Comments on: A casserole too far

By: novie

novie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:37:50 +0000

Ah, good old Campbell’s soups. One can of cream of mushroom, a packet of dry onion soup mix, and a couple of cups of water–a great baste that becomes lovely gravy.

By: Bex

Bex — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:36:21 +0000

Don’t know if you get Campbell soups over there, John, but if you can find it, Campbells Cream of Chicken with Herbs makes the most wonderful casserole EVER. Whenever I find it on the shelves, I load up with more than I can use in a month because it seems to last forever on the shelf and it’s so versatile. And Mmm, Mmmm, Good.

By: wayne

wayne — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:00:13 +0000

The taste of the breasts of real chickens would probably kill half the gentrified western world today. I remember when you actually had to chew chicken before swallowing. Trevor, I am going to steal your tofu phrase. Exactly on point.

By: Trevor H.

Trevor H. — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:54:02 +0000

I saw chickens beheaded, as a boy in Cyprus in 1957, but gruesome as their end was, I have to admit, they tasted much better than the immature broiler chicks the world eats now. Whatever happened to chicken? And chicken breast, which I think of as tofu with feathers! I guess its very tastelessness begs for a similarly mass produced sauce to disguise its blandness. And thus clever old Homepride made a fortune!

By: Josephine

Josephine — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:57:54 +0000

Hmmm I don’t think I ever had the pleasure…or not.
I remember HomePride flour and the little flour grader men, and still have one or two.
We seem to be living on chicken breasts lately, Alfredo, Herb Roasted, Garlic, before much longer, we’ll be cluckin’.

By: Trevor H.

Trevor H. — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:40:55 +0000

Reading etween the lines… an Atkins breakfast … but you helped Graham finish those spuds, John. Naughty naughty. You see, I can reprove you, cos I know a bit of guilt always helps an Englishman enjoy a thing a lot more. As we age and other pleasures recede, the one thing that doesn’t, luverly FOOD, becomes the one thing we are told to have less of. THINKS: The whole diet thing is thus a mere self-deceiving ploy to increase guilty pleasure, isn’ it?

By: Mage Bailey

Mage Bailey — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:51:18 +0000

I hope you only bought one can of the stuff.

By: Shirley, in PA

Shirley, in PA — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:06:25 +0000

It’s a good thing you added herbs and onions and garlic – imagine how it would have been without them.

By: ~ Sil in Corea

~ Sil in Corea — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:44:19 +0000

Funny how an old standby is sometimes just not good enough to keep standing by. You know a lot more about fiddling with a recipe nowadays, too.