this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2025
91 points (100.0% liked)

news

289 readers
329 users here now

A lightweight news hub to help decentralize the fediverse load: mirror and discuss headlines here so the giant instance communities aren’t a single choke-point.

Rules:

  1. Recent news articles only (past 30 days)
  2. Title must match the headline or neutrally describe the content
  3. Avoid duplicates & spam (search before posting; batch minor updates).
  4. Be civil; no hate or personal attacks.
  5. No link shorteners
  6. No entire article in the post body

founded 3 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] GhostPain@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Now if only they would make their soup half as salty and bring back the flavorful ingredients.

[–] bazus1@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Didn’t you watch Andor? Flavor is for closers. 😁

[–] OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What the hell is with that, anyway? I'm a salt fanatic, but their soup is too much for me.

[–] GhostPain@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Salt is used to hide how bland something is and why most all of our boxed/canned foods are so high in sodium. It's a general indicator of lower quality products/cost cutting.

I stopped buying canned soup 15ish years ago when Progresso, whom I loved, jacked up their sodium to over 1800mg per can.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There must be something wrong with me, I have to add msg and salt to their stuff.

[–] GhostPain@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There may be. But odds are you've just gotten used to it.

We crave flavor and most of the canned/boxed stuff we consume is just low quality crap with generic flavor profiles and a butt ton of salt.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

Makes sense. I sometimes add a crushed garlic clove, some herbs, salt, pepper, msg, and brunoise carrot before cooking to augment.

[–] tpyo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I've had the same issue. If I've forgotten lunch I grab something quick to heat and it tastes bland. I got a chicken, mashed potatoes, and gravy microwave dish. I couldn't believe how much like nothing it tasted