But, my friend just spent three hours making this crap. Tastes like boiled tomatoes, onions and celery to me, er, ah, to him. He used canned tomatoes. Coulda had a V8, I suppose.

I agree with you. But, my brother lost a whack of weight on it a few years ago and swears by it. Of course, he also swears he'll never eat another spoonful as longs as he lives...