Heinz Tinned Soups

[douglas9401]

I took advantage of the mix and match 5 for a fiver in Morrisons and have to ask, who decided to change the lentil and oxtail recipes?

Not what I remember at all.

[netherfield]

In the late 50s or early sixties there was a local dept store went up in flames. Totally destroyed the top three floors. 

Dad went to the auction sale and bought out of the cellar a couple of thousand tins which were unaffected by the fire, but about half had no labels because of the water from the firemen.

Anything with a label was sold at a reduced price, anything without a label was sold for sixpence(2 and a half p) a can as a mystery product. There were soups, fruit, rice puddings, meat among all of this. Reminds me of 'Open all hours' and Arkwright shaking a tin trying to guess what was in it. And of course there were no use by or sell by dates back then. Some did get thrown away when the tins started to go rusty.

 

[douglas9401]

Not sure if it's still the case but M&S soup used to be made by Baxters, Togo 

[ladybirder]

No they aren't now Douglas.  I just checked.

[douglas9401]

Much obliged, Ladybirder, not the outfit it used to be, Markies.

[Patsy33]

I might give Baxters' soup a try. 😀

[Togo]

Another bugbear of ours is tinned tomatoes. The usual brands are just full of partly unripe ones, skins still on and the bitter core still in there. The days when plum tomatoes came cored and peeled appear to be gone, but the best by far that are readily available appear to be Mutti whole plum tomatoes. More expensive but at least edible. Didn't know that Baxters use to make M & S own brand soups.   

[Togo]

Can also recommend M & S own brand 8yr old blended whisky. Quality control checks are taking place as I type.