stop and shop necc

good waxy potatoes, ok clams. moderately flavorful, but a bit bland. Lots of starch, v little cream, no butter. Oil and starch tends to separate in the broth. Kinda gross.

New England Country Soup

Still #1. The only chowder that has a really strong clam taste - like biting into a fresh steamer. no change from earlier review.

olde cape cod ready to eat

lots of clams, good deep flavor helped by shrimp powder. Decent amount of potatoes (a little grainier than some other brands.) ok on the clams. Good consistency, not too thick, not runny. Not salty, but not bland either. Could use a little black pepper. A solid 8/10

Campbell's chunky

improved recipe with more clams
clammy taste but still with that overall Campbell's soy flavor - soy protein & soy sauce
Lots of clams, yes, but mostly tiny little shreds
decent consistency but no cream or milk in it, all starch & oils and water
almost an 8/10 though for flavor, call it a 7+

bumblebee/snow's chowder

Previous review:
Snow's (ready to serve) - The difference between this and Snow's condensed is like night and day.  Delicious broth, just the right consistency, luscious with cream and butter. Plenty of clams (mostly small pieces, but there are some fairly good chunks in there too) and lots of chunky potatoes.This is good enough to buy again! Final score:8/10 

Now:

Different label, now fully suborned to the Bumble Bee brand. Less clam flavor. Clams only in tiny bits. Thicker, gluey consistency, lots of soybean oil, no clam broth (water.) Much of the flavor now seems to come from the "concentrated soy protein" rather than clams. This is so much worse than it was just three years ago that it's hard to believe.

campbell's slow kettle chowder

very thick & starchy. Kind of clam flavored but has that same back taste of "something else" just like campbell's chicken soup.
Big chunks of potatoes, bits of celery, v tiny clam pieces. Decent seasoning.
Explodes like a cannon when microwaved, keep covered when heating.
Like the "with thyme"on the label. I make homemade with thyme, nice touch.

Strange ingredients: beef extract, smoke flavoring
"applewood bacon" which they say has pork, salt, and smoke flavoring.
then also pork & smoke flavor.

1st 5: clam stock, potatoes, clams, cream, vegetable oil (?)
Can't figure out why this isn't better.

captain parkers chowder

Absolutely astonishing in its quality. Very rich and flavorful, lots of clams and chunks of potatoes. The first chowder I've had where I've gotten clams in every single spoonful.
A little starchy but not bad.
1st 5 ingredients: light cream, water,clam meat, potatoes, butter.
onions and flour
anchovy, cooked shrimp, pollack, and crab, even salt pork like home made.

nisin preparation?

More chowder

Richfield farms savory selections clam howder. Healthy chunky New England style

weird floating white bits
visible herbs
creamy waxy taters
mucho clams
good consistency, a little slippery
decent flavor, a little tinny
Improved with black pepper

Wabbit

fats

Lard

• Large fat crystals make flakier pastry (cite earlier pie crust recipe, give a biscuit recipe)
• Doesn't smoke at high temp
• 20% less saturated fat than butter
• Don't use hydrogenated lard (give list of brands)
• hydrogenation/trans fats
• 1.75 cups makes crusts for 2 pies. Cut each pie into 8 slices, and there is 5.25 tsp lard in each slice. Cut the pie into 6 slices, and there is 7.2 tsp of lard in each slice.

Shortening

• hydrogenated
• vegetable, "creamed" (animal tallow)

Butter
Other fats?

mendelsohn's lasagna

No ricotta, lots of mozzarella on top, none in layers. Sauce is moderately spicy, but SWEET as candy - shit ton of sugar in this. Kosher. Sweet enough that it gives my diabetes a boner.

Umpqua Oats

Kick Start - rich with seed, very nutty flavor, oats not too refined so they were toothy and very good. Not too sweet, but enough to take the bland edge off

Mostly Sunny - cranberries, raisins, apples, evap cane juice, cinnamon. hearty, good body, chewy, satisfying.

Old School - lots of apples, some raisins, cranberries, cinnamon, pumpkin seeds for chrissake. Not sweet at all but pleasant, chewy, really good.

I hate plain oatmeal but I could eat this shit every day.

Gordons Chesapeake Classics

Clam chowder - thin and milky the way I like it. Tons of clams, good dose of potatoes. Very deep clam flavor, probably the most clammy of any of the chowders I've had. Needed some black pepper. 8+

Brunswick flavored sardines

Soybean oil with hot peppers - 5 big sardines, tender, no scales. Mild heat but spicy, with chopped hot green chilis still in the oil. Very good

Tomato & basil sauce - 3 big sardines, tomato sauce a bit oily but pretty good flavor, with tomato, prominent basil and trace of other herbs. Surprisingly tasty.

Mustard & Dill sauce - 4 medium sardines, thick mustard sauce, mild on the mustard, heavy on the dill. Objectively, I will approve of these while personally not enjoying them because of the dill, which I do not enjoy.

trader joe clam chowder

Nice clam flavor, not too thick, creamy, good amt of clams & potatoes, severely underseasoned, needed lots of salt ad some black pepper to give it some life. Better than average, worse than a few.

Gator burger

At yankee boy, soft texture, v spicy, v salty, more filler than gator. M: for all I know I could be eating bread crumbs.

Roo: fine ly grained, a but gamey, overtones of liver, way overcooked.

Pulled pork. Corner of young bldg by the food ct

Vanilla java porter, good body, pours a decent but short lived head. caramel nose, vanilla/coffee flavors with a good dose of hops and slight malty finish.

carr's salt and pepper flatbread - hey remember when flatbread was the CRACKER OF ALL DESIRE a few years ago but then everyone realized that it kind of just tasted like matzoh except a lot more expensive?

this is like matzoh with cracked black pepper in it, good for moving cheese or pate into your mouth and adding some crunch but it still tastes basically like cardboard, there are so many other more flavorful cracker options out there that this just doesn't do it.

Alexian duck liver mousse with cognac - buttery smooth. Mild duck liver flavor, pronounced cognac notes gave a rich depth to flavor. duck liver, pork, mushrooms, spices, cognac. Simple, creamy, and decadent.

Note about company, very ethical, silliness of no foie gras policy, lower-impact packaging.