A Paean for Campbell’s Chunky Chicken Corn Chowder
9 Comments Published by Joel October 3rd, 2006 in Food. Share This
Of all the canned soup in the world, none stands higher than Campbell’s Chunky-brand Chicken Corn Chowder (or, the “5C”). It manages to overcome the curse of most canned chowders, staying creamy without tasting of chemical preservatives. The indestructible endosperm of the corn kernels adds a nice contrasting texture to the soggy potatoes typical of canned soups.
Imagine my horror when I tried the new “Smoked Chicken with Roasted Corn Chowder” variety to find it thick with nasty, chemical piling of fake “smoke” flavor. Would this new variety supplant my old standby, tasting as it did like something that dribbled from a lesser demon’s gnarled cock?
I wrote Campbell’s with my concern. Their reply:
We still do make the Regular Chunky Chicken Corn Chowder Soup. We are sorry to learn that you purchased our Campbell’s Chunky Ready-To-Serve Smoked Chicken with Roasted Corn Chowder by mistake. While some of our packages may be similar in appearance, the names of each product is clearly written on each package.
I can read, Campbell’s, you crooked-mouthed sluggards. You’re missing the point: Don’t ditch the marvelous 5C for this hideous wastewater-infused variant.
You may ask, “Haven’t you tried to make a chicken corn chowder at home?” I have, in fact, but even when buying top-quality ingredients, I find the home-made version lacking. If you have a corn chowder recipe that knocks socks off, I may need it should Campbell’s blame flagging sales of the 5C on their customers’ inability to read.
“Cambell’s” is poisoning you either way. Even though one tastes like chemical poison and the other does not, they both certainly are. I think this episode should not lead you to hope that they don’t discontinue your favorite kind, but to spur you to make your own no matter what type of garbage they put out.
But you knew that already.
two sodium posts in one day? First the kosher salt which I whole heartily endorse, then Cambell’s soup? Might as well combine them into one story. There aren’t three types of salt, there are four, kosher, sea, table, and canned soup. I sprinkle a little canned soup on everything. It’s delicious, although messy when the recipe calls for a pinch…
Canned soup is vile, filthy, and disgusting. It should not be an option unless stuck in a bunker waiting out a nuclear winter with a totally hot chick. Without the hot chick, I would rather commit suicide than survive on canned soup. After having a food theme, you mention canned soup? WTF dethroner, I thought this was a classy man’s man blog? Real men don’t eat canned soup, we go outside and kill our dinner daily. I mean really…
In general I agree, but 5C is a different beast. Try it and dare to disagree.
I agree with Joel. 5C is glorious.
http://soup.allrecipes.com/az/MexicanChickenCrnChwdr.asp
I love the campbell’s version, but this one knocks its socks off.
the “source” of the new smoky variant has scarred me for life.
I agree they messed something up on that forumla. I tried two spoonfuls and tossed the rest.
I loved that soup before this. Perhaps I bought the wrong one by accident, but it doesn’t matter. I consider the whole line crap now and don’t even pause to look. They may have “clearly labelled” their product, but they’ve also “clearly lost” a customer here.
BTW, regarding the “salt” comments – yes, they have a lot of sodium.
But no study has shown that a lot of salt is bad for a person except for “salt sensitive” people, who should watch their salt intake.
But Roman soldiers used to get their pay in salt, hence the term “salary”.
Like most other things, it should be moderated, but in moderation, it isn’t evil.
I’ve tried many of the corn chowder recipes over the passed couple of years — all made from scratch of course — and most of them are the same boring drudgery. The best one I’ve found is a very simple one from food.com and then I add a healthy dose of roasted red peppers on cilantro as garnish. Turns a super bland dish into something that just plain kicks ass.