CAMPBELL'S MANHATTAN CLAM CHOWDER

My wife has discovered for me my new favorite soup: Campbell's Manhattan Clam Chowder.   One full can will taste great and it is only 150 calories.   Why didn't I discover this product earlier?  It appears that in the Chicago area, it is not widely available.   It is carried in a couple of stores - but one has to know where to look.

My 'old' favorite soup was New England Clam Chowder.  New England Clam Chowder is the creamy dairy based high calorie soup which is a poor choice for someone watching  calories.  Manhattan Clam Chowder is broth based and tastes delicious and it is low calorie.   Doesn't this can look like a work of art?

As you might know, I am asking that because 1960's artist, Andy Warhol, surely is famous for among other things, turning Campbell's Soup Cans into art.

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 Saturday MENU

breakfast   oatmeal,  WASA LIGHT RYE CRISPBREAD                570 calories
lunch         organic baby spinach, hearts of palm, apple, crispbread  308 calories  
dinner        light rye crispbread, pink lady apple                                702 calories
SNACK    Korean BBQ Seaweed Chips, Toasted Coconut Chips     255 calories

TOTAL CALORIES CONSUMED 1835 CALORIES                                           

calories burned

elliptical machine 92 minutes, manual, level 20              2243 calories

CALORIES BURNED 2170 CALORIES

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Saturday net calories NEGATIVE 335 calories

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Andy Warhol photographed in front of Campbell's Soup Cans

David Bowie released a song entitled Andy Warhol released in 1971.

"Andy Warhol" (by David Bowie)

Like to take a cement fix

Be a standing cinema

Dress my friends up 

just for show

See them as they really are

Put a peephole in my brain

Two New Pence to have a go

I'd like to be a gallery

Put you all inside my show

Andy Warhol looks a scream

Hang him on my wall

Andy Warhol, Silver Screen

Can't tell them apart at all

Andy walking, Andy tired

Andy take a little snooze

Tie him up when he's fast asleep

Send him on a pleasant cruise

When he wakes up on the sea

Be sure to think of me and you

He'll think about paint 

and he'll think about glue

What a jolly boring thing to do

from wikipedia:

"Andy Warhol" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. It is an acoustic song about one of Bowie's greatest inspirations, the American pop artist Andy Warhol. The song starts with some studio chat where Bowie explains to producer Ken Scott, who has just been heard to mispronounce Warhol's name when introducing the take, the right way to say it. Scott solemnly reintroduces the take with the correct pronunciation. There follows several seconds of silence before Bowie asks if the tape is rolling. Upon realising they are indeed recording, Bowie bursts into laughter and begins playing. The song is memorable for its distinctive, flamenco-sounding opening riff on the acoustic guitar that continues through the song.

some quotes from Andy Warhol
(I discovered while researching today's blog post - that Andy Warhol had genuine wisdom.)

“When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can't make them change if they don't want to, just like when they do want to, you can't stop them.” 
― Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol in His Own Words

“Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So what. That's one of my favorite things to say. So what.” 
― Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

“Art is what you can get away with.” 
― Andy Warhol

“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.” 
― Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol, Thirty Are Better Than One

“I'm not afraid to die; I just don't want to be there when it happens” 
― Andy Warhol

and finally....the most famous quote of all....the one that everybody kinda knows....

“In the future, everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes.” 
― Andy Warhol

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VINTAGE CAMPBELL'S SOUP PRINT ADVERTISEMENTS

CAN YOU IMAGINE A SOUP COMPANY RUNNING AN AD LIKE  THIS IN 2015?

I am thinking that the 'catchy title' of this advertisement wouldn't bee too successful today


INFLATION THROUGH ADVERTISING

AND LASTLY, WHILE ON THE SUBJECT OF VINTAGE ADVERTISEMENTS THAT MIGHT SEEM A BIT 'DATED'  TODAY....

WOULD YOU BUY A COMPUTER RECOMMENDED BY THIS MAN?

The Texas Instruments TI-99/4A was an early home computer, released in June 1981, originally at a price of US$525.

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Happy Birthday, Jennifer
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FITNESS TRACKING APPLICATION - MapMyWalk

MapMyWalk is an application that I downloaded onto my iPhone back in December and finally got around to using it yesterday.  This is the description of the application lifted from their own website:

MapMyWalk is a fitness tracking application that enables you to use the built-in GPS of your mobile device to track all of your fitness activities. Record your workout details, including duration, distance, pace, speed, elevation, calories burned, and route traveled on an interactive map. You can even effortlessly save and upload your workout data to MapMyWalk where you can view your route workout data, and comprehensive workout history.

