"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 03 Oct 2012 07:33:02 -0400, Gary wrote:
>
>> Speaking of my Mom(tm). My only experience with "Chinese food" in my
>> childhood was those La Chow double cans of chow mein that you mentioned
>> previously. I ate them. Didn't hate the food but didn't love it either.
>> Wasn't until I got out on my own that I finally tried some real chinese
>> food
>> from a restaurant.
>>
>> I wonder if they even still sell those double-cans? I would be tempted
>> to
>> buy one just for old times sake.
>
> They still sell the double cans. The ones I've been seeing lately
> have a small can of meat based goop on top, and a larger can of
> vegetables on bottom. I don't know where the crunchy chow mein
> noodles come from - maybe you have to buy those separately?
>
> The brand is La Choy, IIRC. Chun King is (was?) the other one.
>
> -sw

Good gawd but that stuff is horrid! We ate it at least once a month when I
was a kid. I remember not liking it much but it does contain ingredients
that my daughter likes so I bought it for her. Never again.