(2007-01-08) New survey on the RFC site: Using canned cream soups in recipes
ChattyCathy
Thanks go to Michael "Dog 3" for sending in this survey.
p.s. The 'survey idea list' is getting a tad short - so if you have any
surveys you'd like me to put up, please email them to me at: webmaster
(at) recfoodcooking (dot) com. I know people sometimes post their
suggestions on r.f.c., but I don't always see them... Thanks.
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Andy
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> Thanks go to Michael "Dog 3" for sending in this survey.
Never use canned cream soup.
Andy
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ChattyCathy
> Andy said...
>
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>
>> Thanks go to Michael "Dog 3" for sending in this survey.
>
>
> Never use canned cream soup.
>
> Andy
> Voter #2
>
jmcquown
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> Thanks go to Michael "Dog 3" for sending in this survey.
>
>
> p.s. The 'survey idea list' is getting a tad short - so if you have
> any surveys you'd like me to put up, please email them to me at:
> webmaster (at) recfoodcooking (dot) com. I know people sometimes
> post their suggestions on r.f.c., but I don't always see them...
> Thanks.
I really dislike the dreaded green bean casserole and I can't recall the
last time I purchased cream of mushroom soup. I do use cream of chicken
from time to time and cream of celery. Also cheddar cheese soup
occasionally. I'm not opposed to using these or even pre-packaged mixes
from time to time. From scratch is better, though :)
Jill
ChattyCathy
>
> I really dislike the dreaded green bean casserole and I can't recall the
> last time I purchased cream of mushroom soup. I do use cream of chicken
> from time to time and cream of celery. Also cheddar cheese soup
> occasionally. I'm not opposed to using these or even pre-packaged mixes
> from time to time. From scratch is better, though :)
<Cathy gives Jill a SHOCKED LOOK>
This, coming from The Soup Queen of r.f.c.?
How disappointing <just kidding.>
I have been known to use canned cream of mushroom in casseroles in the
past, but even the so-called low-sodium canned soups we get here lately
are much too salty for my taste, so they tend to ruin whatever recipe I
add it to; subsequently I don't buy them any more, and just make the
soup myself.
Pete C.
Sometimes. There are a few thing where they work well, mostly quick meal
type stuff. The Campbell's Cream of Chili Poblano is quite good as a
quick lunch when you add some corn and shrimp.
kilikini
I find that it's more expensive to make a pot of soup from scratch. I'm not
saying I *don't* make soup from scratch because I do, but a can that costs
$1.35 is cheaper than buying all the ingredients to prepare a homemade
cream-based soup. A can is handy if you're pressed for time and, if you're
like me and you're the only dishwasher in the house, a can saves on bowls
and pots. Sometimes that's the best thing of all! (I hate washing dishes.)
If I want a good quality soup to eat as a meal of itself, heck yeah, I'll
make it from scratch. But if it's going to be used in a casserole - bring
on the can!
kili
Dave Smith
>
>
>
> I find that it's more expensive to make a pot of soup from scratch. I'm not
> saying I *don't* make soup from scratch because I do, but a can that costs
> $1.35 is cheaper than buying all the ingredients to prepare a homemade
> cream-based soup. A can is handy if you're pressed for time and, if you're
> like me and you're the only dishwasher in the house, a can saves on bowls
> and pots. Sometimes that's the best thing of all! (I hate washing dishes.)
>
> If I want a good quality soup to eat as a meal of itself, heck yeah, I'll
> make it from scratch. But if it's going to be used in a casserole - bring
> on the can!
>
It is not the cost of making soup that bothers me so much as the volume. I
am not a big soup eater. I like a nice bowl of soup once in a while, but I
like variety. I do not want to be eating the same type of soup day after
day after day until it's gone.
I know, I know..... I can freeze the leftovers. I am just not in the habit
of going to a lot of work to make something fresh and hearty and then
sticking it into the freezer.
Sheldon
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> Thanks go to Michael "Dog 3" for sending in this survey.
I've tried canned "cream of" soups many years ago, I dout they've
changed, didn't like them then so I doubt I'd like them now...
reminded me of canned gravy (library paste). I make all my soups from
scratch, and enogh to freeze a few quarts. I'm not a fan of creamed
soups anyway so I never make them.... I don't care for cold soups
either. The closest I come to enjoying prepared creamed/cold soups is
borsht and shav with sour cream.
http://www.manischewitz.com/products/soup_seasonings/schav_borscht.php
> p.s. The 'survey idea list' is getting a tad short - so if you have any
> surveys you'd like me to put up, please email them to me at: webmaster
> (at) recfoodcooking (dot) com. �I know people sometimes post their
> suggestions on r.f.c., but I don't always see them... Thanks.
