On Wed 14 May 2008 08:58:21p, Blinky the Shark told us...

> 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.

Thre was a period of time when I wasn't buying tomato soup. Then when I
did buy some, I immediately noticed that it "poured" out of the can, where
before it had to be scooped out with a rubber spatula. I don't know
exactly when it happened, bu it was a huge disappointment. The flavor had
changed, too.

At least the bisque still has the thickness and the flavor...until the
*******s at Campbell's change that one, too.

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Wayne Boatwright
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