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cwydro

(51,308 posts)
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 04:32 PM Oct 2015

I'm going to use my 20,000th post for a rant about soup.

I just made a can of Progresso "Rich and Hearty" Clam Chowder.

There was nary a DAMN CLAM to be found. Lots of potatoes, but no CLAMS. A slight clam taste could be detected, but no CLAMS! I've bought it in the past and the clams are always scarse, but there are CLAMS.

NO CLAMS THIS TIME! I will never buy their stupid soup again, and I'm going online now to see if I can complain about the fact that there were NO CLAMS in my damn CLAM chowder!

Grrr.

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I'm going to use my 20,000th post for a rant about soup. (Original Post) cwydro Oct 2015 OP
Great rant. Skinner Oct 2015 #1
Lol! Thanks Skinner. cwydro Oct 2015 #3
Is this the new profit-sharing program for forum hosts? TexasTowelie Oct 2015 #79
Congrats on 20,000 posts! bigwillq Oct 2015 #2
Thank you! cwydro Oct 2015 #4
No soup for you! hibbing Oct 2015 #5
Oh, there was soup! cwydro Oct 2015 #6
Smart dogs. If you did a DNA analysis of the contents of that can erronis Oct 2015 #65
Actually my dogs will eat all that crap lol!!! cwydro Oct 2015 #67
There's probably BPA lining the can anyway. Make soup from scratch. It's a great valerief Oct 2015 #7
True dat. cwydro Oct 2015 #8
Sorry! The chowda part maybe complicated. elleng Oct 2015 #10
I love Manhattan style; maybe I should take a trip northward lol. cwydro Oct 2015 #25
Oh DEFINITELY, come NORTH!!! elleng Oct 2015 #28
+10 Duppers Oct 2015 #11
That's a great rant! congrats, cwydro! Raine1967 Oct 2015 #9
Congratulations on your milestone, cwydro! femmocrat Oct 2015 #12
More potato soup with a soupçon of clam flavoring pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #14
Lol, mayhaps they'll have a special blend they send to complainers lol. cwydro Oct 2015 #26
Thank you! cwydro Oct 2015 #58
I'm going to use my 70,903rd post to complain about people who call chowder soup! rug Oct 2015 #13
Well, you have a point. But this really did not even qualify as soup. cwydro Oct 2015 #24
Maybe it was 'clam flavored' "Chowder"? trof Oct 2015 #15
I'm giving up on soup. cwydro Oct 2015 #35
Always a winner! pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #36
I hope to meet you someday PB39! cwydro Oct 2015 #37
Oh, just clam up already. KamaAina Oct 2015 #16
Lol! cwydro Oct 2015 #21
Congratulations, cwydro! pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #17
Good idea PB39! cwydro Oct 2015 #22
I've been "customizing" my clam chowder for years…. Demoiselle Oct 2015 #18
Not a bad idea. cwydro Oct 2015 #23
I opened a can of chicken noodle soup the other night... Contrary1 Oct 2015 #19
Exactly! cwydro Oct 2015 #27
Maybe you bought "Clamish Chowder" by mistake? marble falls Oct 2015 #20
you want I should kick your clam-ranting ass, cwydro? Skittles Oct 2015 #29
Kick Progresso's lousy fake clam soup Skittles!!! cwydro Oct 2015 #31
canned soups are so lousy these days that I have been making demigoddess Oct 2015 #30
Send me recipes! cwydro Oct 2015 #32
be happy to, demigoddess Oct 2015 #71
Thanks for that link! cwydro Oct 2015 #75
With the packaged stocks available, you don't even need to go totally from scratch pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #38
sorry, hate packaged stocks. I make demigoddess Oct 2015 #72
Turn left at Albuquerque ThoughtCriminal Oct 2015 #33
On my way! cwydro Oct 2015 #34
James Beard's mother's recipe: betsuni Oct 2015 #39
I use an old James Beard recipe for roasting prime rib pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #44
I love his memoir, "Delights and Prejudices." betsuni Oct 2015 #47
Perfect song for this thread, lol pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #48
This looks good. cwydro Oct 2015 #55
I've eaten a couple times. progressoid Oct 2015 #40
You really should think about eating more often pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #45
OMG LOL betsuni Oct 2015 #49
Heh, I should really think about not posting when I haven't had enough sleep! progressoid Oct 2015 #66
DUZY! redwitch Oct 2015 #69
Buy Snow's. Or -- don't laugh -- CAMPBELL's condensed. MADem Oct 2015 #41
Thankyou! pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #46
Lol, my mom swears Campbell's is way better. cwydro Oct 2015 #59
Look on the bright side, it won't break the bank--and it's better than the Progresso. MADem Oct 2015 #62
Statistically... Helen Borg Oct 2015 #42
Here you go ... GeorgeGist Oct 2015 #43
Making Me Feel Guilty, Now! ProfessorGAC Oct 2015 #50
Funny you should mention Progresso Soup. I think there have been changes in recipes. Paper Roses Oct 2015 #51
Chicken soup with meatballs? pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #52
Maybe you have to be Italian to understand. Paper Roses Oct 2015 #54
Thou postesth too much. roomtomove Oct 2015 #53
Hee hee hee libodem Oct 2015 #56
Contact General Mills (they own Progresso) and complain csziggy Oct 2015 #57
I hate when that happens! Phentex Oct 2015 #60
Nice post, Soup Nazi!! madinmaryland Oct 2015 #61
Hey, clam down packman Oct 2015 #63
Lol! cwydro Oct 2015 #68
"Oh, boy! Fresh clams!" Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2015 #64
Did the can say......... mrmpa Oct 2015 #70
If you want decent soup, you have to make it yourself. smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #73
reminds me of one of my mother's "denial" episodes Kali Oct 2015 #74
This cracked me up. cwydro Oct 2015 #76
Congrats on 20,000. TexasTowelie Oct 2015 #77
Lol! Thanks TT! cwydro Oct 2015 #78
That's because I'm a vampire TexasTowelie Oct 2015 #80
I must be too. cwydro Oct 2015 #81
 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
3. Lol! Thanks Skinner.
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 04:44 PM
Oct 2015

