"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Mon 05 Sep 2005 10:28:49p, djs0302 wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> >
> > wrote:
> >> What foods do you guys know of that aren't as good as they used to be?
> >
> > Campbell's chicken noodle soup: When I was growing up in the early 70's
> > you HAD TO add water to it because it was so thick. I bought a can
> > recently it was nothing but juice with a few noodles and I think a
> > piece of chicken floating around in it.
>
> I never eat Campbell's soup as soup, but I do keep some of their soups on
> hand to use in making quickie sauces, etc. Typically, I keep tomato,
cream
> of chicken, cream of mushroom, and cream of celery in the pantry. Years
> ago, you practically had to dig the contents out of the can they were so
> thick. In fact, the tomato was so thick I used to open both ends of the
> can and push the soup out like jellied cranberry sauce. Now they've all
> been thinned down to the point where they readily pour out of the can
> leaving little residue behind. I've found that the store brand at WalMart
> is thicker and better.
>
WalMart's is better, really? I'll have to check that out. Thanks for the
tip!
kili