Hmm, that could be me, guilty as hell... I know I put a suggestion for
a survey into one of my posts a little while ago (even outlined it)
but I must be getting senile, I can't remember a survey about what.
And since nearly everyone has me killfiled I doubt there'll be any
reminders.
What day is it?
Where am I?
SHELDON
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I use canned soup too, primarily in casseroles and crock-pot recipes.
I'm married to a guy who grew up on that kind of cooking, and for the
most part, he doesn't like soup make from scratch. He thinks that
"cooking with Campbell's" is haute cuisine. What can I do? I married
him for better or worse.
Luann Wolfe
rosie
Confession good for the soul. I am among the "sometimes I use it
"bunch, which at this point seems to be the biggest catagory.
The dreaded Green Bean Cassarol is.gulp... one of my favorite things.
There I said it. Must be a throwback to my Catholic School girl days.
Rosie
ChattyCathy
> On Jan 8, 10:01�am, ChattyCathy <cathy1...@mailinator.com> wrote:
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
>> p.s. The 'survey idea list' is getting a tad short - so if you have any
>> surveys you'd like me to put up, please email them to me at: webmaster
>> (at) recfoodcooking (dot) com. �I know people sometimes post their
>> suggestions on r.f.c., but I don't always see them... Thanks.
>
> Hmm, that could be me, guilty as hell... I know I put a suggestion for
> a survey into one of my posts a little while ago (even outlined it)
> but I must be getting senile, I can't remember a survey about what.
> And since nearly everyone has me killfiled I doubt there'll be any
> reminders.
>
FWIW, Sheldon, I don't have you kf'd <veg>. But I can't help you out on
the survey idea thing either... didn't see it.
With the "time difference" between RSA and the USA, I wake up to an
average of 400-500 new posts every morning, so I use the "hit one, miss
one, skip one" method to skim through the threads/posts - and then mark
the the rest of them as read by date (last 12 hours or so) - which
brings it down to about 150-ish posts, and even then I don't have time
to read them all...
jmcquown
Casserole, sauce... sure. I rarely use canned soup as just soup.
Campbell's tomato soup with a grilled cheese sandwich is an "I don't feel
good and don't feel like cooking" exception :)
Jill
kilikini
I'm that way, too, Dave. When you make soup from scratch you tend to make a
LOT. I'll eat mine for a couple of days and then I'll freeze it, but it'll
sit in the freezer for a year or so before I eventually just toss it. :~)
kili
kilikini
> kilikini wrote:
>>
>> If I want a good quality soup to eat as a meal of itself, heck yeah,
>> I'll make it from scratch. But if it's going to be used in a
>> casserole - bring on the can!
>>
>> kili
>
> Casserole, sauce... sure. I rarely use canned soup as just soup.
> Campbell's tomato soup with a grilled cheese sandwich is an "I don't
> feel good and don't feel like cooking" exception :)
>
> Jill
One of my favorite comfort food combos! (And, I dip the sandwich in the
soup. ARGH! I'm a heathen!)
kili
kilikini
>
> The dreaded Green Bean Cassarol is.gulp... one of my favorite things.
> There I said it. Must be a throwback to my Catholic School girl days.
>
> Rosie
Rosie, I'm as guilty as you are. A holiday isn't a true holiday to me
without it. There, I said it too.
kili
Giusi
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> Sheldon wrote:
>> On Jan 8, 10:01?am, ChattyCathy <cathy1...@mailinator.com> wrote:
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
>>
>>> p.s. The 'survey idea list' is getting a tad short - so if you have any
>>> surveys you'd like me to put up, please email them to me at: webmaster
>>> (at) recfoodcooking (dot) com. ?I know people sometimes post their
>>> suggestions on r.f.c., but I don't always see them... Thanks.
> With the "time difference" between RSA and the USA, I wake up to an
> average of 400-500 new posts every morning, > Cheers
> Chatty Cathy
I am set to receive a max of 300 posts. They do get repetitive at times.