I may head to the market to buy some to steam because I'm so steamed up about my lack of damn clams.

I filled out an online form to complain.

We'll see how that works out.

TexasTowelie

(111,278 posts)
79. Is this the new profit-sharing program for forum hosts?
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 03:13 AM
Oct 2015

I didn't see anything about it in the quarterly report.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
4. Thank you!
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 04:45 PM
Oct 2015

I kind of laughed when I went on to complain about the soup and saw I was at 19,999.

Not a big one for OPs, but then I couldn't resist lol!

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
6. Oh, there was soup!
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 04:52 PM
Oct 2015

A milky, potatoey, gooky liquid with a hint of a clam taste.

Blech! That's exactly what I wrote to them too. Not all, but part lol.

My dogs just walked away from it, and they eat everything.

erronis

(14,941 posts)
65. Smart dogs. If you did a DNA analysis of the contents of that can
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 01:20 PM
Oct 2015

you'd be retching everywhere. Human, horse, dog, worm, fecal, ok - I'll stop.

Didn't there used to be labeling laws that said the contents had to appear in order of weight or somesuch?

Now I see every product on the shelves with some great name that has nary a whiff of it in the ingredients. Saffron rice? Hah!

valerief

(53,235 posts)
7. There's probably BPA lining the can anyway. Make soup from scratch. It's a great
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 04:53 PM
Oct 2015

way to make use of leftovers.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
8. True dat.
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 05:04 PM
Oct 2015

It seems complicated to make clam chowder though, or maybe I just haven't found the right recipe.

elleng

(130,126 posts)
10. Sorry! The chowda part maybe complicated.
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 05:50 PM
Oct 2015

I prefer MANHATTAN clam chowder, and since you reminded me, I may visit local little place where they make great vege/crab soup!



 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
25. I love Manhattan style; maybe I should take a trip northward lol.
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 07:44 PM
Oct 2015

I'll be going on a quest to find a good clam chowder in the next few weeks.

Raine1967

(11,589 posts)
9. That's a great rant! congrats, cwydro!
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 05:50 PM
Oct 2015

I am really surprised tho, I buy both Manhattan and New England from Progresso and have always gotten a decent amount of the clams…

I would have been disappointed as well!

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
12. Congratulations on your milestone, cwydro!
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 06:13 PM
Oct 2015


Good luck with your complaint to Progresso. I bet they send you a coupon for more soup!
 

rug

(82,333 posts)
13. I'm going to use my 70,903rd post to complain about people who call chowder soup!
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 06:14 PM
Oct 2015

I've got my eye on you, cwydro.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
24. Well, you have a point. But this really did not even qualify as soup.
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 07:42 PM
Oct 2015

It was a gooky, milky type mixture masquerading as a chowder that wouldn't even qualify as a soup!

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
37. I hope to meet you someday PB39!
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 09:31 PM
Oct 2015

You're one of my favorite DUers...and punsters!

