Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> 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!

I never really noticed the change from thick to thin tomato. But I'm all
in favor of thick, now that I've learned that what I've been eating
was thin.


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