Any advice is helpful

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<<Speaking of the other drinks, is beer food? If not, why not? How about Bloody Mary's? You actually can live on them a while. My father happened to like Scotch whiskey with a steak. In that case did the whiskey transform into food because he drank it for the same purpose you assert is the reason wine is a food.>>

I imagine some people would merely refer to beer and other beverages as "drink," though I don't see why the term "food" cannot be applied. The ultimate answer will probably vary from person to person, and most people will change their cultural understanding of their beer, wine, or other drink according to the specific meal (or lack of meal)consumed.

If beer or porter ale is used in Irish soda bread, doesn't it become food? If ale is seen as a necessary accompaniment to fish 'n' chips or bratwurst, could it not be food (culturally speaking)? I don't think the concept of "food" is necessarily static in any culture or personal framework.

Is the milky yogurt drink (lassi) from India a beverage or a food? It is used to cool and cleanse the palate while eating spicy foods; in this way, can it not be considered a "food" as well?

Is chicken soup "food"? If strained, is the broth merely "drink"? If the broth is consumed alone, is it not both "food" and "drink"?

How about gravy, then? If consumed with potatoes, is it just food? If spooned from an otherwise empty plate or saucepan, is it "drink"?

And so on and so forth. Ultimately, it just seems that liquids can qualify as both food and drink, depending on circumstances, tradition, and subjective perception. In other words, the concepts of food and drink are maddeningly, er, "fluid."