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Old 30-01-2011, 01:50
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I purchased two boxes, two for one today. I haven't had one for many, many, many years.

What's your opinion on them?

I'm trying to lose a few pounds, I think they may be a good investment.
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Old 30-01-2011, 01:54
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As a student, I half live on them.

Not too bad at all, really. If I remember, they've got a fair few nutrients in them considering that they're powder. With some bread and perhaps some rice, with fruit afterwards, they make a good lunch.
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Old 30-01-2011, 02:00
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I've not had one for years either.

I don't remember them ever being very nice............
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Old 30-01-2011, 02:01
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they are horrible and just like pot noodles.imagine your insides looking forward to a cup a soup .
try eating tins of fish like mackerel or sardine plus cut out bread and eat cream crackers .I live on tinned mackerel and cream crackers plus bananas - they are good value .
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Old 30-01-2011, 02:02
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They always make me think of Thora Hird
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Old 30-01-2011, 02:03
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They're a good idea if you want to lose weight. The only drawback is that they contain a lot of salt.
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Old 30-01-2011, 02:04
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Once in a while sardines on toast are superb.
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Old 30-01-2011, 02:05
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Sainsbury's do a particularly tasty thai chicken (coconut) one.
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Old 30-01-2011, 02:16
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If you make only half a cup with them (so it's really thick) they make good & cheap pasta sauces (especially mushroom soup).
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Old 30-01-2011, 02:29
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Never liked cup-a-soups, but love pot noodles I like the curry one, ummm.
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Old 30-01-2011, 02:39
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Cup a soup and pot noodle are living proof that the theory of evolution is wrong.
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Old 30-01-2011, 12:17
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When I was about 7 they were practically all I would eat for a time.
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Old 30-01-2011, 12:33
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They're a good idea if you want to lose weight. The only drawback is that they contain a lot of salt.
Although some of them contain a lot more fat than you would think!
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Old 30-01-2011, 12:34
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They're ok for a quick snack but I wouldn't base my food intake on them.
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Old 30-01-2011, 12:35
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I won't have them in the house

sexist foodstuff
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Old 30-01-2011, 12:35
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Hi, Forum Police here. Cup a Soup thread in GD? Really?
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Old 30-01-2011, 12:36
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Serve them up at a dinner party but with a twist, in a bowl and not a cup. Long live the humour of Caroline Aherne and her Royle Family.
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Old 30-01-2011, 12:38
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You'd be better off buying a soup with more calories in than a cup of soup. A better idea would be to make soup yourself as they tend to be healthier and fill you up for longer. With a cup of soup it's going to pass through your stomach like water (especially if you drink water or tea/coffee with it) and therefore your stomach will think it needs more food.

There was a program about the secrets of weight loss on the BBC recently I think that claimed soups are a great way to trick the body into thinking it was full for longer but most cup a soups are watery and the examples it gave were quite a thick, nutritious soup.
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Old 30-01-2011, 12:39
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Hi, Forum Police here. Cup a Soup thread in GD? Really?
I don't want to argue semantics with you but do you really think Cup-A-Soup is food? Drink?
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Old 30-01-2011, 12:39
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I won't have them in the house

sexist foodstuff
Indeed. Especially those weightwatchers ones, you'd think only women had to lose weight
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Old 30-01-2011, 12:40
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Think they`re yummy hot drink to have when you`ve come in all cold and hungry of an evening
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Old 30-01-2011, 12:41
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Full of hydrogenated fat and other crap. I did like the Golden Vegetable one though.
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Old 30-01-2011, 12:43
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Full of hydrogenated fat and other crap. I did like the Golden Vegetable one though.
oops, perhaps I ought not to have them
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Old 30-01-2011, 12:44
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oops, perhaps I ought not to have them
Check the ingredients. Some are, some aren't.
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Old 30-01-2011, 12:46
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Cup a soup and pot noodle are living proof that the theory of evolution is wrong.
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