov 07
Basically, I think it's a matter of preference, I personally like my soup with lots of vegetables and meat in it, in which case I eat the soup! But I have had numerous occassions, when I was real sick, that I had to drink the "cup of soup"!
@YoungInLove (1254)
• Canada
1 Nov 07
I eat it at first..then once it gets near the bottom of the bowl..i pick the bowl up and drink the rest lol. Its a tricky question..i guess it all depends..you dont drink water with a spoon do you? so i dont think it counts as drinking.