Is it my imagination, or are canned meats like corned beef a lot worse than they used to be? I used to love deviled ham as a kid. The last time I bought it it seemed really nasty. Just opened some corned beef and it was pretty yucky too.
I have not had canned corned beef in years. As I recall it was pretty questionable back then. I think we ate hormell. Ill have to get some when I pick up some spam.
I have recently really enjoyed a few cans of Russian and Polish pork pate. Those folks thoroughly understand canned meat. Unfortunately, it is no longer legal to import canned meat from Europe so my enjoyment has ended. Domestic stuff does not measure up, as the OP notes. I still enjoy Spam, sardines, and all similar things but the quality of US products has fallen off. I need to pick up a couple cans of Underwood meats to be sure, though.
Keep some potted meat I the cupboard, and love having it there. If it ever gets opened, there isn't any food in the house, and I'm skinny and hungry.
As to the OP?
I agree. We used canned corned beef from Aldi to make turns. And I get some good canned fish snacks.
But, Vienna Sausages, pickled pigs feet, Spam, there isn't any of it I like anymore. Used to love pickled sausages, only one brand of those I like now.
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Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
The China Doll asked me to pick up some Spam for her. It’s a “thing” in China, just like in Hawaii. Took a while before I found some on the shelf. Apparently the survivalists glommed onto it all, just like flour and yeast. Canned meat and fish have a long shelf-life.
No Spam history for me, so I don’t have any comps for it. The current stuff is decidedly last-ditch.
Used to buy Vienna sausage for my dog, but a taste or two was enough for me.
Made a Reuben from that can of CB. The rest will go into some hash. Can’t be any worse than the canned version.
Though we rarely eat it we always have a can of Mary Kitchen Roast Beef Hash on hand. Works well when we have both gone over the top the previous night...
I had a cousin who came home late one night and decided he needed a little snack before going to bed. He spotted a can of "potted meat" in the fridge, and ate it on some crackers. The next morning at the breakfast table, he was eating a big plate of eggs and sausage, when his sister walked into the kitchen, opened the fridge and said "mama, what happened to that can of cat food I put in here". He said he lost his breakfast right then and there.
I had a cousin who came home late one night and decided he needed a little snack before going to bed. He spotted a can of "potted meat" in the fridge, and ate it on some crackers. The next morning at the breakfast table, he was eating a big plate of eggs and sausage, when his sister walked into the kitchen, opened the fridge and said "mama, what happened to that can of cat food I put in here". He said he lost his breakfast right then and there.
Some pet foods have a bone meal ingredient which a human may not tolerate well.
Who says all of us are "human"?
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
