I get why things like hot dogs or bratwurst are readily available as streetfood, it's logistically easy - but so is soup! You need like a pot, maybe two if you're getting crazy with it, maybe some bread rolls and that's it. It's cheap to make, cheap to buy, you could get hot soup on a cold day to warm you up or something like a gazpach or okroshka on a cold day to have a chilling meal. They're stupidly easy to make, all the ingredients basically cost zilch, very easy to adjust for all kinds of different dietary needs if you offer some sort of toppings optionally instead of throwing it all in there.

So why isn't there more soup? It's a style of meal you can find in basically any cuisine yet in all my travels I remember like two instances where I could just get a soup. What drives streetfood and why is soup shafted?

  • 7bicycles [he/him]
    hexagon
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    5 months ago

    I feel like your average 500ml cup with 400ml in there and like a bread roll makes a fine quick streetfood meal. I don't want like a gallon of soup

    • Dolores [love/loves]
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      5 months ago

      I don't want like a gallon of soup

      wtyp soup is supposed to make you feel like a big watery barrel. full of soup

      • 7bicycles [he/him]
        hexagon
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        5 months ago

        But streetfood is supposed to starve off some hunger well enough that you can get an actual meal. I don't wanna be a bloated big watery barrel of soup when I gotta bike home 5 kilometers. What if I capsize

        • Dolores [love/loves]
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          5 months ago

          What if I capsize

          you'd be more buoyant think-mark dont worry abt it eat some more soup

          • 7bicycles [he/him]
            hexagon
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            5 months ago

            I'm more worried about hitting the asphalt than drowning in it

            • Dolores [love/loves]
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              5 months ago

              ????? your portly watery form will repel it and you'll pleasantly bounce to a full stop. rub your belly and say 'oooooo i shouldn't have drank so much soup' kitty-cri-potato