Does shehakol fulfill the obligation if said on any food, even bread or wine?

BlessingsBrachotFood Blessings

Synopsis

The Mechaber rules that if one said shehakol on any food — even bread or wine — one has fulfilled the obligation b'dieved. The Mishnah Berurah, Taz, and others clarify this is only b'dieved; l'chatchila one must say the specific bracha.

Early Acharonim
Late Acharonim
Lenient
Strict
Lesser cited
Major authority

Discussion

Discussion coming soon.

The Daily Law

One question. Every opinion. Every morning.

A new halakhic question and the full spectrum of rabbinic thought, delivered daily.