I don't think you're on the east coast though, dang it.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
17. Congratulations, cwydro!
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 06:41 PM
Oct 2015

Another option is getting take-out chowder from a seafood restaurant. Preferably one that doesn't just open and heat a can of Progresso.

Good luck!

Demoiselle

(6,787 posts)
18. I've been "customizing" my clam chowder for years….
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 06:58 PM
Oct 2015

For every can of chowder I add a can of chopped clams. Plus a little of the canned clam juice. It works nicely. Sometimes I'll even put a little real cream in it..

Contrary1

(12,629 posts)
19. I opened a can of chicken noodle soup the other night...
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 07:35 PM
Oct 2015

The label excitedly claimed "Now with 25% more chicken!"

It had five chunks, each about the size of an M&M (plain, no peanut).

Guess it used to have only four.

Skittles

(152,963 posts)
29. you want I should kick your clam-ranting ass, cwydro?
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 08:29 PM
Oct 2015

I'll make it an anniversary bonus; yes INDEED

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
31. Kick Progresso's lousy fake clam soup Skittles!!!
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 08:47 PM
Oct 2015

I complained online to them; I think I will mention a Skittles ass kicking is on the way!

But an anniversary bonus ass-kicking is nice as well.

demigoddess

(6,640 posts)
30. canned soups are so lousy these days that I have been making
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 08:44 PM
Oct 2015

my own from scratch. Not to mention the BPA and sodium.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
38. With the packaged stocks available, you don't even need to go totally from scratch
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 09:38 PM
Oct 2015

Just chop the fresh veggies you want and use cheap meat cuts that are on sale and Bob's your uncle!

betsuni

(25,119 posts)
39. James Beard's mother's recipe:
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 10:57 PM
Oct 2015

"Cut 3 to 4 thick rashers lean bacon into rather small pieces and fry in a heavy skillet. Remove the bacon to absorbent paper and pour off all but 2 tablespoons of fat. Saute 1 fairly large onion, coarsely chopped, in fat till is it is just transparent. Add 4 smallish potatoes, peeled and diced, and enough clam broth, about 2 cups, to cover. Bring this to a boil. Cook until the potatoes are soft and almost disintegrated. Add salt and pepper to taste and a dash of Tabasco sauce. Heat 1 quart light cream and add potato-onion mixture, bacon bits and lastly, 1 1/2 cups chopped fresh or canned razor clams. Correct the seasoning. Add 1/4 cup cognac, and when clams are just heated through, serve the chowder in hot cups with a dash of chopped parsley."

I've seen recipes replacing the bacon with hard-smoked salmon jerky, but then it would be more of a clamon chowder.

From Betty MacDonald's "Onions in the Stew" (1954):

"A good recipe for a quick delicious Clam Chowder which we have evolved over the years is: At least four cups of butter clams cut out of the shell and washed thoroughly. Grind with the clams:
1 green pepper
1 bunch green onions
6 slices of bacon
2 large peeled potatoes
1 bunch parsley
Put everything in a large kettle, add one cube of butter and enough water to cover. Cook slowly until the potatoes are done. Add two or three large cans of milk, salt and coarse ground pepper to taste. Serve, as soon as the milk is hot, with buttered toast."

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
44. I use an old James Beard recipe for roasting prime rib
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 05:40 AM
Oct 2015

Though the oven temps and times are adapted slightly because his didn't meet current food safety standards.

betsuni

(25,119 posts)
47. I love his memoir, "Delights and Prejudices."
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 06:04 AM
Oct 2015

But I don't have a single cookbook of his. I share his habit of being vague about recipes.

All day I've had the folk song "The Old Settlers Song/Acres of Clams" in my head. People from the Pacific Northwest probably think of it when they think of clam chowder.

No longer a slave of ambition,
I laugh at the world and its shams,
And I think of my happy condition,
Surrounded by acres of clams.


pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
48. Perfect song for this thread, lol
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 06:14 AM
Oct 2015

cwydro ended up with empty acres.

And I'll bet the song could be adapted for other sumptuous treats, like Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
41. Buy Snow's. Or -- don't laugh -- CAMPBELL's condensed.
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 04:42 AM
Oct 2015

Add milk (a little cream if you want to indulge) and go for it. Campbell's condensed is surprisingly good for the price.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
46. Thankyou!
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 05:56 AM
Oct 2015

I LOVE Campbell's mushroom soup and also their tomato. And their chicken noodle also isn't bad.

