# Progresso's Light Creamy Potato with Bacon and Cheese Soup - BLECCCCHHHHH! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [January 1, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467 "2024-01-01T21:45:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/61 "2024-01-23T20:37:19Z")
Update: Today’s mail brought me a coupon for a free Progresso item, up to $5.50. I’ll use it, but not for this. ---
**Author:** ![pacheen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@pacheen1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pacheen1)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/62 "2024-01-24T05:52:17Z")
Same. Disgusting. Bought 2. Gave one away. ---
**Author:** ![pacheen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@pacheen1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pacheen1)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/63 "2024-01-24T05:55:03Z")
The Campbells Well Yes soups are really, really good. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/64 "2024-01-24T05:57:56Z")
I agree! I also get the Panera soups when I see them marked down, which the store down the street does do with perishables, and stock up my freezer. ---
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/65 "2024-01-25T23:47:26Z")
Progresso Cream of Mushroom is HORRIBLE. DO NOT RECOMMEND ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/66 "2024-01-26T00:39:56Z")
For my money, you can leave Progresso out of that one. I don’t like cream of mushroom as an ingredient or a soup, and I really like mushrooms. ---
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/67 "2024-01-26T01:41:02Z")
Yeah, no mushrooms in sight in that ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/68 "2024-01-27T05:34:04Z")
I’ve never purchased or knowingly eaten it, but it doesn’t even sound good. I did use my coupon today, and got some Loaded Bacon & Potato soup, which I’ve had before and it’s pretty good, as canned soup goes. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/69 "2024-01-27T17:28:51Z")
If you’re not concerned about sodium, chuck all the soups and grab ya some Dinty Moore Beef Stew – it sticks to your ribs. Maybe for months. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/70 "2024-03-03T04:12:56Z")
I almost forgot what I saw marked down at the grocery store yesterday: fat-free half and half. It’s basically thickened skim milk. How can that be called half and half, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/71 "2024-03-03T16:55:04Z")
Half awful and half yuck? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/72 "2025-04-21T23:05:21Z")
I get Gerber’s Chicken baby food for my cat, and give her fish oil and potassium supplements mixed up in it. They recently changed the graphics, and the new labels don’t stick on very well. I e-mailed them and informed them of this (I’m probably not the only one) and today, I got coupons for $4 in free Gerber products in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/73 "2025-04-21T23:20:24Z")
… okay? I’m sorry for you that the baby food labels for your cat aren’t… I guess, sticking so well? That seems like a tragedy, and I hope you are able to soldier on through this hardship. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/74 "2025-04-21T23:24:35Z")
Ah, the humanity! (I’m sure that Hindenburg commentator never lived that one down.) They were coming off right there on the shelf, and that could result in lots of baby food having to be discarded as a result. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/75 "2025-04-22T01:05:36Z")
My daughter has said the same about canned soup, Campbell’s to be precise. She says they just taste too metallic, but she does sometimes enjoy a can of their tomato with a nice grilled cheese sammy. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/76 "2025-04-22T13:31:32Z")
# [Progresso’s Light Creamy Potato with Bacon and Cheese Soup - BLECCCCHHHHH!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467) I missed this thread when it first appeared. The title makes me immediately think of a panel in the comic **Asterix the Legionary** , where Asterix and Obelix join the Roman Legion (for reasons too complicated to get into now). While rilling, they’re introduced to Roman Legionary Grub, which everyone loathes. Asterix has to find out what it is: Asterix: Look, no joking, what IS this? Cook: It’s corn, bacon, and cheese, all cooked together to save time. Typically, the only one who actually likes it is SelectivEmploymenTax, the recruit from Brittanium, who licks his plate. Asterix and Obelix go to have a quiet talk with the cook, in which they express their displeasure. He suggests that maybe they’d like a tasty treat. They agree. The cook says that this is all they’ll get. Obelix backhands the cook so that he goes flying and lands in his own cooking cauldron. After this point they are all served roasted boar suppers. > **[Asterix the Legionary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix_the_Legionary)** > > Asterix the Legionary is the tenth Asterix book in the Asterix comic book series by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. It was first published as a serial in Pilote magazine, issues 368–389, in 1966. > Asterix and Obelix are setting off for a wild boar hunt when they encounter Panacea, a former childhood resident of the village who has since moved to Condatum, and Obelix immediately falls in love with her. Some hours later, Panacea receives word that her fiancé, Tragicomix, has been forcibly-conscr... ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/77 "2025-04-22T14:35:29Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > rilling ?? DuckDuckGo is uninformative; at least, unless what they were doing was creating a small stream. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/78 "2025-04-22T14:45:05Z")
Drilling. that is, performing soldierly exercises. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/79 "2025-04-22T14:48:39Z")
We make a bitchin tomato soup, but it starts with San Marzano tomatoes ($13/3 at Costco), milk, cream, onion, oregano, salt and pepper. So definitely not $2 a can that makes 4 servings. Served with gruyere/cheddar sandwiches–mmmm. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467/80 "2025-04-22T14:48:55Z")
Aha! I considered the possibility of a typo, but it didn’t occur to me what it was a typo for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressos-light-creamy-potato-with-bacon-and-cheese-soup-blecccchhhhh/995467.md?page=5)