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Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

> 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”.

I make tomato soup out of canned tomato paste.
Works for me. :-) Dilute it to the desired texture and add some heavy
cream. Salt and pepper to taste.
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