Pain in the glass.It looks so inviting, so homemade. It's even got a snazzy snaz·zyadj. snaz·zi·er, snaz·zi·est Slang Fashionable or flashy. [Origin unknown.] snaz new jar. But the latest incarnation of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup is anything but Old Faithful Old Faithful, geyser: see Yellowstone National Park. Old Faithful well-known geyser in Yellowstone Park; erupts every 64.5 minutes. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 3023] See : Punctuality dressed up in new packaging. A cup of Campbell's canned Home Cookin' Home Cookin’ is a horn-based soul band that played in the Las Vegas local scene from 1989 to 2000. Described my drummer Frank Klepacki as "just a good-time, funky dance band", the band has been compared to Tower of Power and featured a five-man horn section. Cream of Mushroom Soup has 13 grams of fat. A reconstituted cup of Campbell's condensed con·dense v. con·densed, con·dens·ing, con·dens·es v.tr. 1. To reduce the volume or compass of. 2. To make more concise; abridge or shorten. 3. Physics a. canned Cream of Mushroom has seven grams. But a cup of the new "Cream of Mushroom Under Glass" has (hold your fungi, folks) 23 grams of fat -- which includes a quarter of your day's quota of artery-clogging saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid. The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be . The sodium got a boost, too. From 870 milligrams (condensed) or 970 mg (Home Cookin') to 1, 130 mg. That's for just one cup. Many cooks keep cream of mushroom in the cupboard for emergencies -- to pour over some baked chicken breasts or to use in a quick-fix skillet supper. If that's you, grab a can of Healthy Choice, Healthy Choice Recipe Creations, or Campbell's Healthy Request or Creative Chef cream of mushroom. Each cup has less than three grams of fat, though the sodium (450 to 480 mg) is high. But before you pop the top, pick up the phone. Let Campbell know that putting its soups in nice-looking jars is no excuse for pumping up their fat and sodium. |
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