[Beetroot queen]

We are having chicken stew for tea but i also make a lot of soups so whats the difference  i always used to call blended ones soup and lumpy more of a stew but looking at my soup bible they dont make that assumption.

So someone please share with me.

[GrannieAnnie]

I've always called soups something I can knock up in about 20 minutes, whether its smooth or lumpy, but a stew is cooked for longer, with meat and bigger bits of veg in it, and a casserole is an oven stew!   

[Beetroot queen]

I googled it as it was getting on my nerves, several reason came up like you said

Soups are faster and quicker to knock up.
Soups are served as part of a bigger meal instead of a stew which is more of a meal.
And the thickness also comes into it.
And the cooking time is a major factor.

It was just one of those questions that bugged me. 
So we are having chicken stew for tea not soup lol 

[mumofstig]

I just think that soup has smaller bits and more liquid 

[Beetroot queen]

I just think that soup has smaller bits and more liquid 

Ahh but that would mean we are having soup for tea lol  Maybe hubby would eat it if i called it soup 

[grendel]

simple soup ends in oup, stew ends in tew, both begin with S.
Grendel

[Beetroot queen]

simple soup ends in oup, stew ends in tew, both begin with S.
Grendel

Haha what you mean is you didnt know 

[arugula]

I agree, stew bigger lumps more solid, soup smaller lumps and potentially more liquid unless you get a really good rib-sticking scotch broth.

[arugula]

On the same lines

... but very little to do with the original question.

[arugula]

...a soup and a stew. Back on topic now please.

[Madame Cholet]

I agree with your answer beetroot queen  think it is a fine line line like when does a courgette become a marrow.

My mum used to make beef stew and I used to blend it up for school lunch the next day. I called it stew soup

[grendel]

she stoups to conquer.
Grendel

[arugula]

This isn't the chatting board, so...

[Beetroot queen]

Now now boys get back on my topic or there will be trouble.

Homonal beetroot queen is not one to be messed with 

[grendel]

I thought a stew had big lumps and thick gravy, while a soup had small limps and skilley (thin) gravy.
Grendel