When I went to Trader Joe's tonight, I wasn't particularly in the mood for corn chowder, but when I came face to face with a towering display of these little cans, I found myself instinctively reaching for one — and for a very simple reason: its bulbous midriff. Had the corn chowder been packaged in merely plain old cans, I would have gone my merry way. But these soups were in miniature kettles!!! Or rather, miniature kettle-type cans. I don't know if kettles play a prominent role in the world of chowders, but I knew one thing: I HAD TO HAVE ONE.
Sadly, packaging masked a mediocre product. The chowder wasn't that bad, but it was just entirely too salty, almost like a chicken broth, minus the chicken. Some black pepper helped matters out, but overall, I'm not sure I'd buy this product again.
And for no other reason than I was bored/procrastinating, some bonus pics of my dinner after the jump...
I decided to make an old standard: Roasted Chicken with Smokey Orange Sauce. Everything went fine except I forgot to buy aluminum foil, so I found myself with quite the besmirched roasting pan (courtesy of the orange marmalade in the sauce).
It looks worse than it is.
Bside you can clean that pan right up by boiling some Coca Cola in it and gently scraping off the black stuff. Use the stuff with the sugar. I don't know if diet works as well.
B, you are just adorable!
the last photo kinda had a 'balut' look. Yum.
hb
I hear ya. IF they started packing things in cans that were shaped like either vaginas or light sabers, I'd be broke in a week.
I buy things because they look cute or the packaging caught my eye. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
And Ed, your way of thinking explains why I buy a lot of cuccumbers. :)
Oh I was tricked into buying the same exact can of corn chowder at Trader Joe's. They always get me with their clever packaging.
Actually I think the shape of the can represents the fact that anything creamy you eat immediately goes straight to your hips.
Being extremely lazy, I'd just throw out the pan and buy a new one. But the chicken does look good.