Food Factoid

Baxter's soup has loads less sodium than Campbell's. 

Honestly, I don't care much for Campbell's in the UK, it seems to taste differently to me. 

I love Baxter's cream of tomato- and the pea and ham is only 110 calories per can!

Baxter's soup has loads less sodium than Campbell's. 

Honestly, I don't care much for Campbell's in the UK, it seems to taste differently to me. 

I love Baxter's cream of tomato- and the pea and ham is only 110 calories per can!

The Food Programme on Radio 4 did an episode all about shop-bought soups a few months ago. Campbell's tomato is the most nutritious! Came out miles ahead of all those fancy New Covent Garden types in both taste and nutrition!

I agree about the Campbells not being as good...Remember how the "cream of" whatever soups at home in the Campbells are the only ones that aren't a solid mass when you dump them? They are here....Heinz ones are better.

Also don't like the Ragu pasta sauce over here, and that's all I'll eat at home...it's loaded with chunks of tomatoes over here...YUCK!! It just doesn't taste the same at all...

I agree about the campbells soup, I loved the tomato back home, but don't really care for the cream style of tomato soup here.

Weird, I've never really noticed a difference in Campbells cream soups. But then I only use it to cook with so I suppose maybe that's why. For eating soup, IMO Tesco's own brand cream of tomato is the best. Too bad I'm boycotting Tesco. 

What's ragu sauce? Is it just tomato pasta sauce? Try bolognaise sauces - those don't tend to be chunky at all.

yes, Ragu os a pasta sauce...and I didn't know there was a difference between pasta/spaghetti sauces and "bolognaise"  sauces...(although a real bolognaise/bolognese has wine and cream....)
http://experts.about.com/q/Italian-Cuisine-760/Recipe-Bolognaise-Sauce.htm


but yes, there is a difference in the cream soups...at home, the campbells are the only ones I've ever used which actually pour out of the can instead of doing the cranberry sauce thing and coming out whole in can form!

i also dont like campbells soup over it is nothing like the soup back home especially the chicken & noodle 1. i mainly eat tesco brand soup only myself.

I don't like eating canned soups anymore.  I never liked them much anyway, so I thought that I just didn't like soup.  They tend to be too high in sodium so when I got BP problems it was a healthy justification for me not to eat them at all.  But now that I started eating the occasional homemade soup, I'm finding out that -- yeah this really isn't so bad.

Whenever I get a few pounds over my ideal weight (like right now) I like going on a soup only diet for a few days.  I could never do the cabbage soup diet, but I find if I puree grilled vegetables (not using oil or butter) and just add a few herbs or spice, esp. a bit of pepper, it really helps.

Any extra liquid is good for you, of course, so a more liquidy soup (esp one made with a marrow-y soup bone) will help on that account too.

Just some random soup thoughts...

yes, Ragu os a pasta sauce...and I didn't know there was a difference between pasta/spaghetti sauces and "bolognaise"  sauces...(although a real bolognaise/bolognese has wine and cream....)

No, bolognaise from a jar hasn't got cream or wine in it. It just seems like plain old smooth tomato pasta sauce to me (though you can buy it with lots of different stuff added to it). I tend to use Dolmio.

I love soup.  I could live on soup - homemade soup that is.  I don't really go for much canned soup.   Slow cooker is great for homemade soup.  At Christmas time, we live on soup and come new years, we have a soup buffet with all the leftovers!

i also discovered the joy of hot cup-of-soup here.  When i was camping last weekend, we lived on it in the wet.  It was just nice to have that boost in the middle of the morning or afternoon. 

I don't do canned soups.. except I like Heinz cream of tomato... and Campbells is gloopy and yucky in both nations.... hell it's that way in any country I have lived in...

The Campbell's soup that comes out in one clump...I think that those are all the condensed varieties.  They are thicker and come out that way because you are supposed to be adding milk, unlike the other brands, which are ready-to-serve.  I like to use the condensed ones for cooking, as they are more flavorful, and I usually end up adding broth or milk, so it thins it out.

For cream of tomato soup, I like the Seeds of Change (in the organic section).  I'll add a little leftover rice to it, sprinkle on a bit of grated parmasean.  Mmmmm!

For cream of tomato soup, I like the Seeds of Change (in the organic section).  I'll add a little leftover rice to it, sprinkle on a bit of grated parmasean.  Mmmmm!

Mmm. I want that for dinner. With garlic bread.

But dh would just say "where's the meat?" or "honey, we can't have soup for dinner."   

The Campbell's soup that comes out in one clump...I think that those are all the condensed varieties.  They are thicker and come out that way because you are supposed to be adding milk, unlike the other brands, which are ready-to-serve.  I like to use the condensed ones for cooking, as they are more flavorful, and I usually end up adding broth or milk, so it thins it out.

For cream of tomato soup, I like the Seeds of Change (in the organic section).  I'll add a little leftover rice to it, sprinkle on a bit of grated parmasean.  Mmmmm!

That does sound nice.

I do admit to using Cambells condensed when I need a quick meal... or for that "yeah my daddy's a Southern mountain boy" casserole!  It is easier than making a bechamel from scratch and let's face it... it saves time and is still more nutritious than buying a ready made frozen meal in most cases.