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"I am pretty much unable to generate a lot, or really any, excitement over pre-made, boil-in-package, heat and serve kinds of food. Not that I am so much a purist, or an elitist, but I see the relationship between convenience and quality is most often an inverse one. Subtract a few key steps in the preparation of a favorite dish, and you will certainly taste it when it comes the time to sit down and enjoy it. However, I do realize that preparing an entire meal from scratch (especially on a hectically busy schedule) is not always a luxury everyone has. In addition, some people, while they would love to cook, are often unable for one reason or another to execute such task. So for them, there is the world of pre-chopped, pre-assembled, and pre-conceived dinner.   This, however, does not mean that those who do not &amp;quot;cook&amp;quot; should and will be condemned to eat food that tastes most like the packaging material that held it. Murray&amp;#039;s Grandma&amp;#039;s Chicken Soup Kit is a very pleasant surprise that came wrapped in extremely low expectations. Essentially it is two separate packages (eco-packaging on a fairly minimal scale), one with about two pounds of whole chicken parts, and the other an array of cut vegetables (carrots, celery, onions, parsnips, potatoes, leeks and dill). Since this is chicken soup (and not French onion soup) the recipe is fairly straightforward, with much of the challenging preparation already in the bag (so to speak). Basically, you put the chicken and the vegetables in a stockpot, cover with water, add salt and pepper and turn up the heat. In about two-hours of slow simmering, you will have predetermined homemade chicken soup. Sure it is not exactly opening a can and setting it in the microwave on high, but the results of this relatively easy concoction are surprisingly good, if not great! The soup is rich and flavorful, with lots of herbal dimension and classic chicken soup goodness. The chicken (made without antibiotics or hormones and raised and handled humanely) was tender and exceptionally fresh tasting. If I were to give this soup another go, I would likely add a few shallots, some chopped thyme, and maybe even some ginger or lemon, but that would be defeating the purpose of readymade food, wouldn&amp;#039;t it? Murray&amp;#039;s Grandma&amp;#039;s Chicken Soup Kit is sold by the pound (about $3 per pound with each package weighing in around 3lbs) and is sold at Fairway, Foodtown, Winn Dixie, Publix, Dagostino&amp;#039;s, and King Kullen markets.   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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