I looked at Lucky's last week and noticed they had their stock
(chicken, turkey, beef, vegetable) mixed in with boxes of soup. I saw
mushroom and a tomato/roasted pepper soup that looked interesting, but
didn't buy them because the box clearly said "soup". Can anyone tell
me if they're good to use as stock too? TIA

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"sf" > wrote in message
...
>
> I looked at Lucky's last week and noticed they had their stock
> (chicken, turkey, beef, vegetable) mixed in with boxes of soup. I saw
> mushroom and a tomato/roasted pepper soup that looked interesting, but
> didn't buy them because the box clearly said "soup". Can anyone tell
> me if they're good to use as stock too? TIA
>
>
Many, if not all of the canned soups contain some thickener, which you may
not want in stock. There's some even in Campbell's chicken noodle soup. I'm
sure you've thought of this.

I'm thinking of using Campbell's tomato soup as the base for an urgent "red
clam chowder". Whadya think of that?

Kent

Kent wrote:
>
> I'm thinking of using Campbell's tomato soup as the base for an urgent "red
> clam chowder". Whadya think of that?

Even back in the old days when there were some
good Campbell's soups, tomato wasn't one of them.

I just had tomato soup this morning that was
pretty good. Just a can of Trader Joe's tomato
paste, a packet of their concentrated chicken
stock, several large shots of their jalapeno
sauce, and water to make about a quart. It
had plenty of tomato, a bit of heat, and not
much salt. (I watch my salt very carefully.)

With slices of fresh sourdough bread to dip
in it, it was a fast and satisfying breakfast.
(By the way, why is a seeded baguette of
sourdough bread much cheaper than an unseeded
loaf of the same size at Trader Joe's? $1.69
vs. $2.29 if I recall correctly. You pay
60 cents for the absence of seeds. Of course,
I won't pull an Andy over something like this.
I don't mind seeds.)

Getting back to your question, I think a can
of tomato paste has so many uses and can be
fixed up in so many ways it's a much better
raw material to keep on hand than a canned soup.
A canned soup has salt, sugar, thickeners,
flavor enhancers, etc. designed to work together
within a narrower range, hence it is less
flexible than tomato paste.

On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:23:38 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

> I just had tomato soup this morning that was
> pretty good. Just a can of Trader Joe's tomato
> paste, a packet of their concentrated chicken
> stock, several large shots of their jalapeno
> sauce, and water to make about a quart. It
> had plenty of tomato, a bit of heat, and not
> much salt. (I watch my salt very carefully.)

I bought some TJ's vegetable stock last week and was surprised at how
aromatic it is. Are the chicken and beef stocks as rich?

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sf wrote:
>
> On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:23:38 -0800, Mark Thorson >
> wrote:
>
> > I just had tomato soup this morning that was
> > pretty good. Just a can of Trader Joe's tomato
> > paste, a packet of their concentrated chicken
> > stock, several large shots of their jalapeno
> > sauce, and water to make about a quart. It
> > had plenty of tomato, a bit of heat, and not
> > much salt. (I watch my salt very carefully.)
>
> I bought some TJ's vegetable stock last week and was surprised at how
> aromatic it is. Are the chicken and beef stocks as rich?

I've tried the vegetable stock, and it's fine,
but I prefer chicken stock. I don't think it
would be possible to make a vegetable stock
I'd prefer over chicken. I haven't tried the
beef.

On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:26:20 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

> sf wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:23:38 -0800, Mark Thorson >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I just had tomato soup this morning that was
> > > pretty good. Just a can of Trader Joe's tomato
> > > paste, a packet of their concentrated chicken
> > > stock, several large shots of their jalapeno
> > > sauce, and water to make about a quart. It
> > > had plenty of tomato, a bit of heat, and not
> > > much salt. (I watch my salt very carefully.)
> >
> > I bought some TJ's vegetable stock last week and was surprised at how
> > aromatic it is. Are the chicken and beef stocks as rich?
>
> I've tried the vegetable stock, and it's fine,
> but I prefer chicken stock. I don't think it
> would be possible to make a vegetable stock
> I'd prefer over chicken. I haven't tried the beef.

I'll pick up their chicken and beef soon and give them a try. Thanks.
I've been buying the Organics brand stock in a box, which is pretty
good as far as sodium content. The TJ veg broth is only 140 mg of
sodium per cup. How much does the low sodium chicken say it has?

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On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:25:42 -0700, "Kent" >
wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > I looked at Lucky's last week and noticed they had their stock
> > (chicken, turkey, beef, vegetable) mixed in with boxes of soup. I saw
> > mushroom and a tomato/roasted pepper soup that looked interesting, but
> > didn't buy them because the box clearly said "soup". Can anyone tell
> > me if they're good to use as stock too? TIA
> >
> >
> Many, if not all of the canned soups contain some thickener, which you may
> not want in stock. There's some even in Campbell's chicken noodle soup. I'm
> sure you've thought of this.

Unfortunately, I didn't stand there and read the boxes... so I thought
I'd ask here and hope somebody could tell me why the boxed stocks and
soups are interspersed together.
>
> I'm thinking of using Campbell's tomato soup as the base for an urgent "red
> clam chowder". Whadya think of that?
>
I think that tomato & roasted red pepper soup might be more
interesting. Check the salt levels. I didn't even do that much.

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On 2011-04-15, sf > wrote:

> I'd ask here and hope somebody could tell me why the boxed stocks and
> soups are interspersed together.