I was still visiting my Mom in Lynbrook, New York yesterday and the nearest YMCA was not very near.  I decided that a simple brisk walk would be my form of exercise for the day.  It was the first time since I started exercising that I experienced the great outdoors.  I was mentally prepared for a spring day in New York so I was a bit surprised that the temperature was 36 degrees for this little adventure.  I chose a path which mirrored the way I used to get to my high school (Valley Stream South High School.  I graduated from in 1975)   After I reached my high school I chose a different path to return to my Mom's home.   Although I don't have great faith in the calories burned reported by this app, which seem an unlikely high number - I am sure that I did burn calories as I was walking fast enough to raise my heart rate - although I don't know what my heart rate was - that's where an apple iWatch comes in handy - a product that I might consider later this month.

MapMyWalk calculated that the entire walk turned out to be 4.77 miles and that I made 9970 steps.  I averaged 12:22 minutes/mile which took 63 minutes.  The application 'thinks' I burned 1342 calories... I find that number ridiculously high.   In fact, for the entry I use in my absolute favorite app, MyFitnessPal, I will record only 1/3 of that number for calories burned which will be 447 calories.   It does not really matter what number I record... if more calories were indeed burned - so be it - no complaints here.

Dinner took place at a fabulous restaurant: FRED'S at BARNEY's (9th floor of the famous clothing store)  This was for the 80th birthday celebration of my Mom.   My youngest brother, had selected the restaurant with an eye for a place where I would be able to find something suitable to eat - as well as a cousin who he claimed can find nothing to eat 'nothing' anywhere.   I selected the Sushi grade Tuna and ordered it charred on the outside and and raw on the inside.  I substituted the couscous for an order of fresh asparagus.   As a result, I had a terrific dinner, which was extremely low calorie.

dinner: FRED'S at BARNEY'S (9th floor) Sushi Grade Tuna, charred on the outside, asparagus  350 calories

WEDNESDAY MENU

breakfast     two scrambled eggs, three prunes, two slices smoked turkey 'bacon         263 calories
lunch          gefilte fish w/horseradish, slice Manischewitz Matza, CABBAGE SOUP 262 calories
dinner         Fred's at Barney's 10 oz Sushi Grade Tuna, half-cup asparagus                 350 calories

total calories consumed   855 calories

CALORIES BURNED
9AM BRISK WALK FROM LYNBROOK/VALLEY STREAM  4.77 MILES      447 CALORIES

TOTAL NET CALORIES WEDNESDAY 408 CALORIES


These were two cartoons that my Mom had cut out of the newspaper to show me... So what to do? Add them to my blog, of course!

This was the destination of for my 4.77 mile walk yesterday: Valley Stream South High School.
I graduated in 1975, and from the outside, it looked unchanged.

MULLIGATAWNY SOUP

In one of the most memorable episodes of SEINFELD, the cast has some conflict with the "Soup Nazi" who dispenses soup from his Manhattan Soup store but is very strict about how one orders and how one behaves while ordering his delicious soup.   One of the tastiest soups served up on this fictional TV show was the 'mulligatawny soup.'    Aside from this November 2, 1995 TV episode, I have never heard of mulligatawny soup before or since.   Yesterday, while shopping at Costco I saw some of this soup in the refrigerated section - and I simply had to buy some.   I added it to my dinner last night and it was delicious.   I had always half-thought that mulligatawny was a made up word!   (I guess you know now that I don't get out to Indian restaurants too often.)

Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza are seen here

ordering soup from the feared 'Soup Nazi.' (I don't 

think that there was a Costco in Manhattan back

in those days, or even now)

The soup that I purchased at Costco was Maya Kaimal Mulligatawny Soup.  "A zesty Indian style soup of tomatoes, rice, mushrooms and coconut cream."   The soup is further described on the packaging:

This famous soup has a rich and complicated past, like India itself.  Originally known as milagu tunni or "pepper water," during the reign of the British Raj this spicy broth was transformed into the thicker European-style soup we call Mulligatawny.  My vegetarian recipe resonates with cumin, cinnamon and fennel.  It's also loaded with wholesome vegetables and finished with coconut cream and a bright squeeze of lime.  It will warm your taste buds as well as your soul.  Maya Kaimal - Award winning cookbook author.

I can't say for sure if my soul was warmed - but I certainly did enjoy the soup.  Something that I have noticed, is that I am much more willing to try new foods these days.  And it seems that everything I try tastes good - I am sure that it is good to be truly hungry when eating a meal.

MULLIGATWANY SOUP from Costco, enough to make 6 cups is only $8.99

MONDAY MENU

breakfast  Oatmeal w/prune, two poached eggs, 2 strips turkey 'bacon'     355 CALORIES
lunch        Jimmy John's Bootlegger Club Unwich w/Provolone & Dijon    280 CALORIES
dinner       3.5 Salmon filet, spinach, cup mulligatawny soup                      340 CALORIES

TOTAL CALORIES   975 CALORIES

CALORIES BURNED

On Monday morning I decided to increase the 'resistance' on the elliptical machine which made the workout much harder.  In fact, I spent only 20 minutes on the machine on Monday.   I have recently re-discovered that excess exercise might run counter to my weight-loss ambitions.

630M    ELLIPTICAL MACHINE    22 MINUTES          315 CALORIES

NET CALORIES     660 CALORIES