I've nothing against using soups in dishes for home, but we don't have them
here. On the occasion I wanted something calling for one, I've made the
soup from scratch. Unfortunately, that has sometimes meant I ate the soup
and ditched the dish.--
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jmcquown
But you're a loveable heathen ;) Of course you dunk the sandwich in the
soup! All that nicely crisped bread and melty cheese is perfect for dunking
in tomato soup.
My mom was (pleasantly) shocked when I made grilled cheese sandwiches for us
using both sliced Swiss and sliced (not processed cheese food) American.
She thought that was rather decadent... two kinds of cheese! Oh Yum!
Jill
Vilco
> I've nothing against using soups in dishes for home, but we don't
> have them here.
LOL; look around for some US products arriving on our supermarket
shelves nowadays. Here Penzey's is a novelty of this winter, and I
have seen some more whose names I've read here.
> On the occasion I wanted something calling for one,
> I've made the soup from scratch. Unfortunately, that
> has sometimes meant I ate the soup and ditched the dish.
LOL. Minestra di pane and ribvollita?
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Vilco
Think pink, drink rose'
Pete C.
If that's the worst of the "worse" you're probably in good shape.
kilikini
I always use a mix - it really adds to the flavor of the sandwich. I turned
Allan onto that idea and now it's a request every time. :~)
kili
Giusi
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There's a seafood dish I like as do all my Italian friends, that begins with
what was once frozen potato soup. So I make potato soup, but often just eat
potato soup, because it is delicious.
I like ribollita, don't you?--
http://www.judithgreenwood.com
Nathalie Chiva
<cath...@mailinator.com> wrote:
To be honest, I can't imagine making a recipe using soup as an
ingredient. And I don't think I've ever seen an non-American recipe
like that.
Nathalie in Switzerland
Nathalie Chiva
Hey! I just got hold of some black cabbage so tomorrow I'll make
ribollita for the day after tomorrow!
Nathalie in Switzerland
Goomba38
He thinks that
> "cooking with Campbell's" is haute cuisine. What can I do? I married
> him for better or worse.
>
> Luann Wolfe
So show him "for better" next time
Goomba38
cause that is about the quality of the stuff- cafeteria food. I can dig
nostalgia and all that but I just don't get serving it for a special
meal? It doesn't taste all that good and it isn't a pretty dish so it
doesn't add anything of value to "the plate" color or texture wise IMO.
I just think there are so much more "special" things to do than that
stuff. So sue me :)
Zilbandy
Opps! Time to change the year. It's 2008 now! ::looking at the subject
line:: :)
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Dan
Where do you get American cheese that isn't processed cheese?
-dk
Dee.Dee
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>>
>> My mom was (pleasantly) shocked when I made grilled cheese sandwiches for
>> us
>> using both sliced Swiss and sliced (not processed cheese food) American.
>> She thought that was rather decadent... two kinds of cheese! Oh Yum!
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
>
> Where do you get American cheese that isn't processed cheese?
>
> -dk
Whole Foods, for one.
I tried an Appalachian (they still carry it). It wasn't bad, but
expensive.
Dee
jmcquown
Thanks, Dee. Everyone seems to think there's no such thing as 'American'
cheese. When they think of it they think of individually wrapped processed
cheese food (sandwich) slices. Go to any good cheese shop (even in a
grocery store where they have a nice selection of non "Kraft singles"
cheeses) and you can usually find American cheese. You may have to slice it
yourself because you'll probably be buying it in blocks.
Jill
Mike Pearce
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> jmcquown wrote:
>> My mom was (pleasantly) shocked when I made grilled cheese
>> sandwiches for us
>> using both sliced Swiss and sliced (not processed cheese food)
>> American.
>> She thought that was rather decadent... two kinds of cheese! Oh
>> Yum!
>>
>
> Where do you get American cheese that isn't processed cheese?
>
Where does one get any cheese that isn't processed cheese? Unless I'm
completely misinformed about how cheese is made all cheese is
processed. Milk is processed in order to make cheese. Am I mistaken
about this?
-Mike
Dee.Dee
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Yes, I guess the great cheeses of the world that sit for years in les caves,
are processed, too, if that's what you mean by processed.
Dee Dee
ChattyCathy
> Opps! Time to change the year. It's 2008 now! ::looking at the subject
> line:: :)
>
Giusi
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But you probably have seen recipes made with Knorr soup packets, which are
more common here, yes?
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>
Nathalie Chiva
wrote:
No, never! Yes, soup packets and canned soup are common here, but I
never saw a recipe using them. And I read *lots* of recipe, I'm a
cooking magazine addict (I buy 5 different ones...)
