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Default Campbell's Tomato Soup Redux

On Wed 14 May 2008 08:35:24p, Blinky the Shark told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> After all the discussion about the disappointment in the change to
>> Campbell's Tomato Soup and their cream soups in general, I discovered
>> something while shopping yesterday.
>>
>> At least 15 or more years ago Campbell's introduced a Tomato Bisque
>> that I liked even better than their regular tomato soup because it has
>> nice little bits of tomato in it. Whether you made it with water,
>> milk, or cream, it was very good.
>>
>> Over the past several years I haven't fouynd it on the shelf in the
>> stores, so assumed they had discontinued it. Perhaps they actually did
>> for a while.
>>
>> Yesterday, I found it again at Safeway. I'm having it for lunch as I
>> write this, and out of the can it is the same nice thick concentrate
>> with the same flavor that the regular tomato soup used to be.

>
> Indeed! I picked some up today.
>
> Thicker'n owl snot (and lots more colorful):
>
> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/tomato_bisque.jpg (not very big)
>
> Definitely a spatula job.
>
> I noticed that there's no "for thicker soup add milk" option in the
> directions, either. I *think* their regular tomato soup suggests that;
> probably another result of the thinning of the regular stuff. I know I
> use milk if I have it.
>
> <slurping some> Mmmmmmm. Comfort food.
>
>


You sound as pleased as I was!

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