If I could only read

I was at the grocery store the other day and was looking for a convenient lunch that I could bring to work in a snap. Or... you know, MAKE in a snap.

I came across this Cup-a-Soup by Lipton - it was Tomato soup. I love tomato soup!

So... I bought it.

I had it for lunch yesterday. Heated up my water in my mug, then poured the powder in. Well wait a minute - let me correct that... I used half water, half milk (I like my tomato soup thicker). So I'm stirring..... and stirring..... waiting for the red color...... still stirring....... hmm....... I thought - "looks like horribly tinted milk....perhaps weak-cherry-flavored-frothy coffee of some sort?" It was quite the mystery actually.

I went back and read the package: "For Microwave, pour contents of package into mug, add 3/4 cup of water, ...then heat 'til boil..blah blah blah"

AH HA!

My first mistake - I used a CUP of water/milk.

Second mistake - added the powder mix AFTER I had heated up my liquids.

So my Cup-a-Soup was no longer qualified as a cup of soup.

It was more like a cup of ........ um........ really really BLAND milky, watery, tomato soup.

(if I had a grilled cheese sandwich, I'm sure it would have been very disappointed in me)

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So today, I shall try again.

3/4 cup of liquid today folks - 3/4 CUP!

it shall be a SATISFYING tomato flavor this time.

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Moral of the Story: Directions are cool.