MANISCHEWITZ Split Pea Cello Soup Mix, 6-Ounce (Pack of 24) Review

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(More customer reviews)In fact, this was not like my mother's soup, this was exactly my mother's soup. And I believe, it was her only soup. She did prefer Streit's products Streits, Soup Mix Split Pea, 6-Ounce (12 Pack) but Manischewitz was certainly acceptable in a pinch.
Now, I am the first to admit that to write a review praising my mother's cooking is more than a bit odd. If you knew her, only the greatest amount of good breeding and rigorous diplomacy would permit you to ever so slightly lift an eyebrow while biting your tongue upon hearing my mother described as a good cook. You might even avert your head and laugh quietly to yourself. No matter, my mother was the first to admit her lack of culinary expertise. Her talents lay decidedly in the making of reservations, which she did with great accuracy and enthusiasm.
I am not saying that she didn't cook; after all she had a family to feed. She cooked healthy and simple things that were flavorful. Things that didn't take all day and weren't extremely complicated. That's where this soup comes in.
These cello packed soup kits have been around forever. To my grandmother these packs were considered fast food! Imagine being able to pour a single package of dry ingredients into a pot of boiling water and have decent soup in two hours. My grandmother made this soup when she needed to make something fast. My mother made this soup and considered it cooking.
Pea soup was her favorite, although the Vegetable with Mushroom MANISCHEWITZ Vegetable Cello Soup Mix with Mushrooms, 6-Ounce Tubs (Pack of 24)was also served. Strictly speaking, this is what is called "Soup Starter", meaning that you are supplied with all the dry ingredients necessary to make a very good soup. All you have to do is add boiling water and stir in the little mysterious packet of spices at the end.
If you want a superior soup, you need to add stuff to the base; stuff lying around in the fridge. Like the turkey carcass after Thanksgiving dinner. Or meat bones, or cubed meat or sliced franks or chicken stock or fresh vegetables like sliced carrots and onions and chopped Italian parsley. The sky's the limit, really.
An additional benefit is that this product has the shelf life of forever. It never seems to go bad. You can have a completely empty fridge and a single cello pack of pea soup in your kitchen cabinet and voila in two hours you can feed four hungry people.

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This product is lactose free and vegetarian. Product of USA.

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