Harder to find 'em when their located in the toiletries section. duh

nb

On 04/15/2011 11:25 AM, Kent wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> I looked at Lucky's last week and noticed they had their stock
>> (chicken, turkey, beef, vegetable) mixed in with boxes of soup. I saw
>> mushroom and a tomato/roasted pepper soup that looked interesting, but
>> didn't buy them because the box clearly said "soup". Can anyone tell
>> me if they're good to use as stock too? TIA
>>
>>
> Many, if not all of the canned soups contain some thickener, which you may
> not want in stock. There's some even in Campbell's chicken noodle soup. I'm
> sure you've thought of this.
>
> I'm thinking of using Campbell's tomato soup as the base for an urgent "red
> clam chowder". Whadya think of that?

Oh, god, better off dipping the clams in powdered sugar. That stuff has
gotten so SWEET! There is no clam chowder emergency so urgent, trust me.

Serene

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In article >,
sf > wrote:

> I looked at Lucky's last week and noticed they had their stock
> (chicken, turkey, beef, vegetable) mixed in with boxes of soup. I saw
> mushroom and a tomato/roasted pepper soup that looked interesting, but
> didn't buy them because the box clearly said "soup". Can anyone tell
> me if they're good to use as stock too? TIA

Dumping a compatible can of soup into a broth you're making won't hurt
and may enhance it. Adding enough cans of soup to a pot to make a broth
would be an expensive broth in my estimation.
Stock and soups are close together in my grocery stores. I haven't seen
them intermingled.

leo

On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:30:06 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
> wrote:

> Stock and soups are close together in my grocery stores. I haven't seen
> them intermingled.

It was very confusing!

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On Apr 15, 11:15*am, sf > wrote:
> I looked at Lucky's last week and noticed they had their stock
> (chicken, turkey, beef, vegetable) mixed in with boxes of soup. *I saw
> mushroom and a tomato/roasted pepper soup that looked interesting, but
> didn't buy them because the box clearly said "soup". *Can anyone tell
> me if they're good to use as stock too? *TIA

You can put anything you'd like in such pureed soups. By the way, the
tomato/roasted red pepper tetrabrik is available at Trader Joe's at a
lower price as a house brand.

On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:34:57 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> wrote:

> By the way, the
> tomato/roasted red pepper tetrabrik is available at Trader Joe's at a
> lower price as a house brand.

I still don't know what a tetrabrik is. Is it fresh, frozen, what?

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sf wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:34:57 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> > wrote:
>
>> By the way, the
>> tomato/roasted red pepper tetrabrik is available at Trader Joe's at a
>> lower price as a house brand.
>
> I still don't know what a tetrabrik is. Is it fresh, frozen, what?

And you can't manage to Google it? It is the packaging that you now buy
liters of chicken stock, milk and other items in. You've seen them.

Goomba wrote:

>> I still don't know what a tetrabrik is. Is it fresh, frozen, what?
>
> And you can't manage to Google it? It is the packaging that you now buy
> liters of chicken stock, milk and other items in. You've seen them.

Maybe she hasn't. Remember, she also said she's never seen General Tso's
chicken or daytime running lights.

Bob

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Goomba wrote:
>
>>> I still don't know what a tetrabrik is. Is it fresh, frozen, what?
>> And you can't manage to Google it? It is the packaging that you now buy
>> liters of chicken stock, milk and other items in. You've seen them.
>
> Maybe she hasn't. Remember, she also said she's never seen General Tso's
> chicken or daytime running lights.
>
> Bob

LOL, that's right! And no one in SF uses gas grills...

On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 02:55:44 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

> Goomba wrote:
>
> >> I still don't know what a tetrabrik is. Is it fresh, frozen, what?
> >
> > And you can't manage to Google it? It is the packaging that you now buy
> > liters of chicken stock, milk and other items in. You've seen them.
>
> Maybe she hasn't. Remember, she also said she's never seen General Tso's
> chicken or daytime running lights.
>
I still haven't seen either one. Running lights aren't head lights,
they aren't fog lights, they're parking lights and General Tso hasn't
made it to General where I eat.

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On Apr 16, 10:51*am, sf > wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:34:57 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
>
> > wrote:
> > By the way, the
> > tomato/roasted red pepper tetrabrik is available at Trader Joe's at a
> > lower price as a house brand.
>
> I still don't know what a tetrabrik is. *Is it fresh, frozen, what?


http://hypatia.morelos.gob.mx/No10/i.../tetrabrik.jpg

On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 07:58:11 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> wrote:

> On Apr 16, 10:51*am, sf > wrote:
> > On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:34:57 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > By the way, the
> > > tomato/roasted red pepper tetrabrik is available at Trader Joe's at a
> > > lower price as a house brand.
> >
> > I still don't know what a tetrabrik is. *Is it fresh, frozen, what?
>
>
> http://hypatia.morelos.gob.mx/No10/i.../tetrabrik.jpg

Okay, thanks so it's your way of saying "box"? I looked at mine. The
two from Safeway say Tera Pak and the one from Trader Joe's has
*nothing* on it. Better check your box before calling a terabrik. In
any case, what do you think of using the tomato/roasted red pepper as
a base? I will assume it's labeled "soup" too. Actually, I haven't
noticed that one at TJ's, just at Luckys, probably because TJ's
separates their soups from their stock/broth and I buy broth in a box,
not soup.

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