When you read the following reviews, you'll see I seem to have entered a honeymoon phase with the Pacific brand, just like I did with Amy's in the past. In a short time I may find other brands to be enamored with, just as I might find at least a Pacific soup I don't like, but it's been a tasty ride so far. I'm not trying to especially advertise Pacific here; they were just all good. And the flavors were so original, I couldn't resist trying a bunch of them. I also want you soup fiends to know that I am in full support of wonderful homemade soups over canned soups, but when life throws you a 50 hour work week, cross-country moving, needy cats and other difficulties, might as well make lemonade out of canned soups, if you see what I mean. When I've relocated, perhaps I'll begin with the making of actual soups. Maybe I will recreate some of my favorite flavors of canned soups as homemade soups. Life imitating art. Or something. Life imitating canned soup. What better thing to imitate?
Pacific Cashew Carrot Ginger
Pleasantly thick, creamy. Spicy—that ginger really packs a
punch. If you like carrots and ginger, this is for you. The actual soup seems
to be made mostly of carrots and there are also additional carrot pieces—mushy
but very tasty, definitely carrots. I think I could just barely make out the
cashew, but I wasn’t really expecting to be able to. Flavorful onion pieces
complete it. B+ and if mushed-up vegetable soups are your favorite, it could deserve a higher grade. I think they're not my favorite, but I like them. This soup was like having dinner with Peter Rabbit in the South Pacific.
Pacific Chipotle
Sweet Potato
The broth was thick, spicy, creamy. It was very chipotle and
I think it was made mostly of sweet potato puree. The soup included small piece
of tomatoes, which were tasty, and small pieces of white potatoes, which were
pleasantly textured—not too mushy at all. It was pretty sinus-cleansing spicy
and also very autumn-y -- like crunching on the leaves as you walk home thinking about how to talk to the new boy or girl in school and what you're going to wear for Halloween, but also, in your somewhat crowded mind, you're saying the word "Chihuahua. Chihuahua" over and over again and wondering if it's a real place. I think my favorite of all the pureed-vegetable-style soups so
far. A
Well, this was a true delight. Very unique and also good—sometimes it’s either one or the other, but this did both well. Pleasantly firm potatoes, spicy flavorful broth, not overly salty, tastes like peppers, cumin, cilantro. Buoyant, sweet corn, tasty pieces of Poblano pepper, tomatoes, spinach. Again, fall in Mexico-- Like having an entertaining conversation with your comforting mamacita after work wherein you talk about what you might wear on the Day of the Dead. A+
