COMPARRING CANNED SOUP

[ACORN]

Love Campbell's Cream of Mushroom, and tomato cut with milk. Occasionally I'll have the bean with bacon.
We make a lot of homemade potato soup.
As kids my oldest sister and I liked Campbell's chicken noodle, but now there's a lot of UFOs in it.

Years back my grandmother was talking to the Jewish neighbor telling her my Pap had a bad cold. The neighbor said she just made a batch of chicken soup and sent him over a bowl. The old joke, Jewish penicillin.
A couple days later the neighbor asked my Pap how he liked the soup. He told her it was delicious. So later that day she sent over a quart she had canned. Stuck down in the jar was a chicken foot, toenails and all.

 

[Ματθιας]

Canned soups, I don't care who makes it, are salty and bland. I'll eat them, but I have to break out the spices.

 

[BearBio]

Wife likes Progresso. I will sometimes eat Jake's (of Jake's Crawfish in Portland) canned clam chowder. Use Campbell's beef bouillon in a few recipes and Campbell's Golden Mushroom and cream of mushroom in chicken pot pies and Golden Mushroom as gravy over pork chops.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Campbell's Golden Mushroom and cream of mushroom in chicken pot pies and Golden Mushroom as gravy over pork chops.

Yep. I use Golden Mushroom soup as a base for ground beef stroganoff served over rice or broad noodles. And, like Becky, I can't do tuna casserole without Cream of Mushroom soup.

PS: Tomato soup w/grilled cheese for dippin'.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Campbell's original:

 

[quikdraw67]

Mrs QD67 uses Campbell's Cream of Chicken in her chicken and rice casserole.

The only time I eat canned soup is when I'm sick. Chicken noodle, and IMHO Progresso is far better.

We have gotten Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper soup from Trader Joe's. Comes in a carton, and has to be refrigerated after opening. That stuff is the bomb with a grilled cheese sandwich.

 

[NMPinNYC]

When the Pandemic hit us back in March, I went to the stores and bought over 100 (over a few days) cans of Progresso Soups - all types. They have many that are Gluten Free which is what my Wife needs - I can eat any of them.

Two weeks later the Supermarkets had little to no selection of the Progresso Soups left, so I bought a bunch of Campbell's.

Most of the time my Wife actually makes her own soups, but once in a while if she's out and I am in the mood, I will grab a can as a quick lunch. I also wanted to stock up on Soup because the shelf life is relatively long and we do enjoy soup. You never know these days......

I have to say that almost all of the Progressive Soups are excellent (ok- they're not home made) quick and convenient. I do really enjoy many of them! The Campbell's soups are now fair to poor! Don't know what happened to them, but they don't hold a candle to the Progressive canned soups IMHO.

We both had the second part of the Shingles Vaccine yesterday and are now both a little under the weather with the temporary side effects. I grabbed a few cans of Campbell's soup for dinner and - blechhhh!

No more Campbell's Soups for us! I don't know when they got so cheap and flavorless! I use to like them years ago. The Progresso Soup line is a little more expensive but worth every extra penny - at least to me. Again - it's not home made - but still pretty darn good!

I'm a fan of the Progresso soups myself, in January you may see the ShopRite "can-can" sales (do they still do this?) and I stock up on the lentil soup and the chicken with dumpling soups for quick eats when necessary or if too weak to fix something of my own. Not had the Campbell's brand but if that's what's available I won't be picky. A PR friend taught me a saying that goes, "falta de pan, tortillas son buenas"... roughly, "if we haven't got bread, the tortillas will be just fine...". Hunger is the best sauce!

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I my wife wasn't available and I was working late the kids knew: 3 packs Raman noodles (2/3 listed water) only one flavor packet, one small can tuna, two handfuls frozen peas, season to taste. It is called 5th grader tuna casserole! The sad thing is I know married women that can't cook that good!

When my second son was in the USMC, he had duty in Japan and Okinawa. That ruined him for life, he wants real Asian noodles instead of a pack of Raman! Once you feed kids something nice, they expect it the next time too!

Ivan

 

[HenryT]

I my wife wasn't available and I was working late the kids knew: 3 packs Raman noodles (2/3 listed water) only one flavor packet, one small can tuna, two handfuls frozen peas, season to taste. It is called 5th grader tuna casserole! The sad thing is I know married women that can't cook that good!


Ivan

That sounds like my typical poor college student meal 40 years ago.

 

[mtgianni]

I cannot abide canned cream soups. In the early 89's I worked with a young lady whose parents ran an amazing amount of sheep. A friend moved part of their herd and had one of 7 semi's loaded with wintering ewes. She told me at the time Campbells was the largest buyer of broken mouth ewes.

 

[soFlaNative]

My wife found the Bear Creek brand of dehydrated soups and such some years ago at Dollar Store and despite the salt content we'll have some every few weeks. Good stuff, interesting varieties that lend themselves well to some tweaking and additions and good for about two quarts worth. Now easier to find I still wish this stuff was around back in my wilderness trekking days.

 

[Jack Flash]

Trader Joe's has some good ready to eat soups in their refridgerated section. Some of their chili is good too, some just so-so.

 

[cmort666]

Trader Joe's has some good ready to eat soups in their refridgerated section. Some of their chili is good too, some just so-so.

The last time I tried to go to Trader Joe's here, they were imposing some sort of occupancy limit that had a line at the door that looked like the line to see Thunderball on opening night in downtown Chicago when I was a kid. They don't have anything I want that badly.

 

[ralph7]

I cannot abide canned cream soups. In the early 89's I worked with a young lady whose parents ran an amazing amount of sheep. A friend moved part of their herd and had one of 7 semi's loaded with wintering ewes. She told me at the time Campbells was the largest buyer of
broken mouth ewes.

Somehow, I'm missing the punchline.

 

[Jack Flash]

Trader Joe's has some good ready to eat soups in their refridgerated section. Some of their chili is good too, some just so-so.

The last time I tried to go to Trader Joe's here, they were imposing some sort of occupancy limit that had a line at the door that looked like the line to see Thunderball on opening night in downtown Chicago when I was a kid. They don't have anything I want that badly.

Well, yeah, you do actually have to go into the store and buy it to find out what it tastes like.