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I Just Need To Know If You Think Cereal Is A Soup

I'm all ears for compelling cases.

Kristina Bornholtz
by Kristina Bornholtz

BuzzFeed Staff

So it's Soup Week here on BuzzFeed Dot Com. It's only day one and I'm already having a meltdown about what "soup" actually is.

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No, I legitimately googled "qualifications of soup" before coming to create this poll.

We all know the classic pot-stirring question, "Is a hot dog a sandwich?" And before you go and get all riled up about that one, I raise you ANOTHER question.

Is CEREAL A SOUP???

A bowl of cereal surrounded by toppings like dried fruit and berries.
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Like IDK about y'all, but this looks kinda soup-y to me. Not saying *I* think it's a soup but like, I'm very open to arguing about whether or not it is.

Enough people want to know the answer to this question that it is one of the *most searched* questions related to my initial query, "what constitutes a soup?"

"People Also Ask" from a Google search, featuring questions about the basic ingredients of soup, what are the five soup groups, and — most importantly — "is cereal a soup?"
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Could this result be because Google is tracking my keystrokes somehow and saw me ask my coworker this very question? It's possible. But I will choose to believe there are others out there wondering.

I mean, I think it's a valid question. What is a soup if not a liquidy base, hot or cold, with some other food items floating around in it? Would a wheat or rice product suspended in milk by any other name still taste as sweet?

A young woman smiling eating a bowl of cereal.
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Surely both put a smile on your face, no?

So this is the part where I invite you to use your voice, to cast your vote, to answer the age-old question: Is cereal... soup?

  1. Is cereal a soup?

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For more SOUPer quizzes and recipes, check out all our Soup Week posts here from now through January 31!

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