GMM 2550: We Tried EVERY Campbell’s Soup Flavor

We’re tasting every Campbell’s soup flavor. Let’s talk about that. ((Intro Music)) Good Mythical Morning. There comes a day in every man’s life when he must engorge himself on an ungodly amount of soups in hopes of discovering which flavor is best. There does? Yes. And for these two men, that day is today. It is? Yes. It’s time for Gut Check, Campbell’s Soup Edition. Part 1? – [Stevie] Okay heteros, today you’ll be tasting 40 Campbell’s soup varieties and giving them a score of 1 to 100 based on your gut reactions to decide which is the best. And because there is a ridiculous amount of Campbell’s soups, we’ve narrowed down today’s taste test to the condensed soup line and factored out any slight repeats like lower sodium versions, etc. – I like that. – Condensed? So, you had to add water? It’s, oh really? That’s what condensed means, you have to add water. But they removed those. No, they only included those. – [Stevie] Well, it’s like, yeah, it’s the normal, it’s the one that you get off the shelf. But there may be a part two? – [Stevie] Yeah, and be, you know, your palate cleanser today is saltine crackers, which goes well with soup. Good, good, good. – [Stevie] I don’t know how much sodium you are going to be, tasting today. We don’t wanna know. – [Stevie] Okay, yeah, it’s best that way. Okay, do I have a chart? Yep, that’s what I was gonna say. It’s beautiful. This is maybe one of the most artistic charts. That I’ve ever had to use. It’s pretty nice. But, I don’t know if it’s gonna be one of the more helpful ones. Well, your face is on each little thing. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. There’s a lot of other details. I’m just gonna, I’m just admiring it. I’m admiring my scoring aid, which is, a Magic 8 Ball. Is this going to be helpful to me today? Don’t count on it. Exactly. ((Laughing)) Okay, well at least it was honest. – [Stevie] We’re kicking things off with the Cream Soup category. Starting with Cream of Asparagus. Okay, of. We’re in the of category. I didn’t know asparagus had cream. Ooh. That’s tough. That is not something I want to go back to anytime soon. 14. 10. – [Stevie] Cream of Bacon. Oh, bacon’s better than asparagus. – [Link] A little bit. Oh, got a little bacon. I like it. It’s accurate. 58. 51. – [Stevie] Cream of Broccoli. Oh, here we go. Better than asparagus. Why is that so much better than asparagus? Because there’s cheese. Because broccoli tastes better than asparagus. There’s a cheese in it. It’s good. I mean, 59. I’m gonna give it a 60. – [Stevie] Cream of Celery. So many creams. What? What? You’re already having trouble? – [Stevie] We’re in the cream category. We gotta do 37 more of these. Cream of Celery? That’s an ingredient. – Exactly. – That’s not a soup. That’s not something you just sit down and say, I’m gonna have myself a big bowl of Cream of “gre-Celery”. 19. “Gre-celery”. 23. – [Stevie] Cream of Chicken. Also an ingredient. – But it is chicken. – You can just sit down and eat it. But it is chicken. Boy, I used to put this on some crackers, and some, put some extra chicken in there. You did? In a casserole dish. This might be, 74. 61. – [Stevie] Okay, Cream of Chicken and Mushroom. Oh, chicken and mushroom. Now it’s no longer an ingredient. It’s starting to become a soup. The mushroom’s a little bit weird, even though I like mushrooms. 48. I like it better than without. Interesting. 64. – [Stevie] Cream of Chicken with Herbs. With just herbs? You have a list of the herbs? I’m gonna give that a 65. As a soup, 32. I’m thinking about this as a soup. Yeah, these are, these are not typically ones you just open up and eat. I do like it though. – [Stevie] Cream of Mushroom. Okay. It really needs to be an ingredient. 49. 35. 49. – [Stevie] Cream of Mushroom with Roasted Garlic. Okay. – Ooh, that garlic is. – That certainly helped. It’s nice. Strong. 43. 57. – [Stevie] Cream of Onion. Cream of Onion. I would not eat this alone, but I do love the flavor. 58. 50. – [Stevie] Cream of Potato. How many things can you cream? Apparently everything. 