On Wed 19 Nov 2008 05:17:48a, john zeiss told us...

> As a child it was a bit of a special treat to have a tin of Heinz tomato
> soup before going to bed in the evening. Somehow now much older I have
> an emotional attachment to it and quite often have a cup at night time.
>
> I've not much idea what's really in it, its listed on the tin as:
>
> Tomatoes 84%, vegetable oil, sugar, modified cornflour, salt, dried
> skimmed milk, milk proteins, cream, spice extracts, herb extracts,
> citric acid.
>
> I'm not a big fan of animal products and have no idea how scary
> *modified* cornflour is, or what kind of oil, etc., etc.
>
> I know this is not going to be easy, but I am wondering if anyone
> 'familiar' with this product and who is a bit sophisticated food wise,
> might be able to *imagine* a recipe roughly similar in taste a novice
> like myself might manage to make? I do have a blender.
>
> Especially one that would be more *healthy*, and also might 'approximate
> that 'creamy type' tomato taste? Thanks for any advice.

I wouldn’t begin to guess. I have made various recipes of tomato soup
which were all good, but nothing approximating canned tomato soup. Are you
in the UK or AU? We generally don’t see Heinz soups in the US. Our most
common brand is Campbell’s and there are many store brands that are
similar.

As far as modified cornflour (we call it cornstarch), it is made from corn
and there’s nothing dangerous about it. Vegetable oil may be made from a
variety of different vegetables, but it is definitely not an animal
product. Based on the list of ingredients, there appears to be no animal
products in the Heinz product.

Having said all that, I rather like canned tomato soup, especially as a
snack. What we get here is generally “condensed” which means you add a can
of water or milk (if you want cream of tomato soup). I prefer mixing it
with milk. I also prefer drinking it out of a cup. I consider it a
“comfort food”.


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