Deconceptualist

I'm asking why it's in so many canned soups and restaurant soups and even recipes. By all means make whatever you like at home.

But why celery and not some other vegetable? Because it's cheap?

I hate the flavor so I still usually notice it even when it's totally broken down beyond mush.

Raw celery's crunchy texture is kinda nice but I agree that doesn't go with soup.

Yep. Morphologically, that is the horse's wrist, not its elbow. And at the end of the limb is essentially just one big toe, with the hoof being an adapted toenail.