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Canned Soup
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I get the Panera Bread co soups at wallyworld. Soooo good. Much better than progresso. The wallmart brand of soups are quite good also. They are in the fresh vegi section.
Get some beef soup bones. Brown the snot out of them in a little olive oil. Take the bones out of the pot. chop up a small onion or get a small bag od frozen chopped onions or the combo onion bell pepper celery. Saute until clear. Add back the bones and two bay leafs. one small cam of tomato paste, fill with water leaving enough room to add other stuff. cook for an hour. taste broth for seasoning, all you need is saly and pepper. but feeo fre to add whatever you want-a little garlic powder, a couple of shakes hot sauce or whatever. Then add as much or as little vegetables as to want. For ease of prep, I use frozen but fresh is good. If you like cabbage put it in too. The only thing I suggest you NOT put in is potato as it does not freeze well. Use your imagination! Root veggies work wonderfully well, Turnip, carrots, rutabegas. I like califlower, wife likes green beans so in they go. I like frozen baby limas but the wife doesn't so no limas. If you want a little starch, I suggest barley. Got kids-alphabet macaroni. The last lot I made wit hall the fixin's cost me right at $25 and we are off it for 5 days. This is easy and takes avout 15 minures to brown the bones and onion/seasoning and then a hour for the first cook and about 30 minutes more to do the vegetables. I did not put in measurements cause I don't measure but suggest you use a big pot as it WILL grow when adding stuff
If you are rich you can use stew meat or brisket instead of ther bones.
BiG plus...it is actually healthy-until you start eating the crackers or cornbread with it
I have a pot of it started right now! The beef was a small chuck roast that had been in the freezer too long, had to do some trimming. Yes, on the barley, I also toss in some brown rice. Cost, under $10, will make about 6 meals for me. I freeze it in individual size servings.
Smells really good, must be time to add the veggies
Chubbo
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Delightful canned soups.
Canned soup, can be handier than a pocket in a vest; Sometimes one runs out of staples, can't get to the grocery, don't feel liking cooking a large meal, or for many other reasons.
Canned soup can be really helpful, when regular homemade meals are not possible or wanted. With a little imagination, one can produce a quick, tasty meal.
Here is a recipe that I thought up, my wife prepared it, heated it in a microwave oven, and I ate at lunchtime today i.e. 1 can of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom with Roasted Garlic, and thinned with water. Sliced and added 6 small stuffed green olives, diced and added 6 slices of Mezzetta sliced-tamed Jalapeno Peppers. That soup was so delicious, that I could have climbed a tree backwards.
Tastes vary widely, as well as additives. It's a matter of adding things that tickle one's taste buds, to canned soup, to obtain a culinary delight. I always crumble and add soda crackers to my soup also.
Try It, most of you will like it.
Chubbo
Canned soup, can be handier than a pocket in a vest; Sometimes one runs out of staples, can't get to the grocery, don't feel liking cooking a large meal, or for many other reasons.
Canned soup can be really helpful, when regular homemade meals are not possible or wanted. With a little imagination, one can produce a quick, tasty meal.
Here is a recipe that I thought up, my wife prepared it, heated it in a microwave oven, and I ate at lunchtime today i.e. 1 can of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom with Roasted Garlic, and thinned with water. Sliced and added 6 small stuffed green olives, diced and added 6 slices of Mezzetta sliced-tamed Jalapeno Peppers. That soup was so delicious, that I could have climbed a tree backwards.
Tastes vary widely, as well as additives. It's a matter of adding things that tickle one's taste buds, to canned soup, to obtain a culinary delight. I always crumble and add soda crackers to my soup also.
Try It, most of you will like it.
Chubbo
Cambell's Chunky Clam Chowder, add a drained can of chopped clams. Their Chunky Potato Corn Chowder is also good, I like to add a handful of cooked large pasta shells.
Round this house we say "Winchester" sauce.
31FordA
Member
I always have a can or two of Campbell's Manhattan Clam Chowder on hand for a quick meal. Progreso also makes a good Manhattan Clam Chowder.
Boxhead
Member
Juanita's Albondigas hands down.
CAJUNLAWYER
Member
I LIKE this!!!
twodog max
Member
My unsophisticated palate is content with cheap garden variety Campbells
Straying from the canned theme the very best soup like dish I ever had was lobster bisque in a little hole in the wall basement restaurant in Portland Maine. That was almost a narcotic it was so good.
Straying from the canned theme the very best soup like dish I ever had was lobster bisque in a little hole in the wall basement restaurant in Portland Maine. That was almost a narcotic it was so good.
Surprise! Surprise!
Morgan Foods (the company licensed to can Skyline Chili) recently recalled 2205 lbs of canned chili as it was cream of chicken soup that had been mislabeled as chili.
Oops! Try that on your hot dog!
