[Campbell] Chicken & Noodle Soup

Okay, so when I first started writing this article, I didn't realize that Campbell was actually a reputable company. I only bought the soup, because it was in the vending machine in my dorm. Also, after last week's fake tasting chicken flavored ramen, I felt that this would have a similar taste.

So, when I brought the can of soup upstairs to eat and my friends told me that Campbell soups aren't really sketchy, I was disappointed. But being the lazy person I am, I refused to go back to Garrett-Strong for another burger. Maybe today, I will actually have something that I will really enjoy.

The concept of a soup in a can is certainly new to me. To be honest, it does sound pretty gross. But I mean, how bad could it be (Hmm. The last time I said this, I was pleasantly surprised with a disgusting and rubbery fake chicken).

I took the lid off, and peeled the top off, Annnnd the soup almost exploded out. A little suggestion here would be to peel the can as slowly as possible. The soup was filled all the way to the top, making it very difficult to open the can without spilling.

It definitely didn't seem very appetizing. The soup was very gooey, a texture I don't look for in soups. But on the plus side, it actually smelled like chicken stock. So, trying to only think of the positives, I cooked the soup as instructed. A pleasant smell of well seasoned chicken stock began to spill out of the microwave.

I began to get a little bit excited. Does this mean that I can have good soup whenever I wanted? Well we'll find out.

When I took the soup out of the microwave, the gooey texture was gone and the soup was now at a perfect, liquidy consistency, definitely a good sign. I put the lid back on, and took a gulp.

Wow. It was actually quite nice. Warm and flavorful chicken stock tasted like what it needed to taste like. But I found that having the lid on really didn't help at all. So I took the lid back off, and began to eat the soup with a spoon.

Now, although it says to cook for a minute and 15 seconds, I think cooking it for another 15~30 seconds would have been better, since the actual noodles and "chicken" weren't fully heated. Also, there really weren't enough noodles and vegetables. They were tiny, cut-up pieces of carrots and salary, but they were barely noticeable, especially since they were very slimy and soggy. Also, I was led to believe that there was going to be chicken in the soup.

There really wasn't. Sure there were almost negligible amount of cut up strips of chicken that I barely noticed, but other than that, there really wasn't much. I would recommend actually putting some real vegetables and chicken in it, and cooking it for a little while. It would definitely improve the flavor. However, it was good enough to make me change my mind about canned soups and I would gladly go back and eat another one when I am too busy to go to the Union.

Edit. I'm sorry about the lack of pictures in my last two posts, for some reason, blogger is refusing to let me upload pictures, I will have them up as soon as the problem is fixed.