• stickly@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Or perhaps because it’s easier to scrape down the sides of a rounded container with a spoon?..

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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      11 days ago

      But it’s soup, you can pour instead of scraping. In fact a corner is a better spout for pouring, if we’re being purely practical.

      But can you imagine if some fancy-shmancy restaurant served their extremely delicious soup in a square bowl? Teasing you with the impossibility of getting the last drop? I’d tip it out the corner but I’m crass.

      If they did so, it would be to mess with your mind and subvert your expectations.

      Because soup is round.

      • stickly@lemmy.world
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        If you don’t need to scrape anything out of the bowl on your last couple bites then you’re eating broth, not soup (consommé is a broth, fight me)

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          11 days ago

          Anyone that thinks that a soup is something you can eat in “bites” is either a lard abuser or lives in some -40°C frozen wasteland

          Fight on.

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            10 days ago

            You’re acting like you’ve never accidentally reduced a soup far enough that you almost burned it.

            There are dozens of cases, every year!

        • Axolotl.cpp@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          11 days ago

          consommé is a broth

          Fun fact: in Italian it’s called “brodo chiarificato” which can be roughly translated to “diluted broth”

      • Devial@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        That only applies if you’re transfering the soup out of the container to eat. If you plan on eating straight from the tupperware, round is better for soup

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    11 days ago

    Soup cans > soup cubes

    I was wondering why they make them in cans rather than cubes since it’s space lost and found this:

    The cylindrical shapes of cans are a major benefit when manufacturing products. The cylindrical shape is the perfect cross-section of using the least amount of material but being able to fit the most product into shipment boxes and on store shelves. A spherical shape is inefficient for packaging, and a cubical shape is inefficient in terms of material use. The cylindrical shape is just right by using a rounded top (like a sphere) and elongated sides (like a cube). This cylindrical shape is also critical for withstanding pressure. This shape can withstand up to 90 lbs of pressure, making them a durable product for day-to-day life.

    https://www.tastingtable.com/1369064/scientific-reason-canned-goods-always-cylindrical/

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      11 days ago

      At this point I’m surprised they haven’t switched to square cans so you pay more but get less soup

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    It’s very hard to get all of the soup out of a square container, because a spoon won’t reach into the edges properly

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    11 days ago

    Because you can’t explain. Because your brain is in a round container and it has personal biases in shape preferences.

  • dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works
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    11 days ago

    I agree. A liquid should have the freedom to expand in all directions equally.

    Everything else is just needless abusive or cruel behavior towards soup.

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      11 days ago

      But a liquid should also have the challenging experience of filling even the smallest nooks and crannies.

      You should always ask your soup if it currently wants comfort (round container) or adventure (square container).