On Sunday, November 16, 2014 4:15:43 PM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Julie Bove wrote:
> >>sf wrote:
> >>>Julie Bove wrote:
> >>>> sf wrote:
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Have you figured out yet where this supposed "Chinese chicken" is
> >>>> > being sold.... Walmart maybe?
> >>>>
> >>>> I have seen that claim. I am eating some now. Let's see if I die.
> >>>> Oh!
> >>>> I'm eating it out of a Melamine soup mug made in China.
> >>>
> >>> You bought chicken that said Product of China? Was it blue skinned?
> >>
> >>No and no. The chicken is canned. Bought it from Amazon. A product
> >>reviewer said it is a Sam's Club brand and that the chicken is from China
> >>even though it is packaged in the US. Don't know if any of that is true.
> >
> > I buy canned chicken breast all the time, I like it better than tuna.
> > Canned chicken also costs about 1/3 the price of tuna and it doesn't
> > have that mercury issue.
> > Walmart sells Swanson brand, a Campbell Soup company.
> > BJs sells their own brand; Berkley & Jensen.
> > Both cans say "Made in the U.S.A."
> > Both cans have the seal "Inspected by USDA".
> > Did it contain chicken from China it would be canned in China and the
> > label would say so, like it does with many canned foods, ie.
> > mushrooms. The US doesn't import live chickens for food, they'd need
> > to be held in quarantine for about a month, then a can of chicken
> > would cost like $100 or more. The US raises more chicken than people
> > can eat... if anything the US exports canned chicken. The only
> > chicken from China I know of is in some crummy brands of pet food.
>
> I only said that one person posted a comment to that effect on Amazon.
> Otherwise the chicken came highly rated. I tried it and found it to be no
> better or worse than any other canned that I have found.
>
> Canned chicken is one thing that I have gotten for free, countless times
> with coupons. I can get tuna for cheap but I have never gotten it for free.
>
> To me, canned chicken and canned tuna are very similar. Same sort of
> texture and the taste isn't that far off in terms of differences. I also
> buy canned turkey for use in gravy and casseroles. But it is harder to
> find.

Chicken tastes like tuna? Not in my universe by any means. Your taste buds must be worn out from eating all that Tex-Mex highly spiced food. Best lay off that stuff.
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