Is today crap soup day?

[Oakey]

It's cold, so I fancied some soup. Seems a simple enough endeavour, right? Walk into premises that dispense food stuffs, leave with soup and roll, how hard can that be?

Business 1:

Me: What soup is it?

Them: chicken and noodle.

Um, no thanks, I want soup not noodles.

Business 2:

Me: Soup?

Her: Creamy mushroom..

Me: Urgh

Her: My thoughts exactly!

There's a good endorsment!

Business 3:

Soup and roll... £1!!

Me: Brilliant, what soup is it?

Her: I've not got any on at the moment...

looks at watch. Nearly noon. Of course, why would you, what sort of lunatic might want soup for lunch?

Business 4:

Me: What soup is it?

Her: Chicken noodle or creamy mushroom

Again? wtf is this? The soup cartel?

I gave up. It'd have been easier to just go and buy a tin of soup but then I never expected it to be this difficult

[Mr Roper]

So how did they let you down exactly?

Where they all advertising different varieties, none of which they actually sold?

Or did you ask what they have, they told you, you dont like it?

[Oakey]

I get the impression they all order it from the same place and the 'Soup of the Day' is whatever the supplier decides. It seems a bit odd that there was little variety other than chicken noodle or creamy mushroom between four independent sandwich shops. Although, yes, the third venue let me down somewhat by not even having a choice despite it being almost lunch time!

[Astarin]

Random, my boss just chucked a whole bowl of soup out saying it was pretty abysmal 5 minutes ago...

[Oakey]

Was it chicken noodle or creamy mushroom? Because apparently Mondays are chicken noodle or creamy mushroom soup day.

[thetapeworm]

I'd consider the availability of mushroom soup a real bonus, I can't seem to get decent fresh mushroom soup around here - I can go to a supermarket and get some exotic Thai or Caribbean soups, a special edition infused delight or a blend of magical cultures from all corners of the globe but rarely something as basic (and tasty) as mushroom.

Thank goodness for Baxters mushroom potage as an emergency back-up.

[Oakey]

Here's the thing though, all these places advertised "Fresh homemade soup", now given that three out of four sandwich shops in a half mile radius are selling the same soups, what is the likelihood of it being 'fresh' and 'homemade'? Because it seems unlikely to me that they all decided to make the same soup that day.

[Davey S2]

• pats fresh tomato and basil soup for 85p*

[convert]

Just had a lovely carton of Covent Garden Mexican Chipotle Chicken soup.

[Podie]

M&S - Paella soup.

Could be interesting...

[Simpo Two]

Oakey said:

Here's the thing though, all these places advertised "Fresh homemade soup", now given that three out of four sandwich shops in a half mile radius are selling the same soups, what is the likelihood of it being 'fresh' and 'homemade'? Because it seems unlikely to me that they all decided to make the same soup that day.

It would seem that someone has a nice wheeze making soup (possibly fresh and at home) and distributing it to sandwich shops.

[arfur]

EAT Today:

Smokey Bacon and Lentil

OR

French Onion

PRET Today:

Beef and Barley

OR

Thai Corn

OR

Mushroom

[cal216610]

Cream of broccoli with 2 bread rolls £1.49.

[Oakey]

Simpo Two said:

It would seem that someone has a nice wheeze making soup (possibly fresh and at home) and distributing it to sandwich shops.

So it's a soup monopoly then?

[0a]

Fussy!

So they didn't serve your preferred soup of Scottish virgin full moon shot unicorn soup?!

[RodMod]

Well sometimes I get the odd monday off so today I made some celery cider and stilton.

So no , not crap soup day here.

Rod.

[Oakey]

0a said:

Fussy!

So they didn't serve your preferred soup of Scottish virgin full moon shot unicorn soup?!

Too fking right

[21TonyK]

Would not be suprised if a sandwich shop is not making soup from "fresh" ingredients, they are "freshly" making a soup from a powder mix. Hence the generic descriptions. Even more so for a chicken noodle soup.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

for me cream of mushroom, cream of celery and cream of tomato are my favourite soups by far

[Oakey]

cream of celery or cream of tomato would have done me, I'm not a fan of mushrooms unless they're the magical variety.

There was a cafe in town that used to makem genuine homemade celery soup and it was fantastic. Unfortunately they sold up and moved abroad some years back.

I wonder what soup it is today