That Baxter's Advert

[LesMTS]

Are they seriously trying to suggest that making soup and canning it is more amazing/incredible (I forget the precise nature of their pretentiousness) than a bunch of lifeless chemicals in a seed being able to organise and regulate themselves in such a manner that they can prompt the ordered growth of an organism from the components of the soil it finds itself in. Not only that but the resulting organism can create, maintain and elaborate upon a structure which enables it to create its own sustenance from sunlight, sunlight for God's sake and, in a very real way, is responsible for the maintenance of all complex life on earth by harnessing the energy which fuels entire ecosystems, incorporating everything from moss to mankind.
But no, boiling these things up and filling them with preservatives so they don't go off when they inevitably end up in a tin at the back of the cupboard for several generations is far more worthy of our awe.
"When nature's finished her job, we start ours." Cheers Baxter's! Thanks for your contribution to life on Earth.

[endless psych]

Making soup and canning it is remarkably boring a twelve year old me can vouch for that. Having been subjected to being shown the process in great detail when I was young. Christ there are distillerys on the Spey! Why couldn't we have gone and seen one of them?

[JennyPiccolo]

all that way just to pick up a chicken? That's devotion for ye.

[endless psych]

Originally Posted by JennyPiccolo

all that way just to pick up a chicken? That's devotion for ye.

Is that not for oxo cubes?

[nevali]

In fairness, Cream of Red Pepper soup sounds rather tasty.

[TheCastrator]

Originally Posted by nevali

In fairness, Cream of Red Pepper soup sounds rather tasty.

Are you going to buy it just to spite Les/Nature?

[LesMTS]

Whether it's tasty or not is neither here nor there.
Out of the gamut of human innovation we have the space station, the microprocessor, nuclear power and slinky springs and Baxter's are getting all sanctimonious about their soup, which is, let's remind ourselves, inelegantly boiled vegetables, claiming it's more amazing than nature itself.

[Elspeth]

Originally Posted by endless psych

Making soup and canning it is remarkably boring a twelve year old me can vouch for that. Having been subjected to being shown the process in great detail when I was young. Christ there are distillerys on the Spey! Why couldn't we have gone and seen one of them?

I've lived up here since I was 5. Never have a been to a distillery or to Baxters. However, Audrey used to live in Tomintoul

[nevali]

Soup probably was invented by accident.

Even so, yum.

(In all honesty, I don't treat it as any great innovation: not like toast. Toast is so much cleverer than soup).

[endless psych]

Originally Posted by Elspeth

I've lived up here since I was 5. Never have a been to a distillery or to Baxters. However, Audrey used to live in Tomintoul

I've never actually been to a distillery, which is something I may have to retify soon (well I've been to the MacDuff Distillery but that doesn't really count...) and I've been here since birth

[LesMTS]

Originally Posted by nevali

Soup probably was invented by accident.

Even so, yum.

(In all honesty, I don't treat it as any great innovation: not like toast. Toast is so much clever than soup).

Making toast involves a certain amount of skill (especially if, like me, your toaster's timer is broken). The overcooking/undercooking leeway you have with soup is uniquely forgiving amongst hot meals.
Toast, on the other hand, can go from 'just right' to conflagration in a matter of seconds.

(the foodstuff, not the forumer, if our toast has any anger management issues I'm not aware of them)

[nevali]

Soup in that respect is amazing.

You can scorch it, mind, but it's not the easiest thing to do unless you're trying, by any means.

[vivouk]

I managed to burn soup this month.

[spoonie]

Originally Posted by endless psych

Is that not for oxo cubes?

i think it was knorr stock cubes.

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