50. Just right in the middle. I’m just completely indifferent to Cream of Potato. I’m slightly against it. 49. – [Stevie] Cream of Shrimp? What? ((Laughing)) He’s gonna like this. It doesn’t taste. That looks like shrimp. Fishy. It doesn’t taste like shrimp. It starts to taste like shrimp later on. But it’s like a better clam chowder. Shrimp chowder. Yes. 61 28. – [Stevie] New England Clam Chowder. There we go. I like the shrimp chowder a little better, I think. This is an actual soup. It has. – [Link] Yeah, it is. Bigger pieces. Like I would sit down and eat it and not be embarrassed. 61. I am gonna go to, 69. – [Stevie] And that concludes the Cream Soup category. The next category is Chicken, starting with Double Noodle. Double Noodle. Double Noodle. Now I’m not currently sick, so I don’t know how to interpret this. It makes me think I’m sick. 62. Double Noodle. It’s not the noodles that make you better. It’s the chicken. Yep. No, no, no, it’s the broth. Yeah. It’s really just staying hydrated. That gets you better. There’s nothing magical. 59. – [Stevie] Homestyle Chicken Noodle. Homestyle? Okay. Well, I don’t know what they do at home but it’s better. We’re moving up in the world a little bit. This is a better home. 66. 70. – [Stevie] Mega Noodle. Uh oh. What is a mega noodle? It’s a bigger noodle. Oh it’s, it’s a. it’s a screw noodle. You can’t confuse me with a bigger noodle. I see what you’re trying to do. I’m still gonna say 70. I like a bigger noodle. I’m going for 70. – [Stevie] Chicken and Stars. I hate this. I think I might just refuse. Like, they’re, they’re so, like. Who do you think we are? It’s like the little pieces, it’s like, it’s barely even there. You’re not gonna excite us with stars. 15. 29. – [Stevie] Chicken Gumbo. Oh, okay. Never, never done it. In Campbell’s. Oh! Okay! Flavor time! Flavor time compared to what we’ve eaten. Right. 72. It’s a little spicy, which I like, but I still don’t love it. 47. – [Stevie] Chicken Noodle. Classic. Oops. Got a noodle on my. That really makes me feel sick. I am gonna give it an unapologetic 79. I’m gonna give it a 74. – [Stevie] Chicken noodleO’s. Come on, y’all. Okay. How many different ways can you? Shape a noodle? Get us to care about chicken noodle? I’m gonna do. 68. 65. – [Stevie] Chicken Vegetable. So, there’s no chicken? Oh, there is chicken. ((Laughing)) – [Stevie] Chicken Vegetable? So, there’s no chicken? The chicken is made of vegetables. Yes, it’s vegan. That’s good. It is pretty flavorful. But there’s no noodles. There’s no noodles? They replaced the noodles with vegetables. Which is better for you. And that bite was quite nice. I like a vegetable soup. My nana. You remember nana’s vegetable soup whenever we’d go over there? I thought you were gonna say, remember nana? I was like, oh yeah, yeah. She’s still here, making vegetable soups. They’re great. 72. 80. Whoa. Nostalgia. – [Stevie] Chicken with Rice. Okay. That rice is nice. – [Rhett] Very ricey. The rice was so unexpectedly ricey cause I had, I’ve been in such a noodle lane and then I had to go over to rice boulevard. I’m going to 82 with this. Rice boulevard sounds like something in a food court, you know? They got that many rice restaurants in a food court to have a boulevard? It just sounds like a dumb name for a bad restaurant. I mean it sounds like an aisle in Trader Joe’s maybe. 65. – [Stevie] Chicken with White and Wild Rice. Oh. I’m wet. I’m white and wild. Why choose? ((Laughing)) Dang, that wild rice does taste different. It’s so strange. I quite like this. As a wild man. So they go out and capture the rice? I don’t like it as much. It’s not, it’s not as classic to me. 75. 64. – [Stevie] Chicken Wonton. Wonton? They do that? That’s almost like a dumpling. 50. 30. – [Stevie] That concludes the chicken category. Next category is beef and pork. Starting with Beef with Vegetables and Barley. Oh, barley. Beef and barley. This is beginning to be a soup that. – [Link] It’s hearty. You would make for yourself. 71. I’m not, it’s not speaking to me. 60. – [Stevie] Beefy Mushroom. Really? Did you have solids in yours? I had some solid mushrooms. They were little. And there’s no beef. It’s just beef broth with mushrooms. 