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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
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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:

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 11:25:42 -0700, "Kent"
wrote:


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


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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I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
sf wrote:

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:


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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sf wrote:


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 18:35:07 -0800, Mark Thorson
wrote:


Pouch? My TJ stock in a box is a standard boxed broth, not a
concentrate. The information came from the Nutrition Facts on the
side of the box.

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


It was very confusing!

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On Apr 15, 11:15?am, sf wrote:

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:


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

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sf wrote:

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

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 17, 7:10?am, sf wrote:

In Boston, General Tso's chicken is called General Gao's chicken.
I've also seen it spelled General Cho's chicken. Maybe there's a
variation in spelling.
Daytime running lights are the headlights that run all the time,
whether you turn them on or not.
They are not "running lights" that happen to be on during the daytime.
They are "daytime running" lights. The word running pertains to
daytime, when they run. Not a specific type of lights.
 
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