Time To "Step Up"And Get On The Soup Box!

Sometimes our favorite Soups can be a Mystery!:eek:

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Saw a national geo. doc many years ago.

In burma I believe, natives scaling cliffs with rickey ladders made of vines and ropes to get at the nest which make bird’s nest soup. The nests are in crevices in the mountain wall or in caves. This is a family endeavor, very Arduous and dangerous

One old man climbed the vine ladder, up about 90 feet where he harvested the bird nest. His support staff remains on ground assisting in whatever way they could.
Narrator keeps repeating how dangerous it was, and the only r eason they did it was the extreme profit they could earn.

Goggle says the bird nest sell in China for 2,500.00-10,000.00 a kilo. It’s alleged to increase your vigor, youth and potency …;however, a few bowls are ineffective, you have to make it a regular part of your diet.

How much does canned bird’s nest’s soup cost in the u.s.?
Don’t know, but am suspicious. I think the soup is marketed , the same way they market chicken and noodle soup.;
campell’s soup: chicken and noodles consist of noodles and a cook quickly waving a live chicken over the pot-so much for the chicken.& noodles
 
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We were at Baldingers Food From All Nations, some years back, where I saw a can of bird's nest soup on the shelf. It was priced at $4.95....we did not buy it.

It was during one of the Olympics in the eighty's, when while working overtime, we stopped at a little diner to eat. One of the guys ordered chicken noodle soup. Midway through it, he called to the waitress "Hey Miss, was this an Olympic chicken"? When she asked what he meant, he said "The chicken that ran through this soup"!
 
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jerry old said:
Progresso's soup is thin and watery compared to Campbells.
Campbells make a fair Pea Soup, good on chilly days.
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jerry, Progresso soup is supposed to be eaten as it comes from the can while most Campbells is diluted with a can of milk or water. If you are adding any liquid to Progresso, it will be thin and watery.

I'm neither pushing nor knocking either brand. I prefer home made and made a pot of veggie/beef just yesterday but I keep a few cans of commercially made on hand for days I need a quick and easy meal.

My home made soup will be especially good today since we had a 30 degree drop in temp. overnight.
 
Gen:
So which is the best soup at the super market-none, nothing can beat a home made soup cooked in a crock pot.
Why am I too lazy to get the 'fixings' and have something 'really' good on these chilly nights.
There used to be a restaurant that served home made Pea Soup on
Wednesdays. I'd drive ten miles for a serving of a four oz bowl...
Of course, always ate two bowls. Oh! was it good.
 
After reading your posts, I had to go into town and get ingredients for a couple homemade soups! Talk about the power of suggestion! Chicken noodle and veg soup and another one made with ground round, tomato soup, beef broth,onion, salsa, corn with cheese and Fritos on top, etc. (my own concoction). It's gonna get cold the next few days and I'm stayin in!
Oh! Take Campbells tomato soup, add: cayenne pepper, basil, garlic powder, half & half, black pepper and parmesan cheese. Pretty yummy!
Stay warm and cozy everybody!
 
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jerry old said:
Gen:
So which is the best soup at the super market-none, nothing can beat a home made soup cooked in a crock pot.
Why am I too lazy to get the 'fixings' and have something 'really' good on these chilly nights.
There used to be a restaurant that served home made Pea Soup on
Wednesdays. I'd drive ten miles for a serving of a four oz bowl...
Of course, always ate two bowls. Oh! was it good.
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From the routine supermarket brands, I prefer Progresso partly because its cans do not contain BPA and Campbells do.

Thanks for asking because it prompted a new search and I learned that Progresso cans are NOT BPA free as advertised according to tests by Consumer's Union. However, Campbells says that they will be 75% BPA free by end of year. I do think Progresso tastes better but is a little more pricey. I will now severely limit my commercial soup use.
 
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Best Ever Potato Soup
You'll be surprised at the taste of this rich and cheesy easy potato soup. It really is the best potato soup recipe, ever. I came up with it after enjoying baked potato soup at one of our favorite restaurants. I added bacon, and we think that makes it even better. —Coleen Morrissey, Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania Get Recipe
 
Meanderer said:
The strangest soup in a can.

Gather round the soup-box while I tell you about the strangest soup I ever saw in a can. It was in a "Foods of the World" type store, and there sitting on the shelf ....for $4.85...was a can of Bird's nest soup! I did not buy it, but I came close!

"The soup calls for the nest of a bird called the swiftlet or cave swift. These birds produce special nests found not in trees but in caves throughout southern Asia, the south Pacific islands, and northeastern Australia. (It would be closer to spit soup.)

As you can imagine, it’s not easy to attach a nest to a cave wall. These industrious birds use a mixture of seaweed, twigs, moss, hair, and feathers to fashion the nest. The truly bizarre secret ingredient: saliva. Male birds gorge themselves on seaweed, which causes them to salivate like a Labradoodle at a picnic. Saliva threads, which contain a bonding protein called mucilage, spew out of the bird’s mouth. Once dry, the saliva acts as cement. The crafty avian will continue to build on to the nest until it can support the weight of its bird family. The process usually takes about forty-five days."

http://andrewzimmern.com/2014/01/01/bizarre-bites-birds-nest-soup/

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Makes me think of shark's fin soup. Also an Asian favorite I believe.
 
I absolutely love Campbell's green pea soup (not the split pea with pork in it). It comes in a highly condensed form. I dilute using 3/4 can of water to one can of soup. My husband loved it too. Once I bought 18 cans from Walmart.com at a reasonable price after no longer finding the soup in stores. They lasted for a little over a year Recently I looked on Walmart's site again and they want a mint for them.
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