Brooklyn1 > wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Dec 2013 04:37:26 +0000 (UTC), gregz >
> wrote:
>
>> Brooklyn1 > wrote:
>>> On Sat, 07 Dec 2013 20:01:59 -0500, Goomba >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 12/7/13 1:31 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Because next to the polenta was what they called beef stew. And I was
>>>>> told that it had sour cream in it. If if were goulash or strogonoff,
>>>>> wouldn't they have just called it that?
>>>>
>>>> that's expecting a little sophistication from hospital cafeteria
>>>> workers. They probably saw it as stew and said "stew" but the dietitian
>>>> who planned the menu was thinking "goulash".
>>>
>>> Goulash is simply another name for stew. Hospital cafeteria food is a
>>> world apart from patient food... patient food is typically better. I
>>> can't imagine anyone dining at a hospital cafeteria except for reasons
>>> of the convenience of being a captive. At least stew is a baby step
>>> up from a dish with ground meat/mystery meat.
>>
>> Goulash can be a soup. Can a stew be a soup.
>>
>> Greg
>
> Soup IS a stew.
>
> M-W
> 2stew
> verb
>
> to cook (something) slowly in hot liquid

And you MUST use a soup bowl for soup.

In our family hungarian goulash is strictly a soup. You also must use a
spoon. About 50% liquid.


Greg