The mushroom soup I doctor by adding a little bacon drippings or lard and a generous dose of cayenne and black pepper. Great drinking from a mug anytime but especially in cold weather.

The tomato is fine as is (with good crackers like Keebler Club), and the chicken noodle is okay but you can always add more chicken (boil chicken thighs on sale at 99 cents/pound or less and add as needed).

MADem

(135,425 posts)
62. Look on the bright side, it won't break the bank--and it's better than the Progresso.
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 12:22 PM
Oct 2015

Don't forget to put by some milk (and cream as well, and a bit of butter) when you go to the store, though--the 'condensed' version is better than those "all in one" versions in terms of actual clams!

Chowder is great, but it's not a quick item to make from scratch (I have a fisherman brother in law who goes to the trouble, lucky me) so a can is a nice convenience in terms of being a timesaver. I find the Campbell's and Snow's "acceptable!" Better than the Progresso, anyway!

ProfessorGAC

(64,413 posts)
50. Making Me Feel Guilty, Now!
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 07:16 AM
Oct 2015

I actually like Progresso soups. Now you've made me feel bad about it!

Congrats on the 20k

Paper Roses

(7,468 posts)
51. Funny you should mention Progresso Soup. I think there have been changes in recipes.
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 07:49 AM
Oct 2015

I always have my home made chicken soup w/meatballs in the freezer. If I run out of my frozen soup, there are always a couple of cans of Progresso Chickarina(chicken soup w/meatballs) in the cupboard.
The past two times I have decided to have a can of soup with a sandwich, I heated up the Chickarina.
YUCK!

The soup tastes the same but the meatballs are now flavorless balls of "stuff". Just plain balls of something that look like meat but tasted like sawdust. I will no longer buy this soup.

I guess Campbell's will now be my 'lazy day' soup. Sad to see the deterioration(in my mind) of one of my favorite brands.

Paper Roses

(7,468 posts)
54. Maybe you have to be Italian to understand.
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 08:42 AM
Oct 2015

I can give you the recipe if you like. I make a simple chicken soup, add a few things, make my recipe for meatballs and add them to the soup. The recipe is from my Italian grandmother. I've made a few alterations but the recipe is basic and easy.

Everyone I know who had old country Italian parents or grandparents would recognize this soup. Let me know if you's like me to post this. It is easy and delicious. No exotic ingredients.

csziggy

(34,119 posts)
57. Contact General Mills (they own Progresso) and complain
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 09:56 AM
Oct 2015
http://consumercontacts.generalmills.com/ConsolidatedContact.aspx?page=http://ProgressoSoup.com&js=True

But they will likely offer you a coupon good for another can of their soup.

I've gotten so I only complain about products that I'm likely to want to buy again. Otherwise, what's the point in getting a free version of whatever it was I didn't like in the first place?

Phentex

(16,330 posts)
60. I hate when that happens!
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 12:07 PM
Oct 2015

especially when the picture looks so different on some items.

I just bought some organic soups in a brand I've never tried so we'll see. I make soup a lot when it's colder but it's nice to have a few cans as backups for when you just don't feel like anything else.

Congrats on the 20,000!

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
63. Hey, clam down
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 12:43 PM
Oct 2015

life's too short - look for the pearls in life - shell out - you'll upset your bivalve - You'll be a shell of yourself if you get so upset-

A couple of clams were eating chocolate bars while two fish watched.

"Did you see that?" one fish said, as the clams finished their treat.

"They didn't offer us a single bite!"

"What do you expect?" asked the other fish. "They're two shellfish

Feel better now?

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
73. If you want decent soup, you have to make it yourself.
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 09:15 PM
Oct 2015

It's the only way. However it is so rewarding. I love making soup in the fall and winter!

Kali

(54,990 posts)
74. reminds me of one of my mother's "denial" episodes
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 12:34 AM
Oct 2015

we had gone to a restaurant on a Friday evening and the dinners came with soup, of course clam chowder. at some point she mentioned the cream of potato soup and we had fun telling her it was clam chowder. she hated most sea food and clams were REALLY in that hated category.

she never would admit she liked that clam chowder, it was forever potato soup. so she might have liked that progresso clamless clam chowder too.

TexasTowelie

(111,278 posts)
80. That's because I'm a vampire
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 03:16 AM
Oct 2015

and I need something to keep me busy while I have my nocturnal libations. Finding necks to bite is hard work, you know.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
81. I must be too.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 03:25 AM
Oct 2015

I wake up in the middle of the night all the time.

I refuse to take sleep meds, so there ya go.

Going back to my Kindle now in hopes of restfulness.

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