51. 51. ((Laughing)) – [Stevie] Split Pea with Ham and Bacon. Okay, now. Okay. Those peas are split. Ham and bacon? Ham and bacon. Yeah, you didn’t have. You shouldn’t have. I almost feel like they didn’t need to do the bacon. That’s what I’m thinking. I think it would be better without the bacon, but That’s what I’m thinking. I hope there’s one without bacon. Cause I’m gonna give this one a solid 69. I’m gonna, I’m not gonna hold back cause I don’t think there’s one without bacon. And this is, this is the story of the day for me. 85. – [Stevie] Bean with Bacon. Okay, bean. What kind of, this is like a pinto? Like a baked bean or? Their bacon flavor is too smoky. That’s the thing that’s throwing me off. A bean soup is great. But you’re really, really weighing us down with this bacon flavor. 52 for me, though. I mean, 58. I like it, but I want to love it. Okay. – [Stevie] Vegetable Beef. Vegetable Beef. No more. They make the beef out of vegetables. There’s a lot to that. It’s very Campbell-y. Yeah it is. If you know what I mean. It’s just, I think it’s just the salt content. It, there’s like, it’s preserved to the point where there’s not a lot of flavor. 66. In all of those. I’m back in 50. – [Stevie] That concludes the Beef and Pork category. Already? There wasn’t any pork in it. I wanted more beans. Ham and bacon. Ham and bacon. That’s right. – [Stevie] Your final category is, I guess unfortunately, No Meat. Is the category. Starting with, Old Fashioned Tomato Rice. Tomato rice? This is infringing on Chef Boyardee. Oh, come on. No. Campbell’s invented tomato soup. That is the quintessential tomato soup. Just with a little bit of rice for a little bit of texture. It’s Chef Boyardee to me. I like this. I wanna dip some things in it, but maybe I would. 77. It’s not as good as just the tomato soup, though. Oh, yeah. 68. – [Stevie] Old Fashioned Vegetable. Okay. Alright. Oh, what is that though? It’s just a bunch of little noodles. I got mostly vegetables in mine. 60. 40 – [Stevie] Tomato. This is the classic. For a man who doesn’t like tomatoes. 80. This is great. And if it’s cold and it’s in a can, I can drink it on a plane. But nowhere else. It’s a 84. Whoa. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, what am I doing? – [Stevie] Tomato Bisque. Bisque, what’s the difference in bisque? Butter or something? Yeah, it’s thinner. It’s better. I’ve been missing bisque. 87 I didn’t know about this bisque. It’s better. 86. Wow, you’re giving a tomato bisque an 87? It’s, I think, is it the highest score I’ve given today? It might be the highest score you’ve ever given. – [Stevie] Vegetable. Okay. Haven’t we been here before? See, there’s vegetables. Ooh, it’s getting hotter. I don’t know where you’re getting from, but these are getting hotter. Something about just straight vegetable, tasted better than any other vegetable I’ve had so far. 73. I’m still in that 80s zone. 82. Wow. – [Stevie] Minestrone. Oh, okay. I don’t know. So that’s a bean and an orange thing? – [Rhett] Don’t think about it, just eat it and react. It’s a good soup. It’s got a lot of things that I like. – 71. – 76. – [Stevie] Fiesta Nacho Cheese Yeah! Oh my gosh. This is a soup? I would feel bad just eating a whole bowl of this. Yeah, let’s keep this away. But I like the taste of it quite a bit. 40. 75. You got to cleanse after that one. It’s just cheese. – [Stevie] French Onion. Oh, yeah. I know this is one of your favorites. Okay, oh. Okay! Again. It’s sweet. On the scale of Campbell’s soup here, not compared to what you would get at a restaurant. 86! Eighty, ooh, six. Oh, dang! – [Stevie] Broccoli Cheese. Uh oh. The other one didn’t have cheese. Whoa, now. – [Link] Not as good as I remember it. 63. 73. – [Stevie] Cheddar Cheese. Woo! Are we feeling the salt yet? How are you feeling over there? It’s just cheddar cheese? Well, I’m a pretty salty guy. 30. This is not as good as the other cheeses, but I still like it more than I don’t. 51. – [Stevie] Golden Mushroom. Golden Mushroom? Okay. That’s weird. 59. 