"dejablues" > wrote in message
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> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
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>>I was looking at the Campbell's soup section the other day,
>> probably not having bought a can in at least a couple years,
>> when I noticed a new flavor -- Won Ton Soup.
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>> Whoa! That's interesting! I'll bet it's terrible with
>> tiny wontons that are mostly dough. But I should try that,
>> just to see how Campbell's would make it.
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>> But then I noticed the price! $3.19 for one can! And this
>> wasn't some giant can -- it was the normal Campbell's soup
>> size can!
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>> What happened? Since when is Campbell's soup a premium
>> brand? I grudgingly accept that inflation over the years
>> would push the price of Campbell's soup over a dollar.
>> But $3.19? Where do they come up with a price like that?
>> Are the wontons filled with French truffles and hand-folded
>> by Chinese virgins? How can they expect the public to pay
>> $3.19 for a can of Campbell's soup, no matter what's inside.
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>> I'm tempted to buy one just for the bragging rights. Maybe
>> I'll buy one and keep it unopened, then sell it on eBay
>> after the product is discontinued. Or somebody opens up
>> a Campbell's soup museu
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> Cambell's won ton has been around for many years, at least in this area. I
> think they market their soups regionally. Anyone out there getting Pepper
> Pot soup or are we the lucky ones? :-\
> AFAIK, the soup tureen museum is in the Campbell's building (which is a
> quite lovely art-deco style building), but it doesn't have any Campbell's
> memoriabilia - it's really just tureens. They used to sponsor programs on
> the now-defunct Phila. classical music station.

Wiki says the tureens have been donated to the Winterthur Museum, which is
definitely worth the trip!
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