Morgan Foods (the company licensed to can Skyline Chili) recently recalled 2205 lbs of canned chili as it was cream of chicken soup that had been mislabeled as chili.
Oops! Try that on your hot dog!
cmj8591
Member
The best way to cook your Campbell's soup is to put it in a pan with a clean rock. You cook it until the rock gets soft then you throw away the soup and eat the rock.
cmj8591
Member
Well, while I do like New England, it is not that good for you. Too much cream. Manhattan is OK, but not my favorite. Here in the Northeast, and especially RI, we make it with a clear broth, and fresh dug quahogs. When I make it, I make about 10 quarts at a time. You gotta love it, because you are eating it for days. I am fortunate in that I can eat the same meal for days
Of course when Rocky Point Park had their chowder hall open there was no need to make your own. I haven't had a good clam cake since they closed.
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As I posted earlier, those are my favorite soups too, but I haven't been adding anything. Is there a particular brand of chopped clams that is better. Do you add the whole can for one can of soup?
Larry
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I grew up in a house with both parents working. Canned soup was a staple as its a quick easy meal. In those days Campbell's was about the only choice. I don't eat canned soup near as much as I once did, but do like it occasionally.
I partial to the cream style soups. Cream of Mushroom, Cream of Chicken, Clam Chowder and Oyster Stew. I make these with milk instead of water.
I do enjoy a good old can of tomato now and then. Especially with a grilled cheese.
And I do keep a few cans of Chicken Noodle around if I get to feeling under the weather.
Canned soup is also a good ingredient for casseroles and such.
He's a quick meal my Dad would sometimes make:
Scout Stew-
Brown ground beef, add either Campbell's Alphabet or Vegetable soup. Stir and simmer until thick. Serve over open faced buns. Eat with a fork.
It tastes better than it sounds.
I forget where I learned this one:
Mushroom pork chops and taters-
In a baking pan, a layer of boneless pork chops, a layer of tater tots, pour on Cream of Mushroom soup, cover with grated cheese. Bake in the oven @ 350 for 30-40 minutes.
I partial to the cream style soups. Cream of Mushroom, Cream of Chicken, Clam Chowder and Oyster Stew. I make these with milk instead of water.
I do enjoy a good old can of tomato now and then. Especially with a grilled cheese.
And I do keep a few cans of Chicken Noodle around if I get to feeling under the weather.
Canned soup is also a good ingredient for casseroles and such.
He's a quick meal my Dad would sometimes make:
Scout Stew-
Brown ground beef, add either Campbell's Alphabet or Vegetable soup. Stir and simmer until thick. Serve over open faced buns. Eat with a fork.
It tastes better than it sounds.
I forget where I learned this one:
Mushroom pork chops and taters-
In a baking pan, a layer of boneless pork chops, a layer of tater tots, pour on Cream of Mushroom soup, cover with grated cheese. Bake in the oven @ 350 for 30-40 minutes.
Chubbo
Member
'Good Old Days'
This thread has become interesting, informative, and useful. I'd like to contribute again. This time to the historical aspect of Canned soup; Growing up, circa 1930, my mom never had a can of store-bought soup in our home. Mom started from scratch in the Spring, planting tomato seeds, in a 'hot-bed', heated by fresh manure, and Raised tomato plants. Dad, and I hand spaded, and tilled a large garden, and then he, mom, and I, planted, and tending them until harvest in the Fall. She then made a year's supply of tomato soup from them. There was a large fruit/vegetable cupboard in our basement, filled with hundreds of, quart, glass, canning jars, of home, grown produce.
I thought that the young ins of this forum might like to know how it was done in the 'Good old Days'.
Chubbo
This thread has become interesting, informative, and useful. I'd like to contribute again. This time to the historical aspect of Canned soup; Growing up, circa 1930, my mom never had a can of store-bought soup in our home. Mom started from scratch in the Spring, planting tomato seeds, in a 'hot-bed', heated by fresh manure, and Raised tomato plants. Dad, and I hand spaded, and tilled a large garden, and then he, mom, and I, planted, and tending them until harvest in the Fall. She then made a year's supply of tomato soup from them. There was a large fruit/vegetable cupboard in our basement, filled with hundreds of, quart, glass, canning jars, of home, grown produce.
I thought that the young ins of this forum might like to know how it was done in the 'Good old Days'.
Chubbo
Darn! You beat me to it! But no fair leaving out the rest of the label with the ingredients and instructions (click to enlarge):
One of my biologist gf's colleagues has a full-size framed print of this outside his office
There's some interesting stuff in the small print. I just noticed this:
If I had to wait that long, I think I'd just... wait for it... "throw in the towel" (GROAN)
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^^^^
Best served with pickled Mudskippers.
Best served with pickled Mudskippers.
OLDSTER
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I'm not a canned soup fan ( except for cooking ). However Campbells made a really good oyster stew up until a couple years ago; can't find it any more.
