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HEINZ – CREAMY CHICKEN AND MUSHROOM SOUP

he serving suggestions on the back of tinned soups delight me. This one says “Scatter with torn continental parsley and sautéed mushrooms.” Mmm, know your place. Your place is the back of the cupboard, where I venture to only when the most desperate of occasions arise (extreme illness aligning with the suspension of all food-delivery services and also a recession). And if I were a woman on death’s door with to eat except you, a tin of soup, you better understand that I do not have fresh mushrooms available to cook, nor a sprig of parsley (which I rarely use as garnish on actual meals I’m

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