Nathalie in Switzerland
The Ranger
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> Zilbandy wrote:
>> Opps! Time to change the year. It's 2008 now! ::looking at the
>> subject
>> line:: :)
>>
> My humble apologies. I'm amazed that nobody else noticed ;)
>
volunteering... This next year's surveys, three per week, are
waiting for you to think of, edit, and post. Don't worry about
someone pointing out whenever you make a mistake."
Your surveys, CC, might not always be perfect (close enough) but
you're willing to do them so minor gaffs give the necessary
chuckles without the additional work (on the audience's parts). :)
The Ranger
Ophelia
*applause*
ChattyCathy
> ChattyCathy <cath...@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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>> Zilbandy wrote:
>>> Opps! Time to change the year. It's 2008 now! ::looking at the
>>> subject
>>> line:: :)
>>>
>> My humble apologies. I'm amazed that nobody else noticed ;)
>>
> It's along the lines of, "Thank you for stepping forward and
> volunteering... This next year's surveys, three per week, are
> waiting for you to think of, edit, and post. Don't worry about
> someone pointing out whenever you make a mistake."
<grin>
But Zil was just pointing out the obvious (politely by r.f.c. standards,
I might add), and I did stuff up. I do that. I apologized.
Can't guarantee that it won't happen again either... ;)
>
> Your surveys, CC, might not always be perfect (close enough) but
> you're willing to do them so minor gaffs give the necessary
> chuckles without the additional work (on the audience's parts). :)
Ranger, really nice of you to say so (and to understand 'how it goes').
Thank you.
BTW, had several new survey ideas from fellow r.f.c-ers in my inbox
today - so "watch this space" as they say ;)
And folks, please keep them coming!
kilikini
It's a nostalgic thing. My mom made it for every holiday, and both my
grandmothers made it when a holiday was held at their house. It reminds me
of the good ole days when everyone I cared about was alive and we were
together as a family. :~)
kili
Lou Decruss
I'll throw my thanks in there too. I don't always comment, but
usually vote and enjoy seeing the results and the thread that follows.
Lou
ChattyCathy
>
> I'll throw my thanks in there too.
Thank you.
> I don't always comment, but
> usually vote and enjoy seeing the results and the thread that follows.
Yep. We've had a few good ones - haven't we?
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Cheers
Chatty Cathy - who promises not to use the 'Do you think cilantro tastes
like soap' survey again - for a while...
blake murphy
<cath...@mailinator.com> wrote:
>Zilbandy wrote:
>> Opps! Time to change the year. It's 2008 now! ::looking at the subject
>> line:: :)
>>
>My humble apologies. I'm amazed that nobody else noticed ;)
what, the year changed? no wonder everyone was getting drunk and
firing guns.
your pal,
blake
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> be careful of criticizing, or you too may be forced to
> make moose turd pie.
I'm a firm believer in the "I'm-Glad-You-Mention-That" volunteer
method of inclusion. It's served me very nicely on getting six new
chairwo/men, staffing eight new "permanent" positions, and keeping
most of those arm-chair quarterbacks from second guessing my
leadership roles at my daughter-units' elementary and middle
schools...
ObMoosePie: Two large chocolate chocolate chip cookies squished
down on a heaping scoop of chocolate fudge ice cream, with
Hershey's Chocolate Syrup drizzled overtop, courtesy of my
chocoholic, Daughter-unit Alpha.
The Ranger
Sky
>
> Lou Decruss wrote:
>
> >
> > I'll throw my thanks in there too.
>
> Thank you.
>
> > I don't always comment, but
> > usually vote and enjoy seeing the results and the thread that follows.
>
> Yep. We've had a few good ones - haven't we?
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy - who promises not to use the 'Do you think cilantro tastes
> like soap' survey again - for a while...
The surveys are always fun for me ;) I really appreciate the work you
do, Cathy, to keep up with all of the surveys (more than 200 now!).
They're a delight to participate in, and the results are definitely
'scientific' <wink>!
Sky
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Victor Sack
> But you probably have seen recipes made with Knorr soup packets, which are
> more common here, yes?
With Knorr, Maggi, etc. bouillon cubes or powder, yes, but never with
actual soup packets.
Victor
Dan
Becca
Do you smother that with cream of mushroom soup?
Becca
blake murphy
wrote:
it might be better that way. hard to tell.
your pal,
blake