"cybercat" > wrote in message
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> For me, it is sugar. LEAVE THE *&%$ing sugar out of entrees and savory
> side dishes, people! (Salt is a problem too, but at least too salty food
> is still edible most of the time.)
>
> This is a cooking group (kind of lol) but we all use prepared foods
> sometimes. Due to work, family activities and house renovation (not
> kitchen, unfortunately) I have not been cooking much, instead grabbing a
> sandwich, salad or soup. So I see this store brand tomato soup that looks
> really good--it is not condensed, and it is called "Tomato Basil," and the
> brand is Harris Teeter, which has a rep for pretty good quality. I make
> the grilled cheese, add some red pepper to the soup, taste it, and just
> want to pour it down the sink. It was all sugar. Dead sweet. Sweet as
> tomatoes are, the third ingredient in this stuff is sugar, and then there
> is a "Contains less than 2% of the following" and what follows included
> high fructose corn syrup. And it also has 960 mgs of sodium in half the
> can. Bleah.

Require a permit to buy prepared foods
:-)

Dimitri