# Does Miso Soup Count?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 7, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-miso-soup-count/595530 "2011-09-07T19:23:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-miso-soup-count/595530/1 "2011-09-07T19:23:06Z")

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I am having a colonoscopy screening next Mon.

Does white miso soup count as a “clear liquid” ? It sure would beat chicken broth!

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-miso-soup-count/595530/2 "2011-09-07T20:27:00Z")

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I’d probably call it cloudy, unless you put it through a fine strainer to make it transparent (though not colorless).

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**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-miso-soup-count/595530/3 "2011-09-07T21:07:19Z")

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I’d say no. If chicken broth is okay, you could have bonito broth, but the miso part is very much a solid.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-miso-soup-count/595530/4 "2011-09-07T21:12:27Z")

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Since you’re looking for advice, I’ll move this to our advice forum, IMHO.

**twickster** , MPSIMS moderator

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**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-miso-soup-count/595530/5 "2011-09-07T22:03:16Z")

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> [@sachertorte](#):
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> I’d say no. If chicken broth is okay, you could have bonito broth, but the miso part is very much a solid.

Agreed. The miso itself is too substantial.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-miso-soup-count/595530/6 "2011-09-08T01:52:41Z")

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According to the Mayo clinic’s page about [clear liquids](http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/clear-liquid-diet/my00742), soups are limited to bouillons and consommes.

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-miso-soup-count/595530/7 "2011-09-08T03:08:56Z")

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You could make a soup using the same _dashi_, but using soy sauce (and perhaps mirin and sake) instead of miso.

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-miso-soup-count/595530/8 "2011-09-08T03:38:52Z")

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Living in Hawaii, we are told that miso soup is consider non-clear because of the miso.

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-miso-soup-count/595530/9 "2011-09-08T17:49:30Z")

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Interesting. I don’t like miso soup myself, but that’s useful data to have on hand.

The particles are probably small enough that the prep would take care, but the prep is unpleasant enough that I wouldn’t risk having to do it all over again! 😛