Its there for emergencies, but also to remind me where I came from.
Perhaps this is the better question: hasanyone?
Id guess most American consumers consider condensed cream of mushroom soup as an ingredient, not a meal.
Simply Recipes / Campbell’s
It is themakingsof a meal.
Years later as a working parent, she found solace in Bisquick and a 9 x 13-inch pan.
She bought cans of cream soup by the dozen when they were on sale.
Simply Recipes / Sara Bir
Eventually, it became my chore to make those casseroles.
We loved them then.
I still have a soft spot for them now.
Its on plain notebook paper with Moms Ideas for Dinner scrawled across the top.
One of the recipes, bearing the clunky name My Grandmas Chicken Casserole, was clearly a big favorite.
Heres a highlight reel.
Only one calls for a can of condensed cream of mushroom soup:Classic Tuna Noodle Casserole.
We bill many of our casserole recipes as being from scratch.
The can of cream of mushroom I keep around now is dual in purpose.
Its there for emergencies, but also to remind me where I came from.
Three ingredients, not counting salt.
Add mushrooms and pepper and youre up to five.
Bechamelis easy to make.
There are nights when washing a pot and whisk gooped up with coagulated white sauce are deal breakers.
Weve all been there.
At least thats whats in Campbells Condensed Cream of Mushroom, the definitive example of the genre.
Sometimes we just need to get a meal on the table.
For a time this represented a spiritual hollowness to me, but Ive come around.
Casseroles keep it real.
