Campbell's condensed 'cream of whatever' soups question

In the meatloaf recipe thread, a recipe using Campbell's cream of onion soup in a recipe.  I mentioned my mom had a Campbell's cookbook and we had a couple of family favorite recipes that used the canned soups.  I have some cream of mushroom soup in my cupboard right now to use with the giant bag of frozen green beans I bought at Costco.

Thinking of these condensed soups sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole looking at the history of the Campbell's company.  The company was started by
Joseph Campbell, a wholesale fruit and vegetable vendor, and Abraham Anderson, a commercial canner and packer.  They joined forces and sold canned tomatoes and vegetables, jellies, soups, condiments, and minced meats.

After Joseph Campbell retired, Arthur Dorrance became the general manager of the company, then called the Joseph Campbell Preserve Company.  A few years later Arthur hired his nephew, Dr. John Dorrance, a chemist.  Dr. John Dorrance was 24 years of age when hired and in 1897 invented condensed soups.  He figured that storage and shipping would be much cheaper if they could produce a soup without the added water.  The soup was selling for 10 cents a can.  Obviously we know what a huge boon to the company these condensed soups became. So take that, uncle Arthur!


A couple of interesting tidbits

-1987, Arthur Dorrance didn't want to hire his nephew, Dr. John Dorrance because he thought he was too much of a scholar.

-1934, chicken noodle soup was originally called noodle with chicken soup but a radio announcer misread it and said chicken noodle soup.  The company changed the name.

-1955, Dorcas Reilly creates the iconic Green Bean Casserole recipe.

-2011, Mary Alice Dorrance Malone, the grand daughter of John Dorrance, was blackmailed by a longtime friend of over 30 years with a tell-all book called, "When the Soup Boils" and possible movie to embarrass Ms. Malone who leads a very quiet life out of the press.  Something happened to end their friendship.  Apparently the friend was accused of doing something, but what that was, I don't know.  The friend, Agnes O'Brien, was living in a house on Ms. Malone's property.  After the kerfuffle, Ms. Malone sent her an eviction notice because she intended to sell the home.  The friend didn't want to move so she wrote the book and threatened Ms. Malone, requesting $250,000 a year for life to stop from publishing it keep quiet.  

Ms. Malone tried to settle through their lawyers to keep things out of the press, but an offer including remaining in the home with a rent of $400 per year for life was not acceptable to Ms. O'Brien.  A sting involving the FBI was set up and Ms. O'Brian was arrested.  After learning all this, I want to know what split up their 30-year friendship and sometime employee relationship.  

Anyway, after all that babbling......My actual question is, have you ever purchased any of the cream of whatever soups and actually ate it as a soup?  I've only used them to add to a recipe, never to eat it as a soup.