Thursday, November 01, 2007

Soupy twist

Campbells Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup: comfort food of the gods. Swallow.
Campbells Condensed Cream of Celery Soup*: ejaculate of the devil. Spit.

How can this be?

joella

*which, forgetting the above, I purchase about every five years when there isn't any mushroom.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have learned to enjoy the celery soup (which, in the context of your analogy, is now something I'm uncomfortable about). It has to be said it's not much of a treat though. The bits of celery are soggy and have no bite to them. The asparagus is worth a try though.

This concludes my thoughts on Campbells condensed soups.

bedshaped said...

...."ejaculate of the devil"....
Best description ever!

Jo said...

Charlie, I think you have been groomed. I could accept the phrase 'acquired taste' (which is how I came to love olives, and indeed beer), but 'learned to enjoy' smacks of something more sinister. Who did this to you? Are they on the soup offenders register?

Anonymous said...

If I ever tell anyone about it, they're going to make me eat Pot Noodle.

I'm never quite sure why I'm so drawn to the condensed soup anyway. A voice in my head is saying "strong brand identity" but I am furiously swatting away the voices like they were miniature invisible flying elves.

Essentially I stand there and think: 'I can add milk to that, and, with patient nurtuting, it can come to resemble the soup housed in the larger can, retailing for approximately the price as the condensed soup + some milk.

It turns out I had more thoughts on condensed soups.