54. – [Stevie] And that concludes the No Meat category. You’ve now tasted every Campbell’s soup flavor for today, and your scores will now be tabulated. 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Rhett, yours was a tie, actually, between Tomato Bisque and French Onion. And Link, yours was also Tomato Bisque. Tomato Bisque boys! Well, it seems like that’s gonna be one of the finalist. – [Stevie] Top four. Oh, your least favorite, sorry, was Cream of Asparagus. You really hated that one. – The very first soup. – We know that. That was horrible. – [Stevie] But top four in no particular order. French Onion, Tomato, Vegetable, and Tomato Bisque. And of course, as with all of my scoring charts, we are both going to sign it and give it away to a Second or Third Degree member of the Mythical Society at random. So. Should I give away this 8 ball on the Society? No. You shouldn’t. Okay. It is certain. Don’t we know that Tomato Bisque is better than Tomato? Certain yes or certain no. Because. Because bisque has cream. I thought it tasted like butter, but it’s cream I think. Well cream is a precursor to butter. Yeah. You can’t make butter without cream. It’s just better. It tastes like you’ve already dipped. Oh, it’s good. It’s like you’ve taken tomato soup and you’ve dipped a bunch of grilled cheeses in it. Dang bisque is good. Okay, so, now it’s just a question of where do these other ones fall. Like, your other favorite here. This is a, this is a flavor-ite day for you. The thing is, is that you really need the cheese with this. So, I don’t really know how to judge it. Props for making it so pungent. You know, it’s really got a kick to it. That’s what you want to do. – Take some day old bread. – They didn’t go light on it. Some day old bread in there, and some Gruyère. Or the, you know, cheese of your choice. Sorry, I’m trying to get all of the pieces of the vegetable. Oh, I got like almost all of them that you didn’t get. It’s comforting, it’s mushy, but varietal in nature. That’s a, that’s a good soup. It is a good soup. This is just French onion soup. I need bread and I need cheese to make the thing that I want to make. That’s not what I’m testing. I would dip a grilled cheese in it. I would, but I also just kind of like it like this, but you’re right. The vegetable is the one that I would just sit down and eat. Maybe add a little Tabasco. Of course. See? There you go. You can’t escape addition. So. Alright, if you’re so gung ho here, then that means we’re kicking Tomato to the curb completely. I will say, they have serving suggestions on all of these. So, like, maybe we can take that into account, Link. It says, great paired with grilled cheese. It literally says it right there on the bottle. Or the can. On the Vegetable it says, great topped with avocado slices, but that’s unnecessary because it’s good on it’s own. – [Link] That’s a fun idea. What does it say about this? Dripping roast beef sandwiches with melted provolone. So, basically it’s giving you a recipe to use it in. Or dipping it in. I think that’s a demerit, because. It’s your favorite, Rhett! I know! Don’t be a traitor! I just think that this is. You decide! Dipping a sandwich into soup. is different than having to use the soup to make something else. Is it not? Because it’s still just a soup. You decide on number two. This is on you, man. This is between you and French onion. If you want to do that to your favorite soup, then do it. Number three is French Onion. At number two is Vegetable, meaning. What’s your reasoning? Because this is the greatest. Okay, good. This is just classic. Number one, it’s a super soup. Super, super, super. And I’m He’s going up there. – [Rhett] So, there you have it. But we gotta, we gotta. The best flavor of Campbell’s Condensed Soup. And our Soup-er-hero is Tomato Bisque! I was ready for it that time. Who would’ve thought? Guy like me doing a thing like this. I would’ve never, ever guessed that, Link. Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. You know what time it is. I’m Brenna. And I’m Heather. And we are at the Texas Testicle Festival. 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