pointless discussion of the day-tins of soup, too much for one, not enough for two

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just that, I find a tin of soup too much for me but there's not enough for me and dh

Agree, DH always goes for the whole tin then moans about being sick of it before he’s finished.

Agreed. Rarely use tinned soup but when I did I found a tin of soup too much for one and not enough for two. They used to do half tins when I was in uni and one of my housemates and I used to share a tin and a half between us. Don't think they do half tins anymore.

Luckily dp doesn’t like tinned soup so I always have the whole tin.

Homemade soup is the answer.

With the offers on, it’s sometimes cheaper to get the bigger tins, I find the smaller ones ok for me, but not for DH.

Loads of bread and cheese to supplement the soup

or make your own

I have the whole tin and toast.

Yes!

I can easily eat a tin of chunky soup in one quick sitting. I don't have bread with it though.
That said, 2 slices of buttered cheap white dipped in never goes amiss, I just try not to.

Can't relate to this at all. I always eat the full tin with two slices of bread.

One tin of soup is just over a mug full. That's hardly filling.

I found this out experimenting one day. I had plenty of clean bowls. Honest.

Since soup is dead easy to make, why not make your own. Make a large pot and freeze in portion size containers or bags.

Unless its a chunky soup and I consider it a main meal

No, I don't relate at all. I usually eat a big one of those fresh soups to myself. Which is probably 2 tins worth?

Tinned ones can be too sweet and sickly.

They do 300g and 400g sizes of Heinz cream of tomato soup (the only tinned soup worth having!)

A 300g tin is perfect for 1. 3x400g tins is perfect for a family of 4.

The moral of this story is that soup should only ever be eaten alone, on in groups of 4. Never eat soup in pairs (unless you have 2 x 300g tins in the cupboard).

And they always smell like baby food

My pointless contribution is that shipping container size plays a part too.

The tins have to be of a size where they can fill a standard size carton snugly, the cartons fill a standard pallet footprint, also snugly, and the loaded pallets also fit a standard container, snugly again.

The tins need to be of a diameter where the gaps between them are not too big to waste container space, and at the same time not so small that the weight of the container does not exceed the capacity of the handling equipment.

And there is more, the ratio of diameter of the tins to height have to be optimised to use the least amount of tin material, while still being able to be easily and cheaply formed.

I suspect a packing Engineer/ designer will be along soon to correct me though

Also, EU pallet sizes are different from US pallet sizes.

Makes my head spin :-o

I always eat the full tin!

And 3 slices of bread...

I was making some mushroom soup when I started musing on the tin conundrum. I always find homemade recipes make more portions than the recipe says.

A whole tin is definitely not too much for one person - is this another version of the MN roast chicken? 😂

Buy a bigger bowl ! 😀

And more soup and fresh bread :-)

I just have a thimble full, does me for the day.

Maybe I just don't like large portions of soup. Anyway my soup looks like brown sludge(chestnut mushrooms) but tastes nice😀

I don’t think it’s that exactly, more that tinned soup is a bit shit so you don’t really want to eat the whole tin. I could eat twice as much home made soup, unless it’s cauliflower or broccoli and Stilton. Smells and tastes like a jobby did a fart.

Just a day? You sound very greedy.