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Post by Moose on Jan 19, 2018 22:44:58 GMT
I am addicted to it. This is a not good thing. Okay, there are worse things that I could be addicted to I suppose but I have been surprised by how much I am craving tomato soup these last few days .
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Post by JoeP on Jan 19, 2018 23:12:19 GMT
I'm led to understand you are not only eating it but wearing it.
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Post by Mari on Jan 20, 2018 8:36:28 GMT
Eek! That WOULD be an addiction! Though curiously interesting as well. How does one wear tomatosoup?
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Post by Mari on Jan 20, 2018 8:36:53 GMT
But do you mean homemade soup, or the stuff from cans with way too much salt and sugar?
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Post by Moose on Jan 21, 2018 0:12:17 GMT
Stuff from cans I do not possess tomatoes, nor the skill to turn them into soup
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Post by Mari on Jan 21, 2018 10:07:23 GMT
All you need a bit of boiling water, seeved tomatoes and different veggies. Yum.
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Post by tangent on Jan 21, 2018 11:00:31 GMT
I'm with Jo on this.
Do you cook the tomatoes before sieving them? Do you peel the tomatoes before or after cooking them or blanch them in boiling water first? What sort of vegetables? Cauliflowers, peas and carrots and how many? Do you sieve them too? Then what? Boil them all up for 20 minutes and add salt?
I'm completely sceptical that anything good can come of this.
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Post by JoeP on Jan 21, 2018 11:10:27 GMT
Celery. Onions. Bay leaves. Birch bark. Who knows what.
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Post by Mari on Jan 21, 2018 12:46:54 GMT
You buy the tomatoes seeved, add a bit of water in a pot until it's not too thick, turn on the heat. Add whatever vegetables you like or buy a souppacket. Add spices and salt and pepper, possible spices are basil, oregano, thyme, to taste. The key to a good soup is to occasionally taste. If it's too bland: add salt and spices, if it's too watery, add seeved tomatoes and veggies. Enjoy! NB: it's very suitable for freezing and eating at a later date.
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Post by Moose on Jan 21, 2018 21:00:01 GMT
Hmmph but .. can't I get all that ready done in a can?
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Post by raspberrybullets on Jan 22, 2018 10:28:23 GMT
While in almost all cases I would say you homecooked, fresh made with good ingredients will be the tastiest - now when it comes to tomato soup. I love Heinz Big Red tomato soup. Yum!
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Post by Mari on Jan 22, 2018 16:58:12 GMT
Hmmph but .. can't I get all that ready done in a can? The flavour will usually be less strong and gained through adding lots of E-numbers etc. And salt. There's a ridiculous amount of salt in tinned soup. And sugar to balance out the salt. Just check out the tin. There's lots of stuff in it that has no place in soup if you ask me. That said, I do like a nice peasoup from a tin once every so often.
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Post by Moose on Jan 22, 2018 18:41:13 GMT
I am having the Heinz stuff .. it is very good
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Post by tangent on Jan 22, 2018 19:39:35 GMT
*nods* very wise.
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Post by Moose on Jan 23, 2018 0:19:23 GMT
I might try some sort of fresh prepacked stuff but I don't think I am quite equal to making my own. Plus, to be blunt about it, it's more expensive
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 23, 2018 16:17:43 GMT
Question: Have you read the ingredients and their various concentrations?
I ask, because most canned soups are OFF my diet because they have HUGE concentrations of sodium (aka salt). Campbell's and most commercial soup brands are this way because salt is a 'flavour enhancer'. There are some brands which are 'low salt', or have 'low salt' lines. Whatever you do, do not buy anything labelled as 'no salt'; that stuff is inedible.
My maximum intake target for sodium is 2 grams (2,000 mg) per day.
High salt intake promotes the body retaining a lot of water....i.e., water weight. This is one reason I am on diuretics.
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Post by Mari on Jan 23, 2018 18:08:37 GMT
They're still not down to the levels the EU want them to be. Lots of prepackaged foods are bad with salt, but soup is notorious.
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Post by tangent on Jan 23, 2018 22:53:56 GMT
Some soups taste exceedingly bland without salt and sugar, tomato and vegetable soup being two of them.
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Post by Mari on Jan 24, 2018 7:33:39 GMT
Well yes, but a little goes a long way. And tinned soup factories do not understand that concept.
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Post by Kye on Jan 25, 2018 4:31:03 GMT
I absolutely loathe tomato soup. In cans or homemade. Gross gross gross.
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 25, 2018 4:33:19 GMT
I absolutely loathe tomato soup. In cans or homemade. Gross gross gross. Curious. Do you feel similarly about tomato juice or V-8? Do you despise Bloody Marys? Or, is it just the soup?
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Post by Kye on Jan 25, 2018 4:40:08 GMT
I don't like tomatoes. I won't drink tomato juice, but I'll drink V-8 if it's salty and has pepper in it. Nope for the bloody Marys.
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 25, 2018 4:51:55 GMT
Ah, okay. Understood. It's not the soup, but an aversion to the source food...tomato.
Does it extend to things like tomato paste on pizza, or not?
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Post by Kye on Jan 25, 2018 4:57:28 GMT
I don't mind tomato paste as much if it's cooked and full of different spices, but I don't really like it.
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 25, 2018 5:03:48 GMT
With me, it's oranges. I got sick on them as a small child and ever since, oranges are an aversion. Lemons, limes, grapefruit, even Mandarin oranges, are not a problem, but ordinary oranges make me nauseous. Orange juice is vile.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Jan 26, 2018 7:09:25 GMT
I could eat tomatoes every day. I usually do in some form or other.
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Post by tangent on Jan 26, 2018 14:50:45 GMT
I used to love tomatoes and, like you, I would eat them every day but lately, I've gone off them. I don't know why.
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Post by Kye on Jan 26, 2018 17:03:49 GMT
Because they taste terrible.
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 26, 2018 17:08:47 GMT
Because they taste terrible. No, no, no...It's because "they have a piquant acidic flavouring which I find mostly disagreeable...sorry".
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Post by Kye on Jan 26, 2018 17:25:56 GMT
Nah... I'll stick with my version.
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