On 2015-07-27 12:15 PM, jmcquown wrote:

> That's a high price for canned corned beef. I have eaten canned corned
> beef (not with a key to open that I recall) and it's okay. I'd rather
> cook an actual corned beef brisket.

When I was young we had a lot of canned corned beef... from a can with a
key. I never knew about real corned beef sandwiches until I was in my
teens, and then I saw the appeal of corned beef sandwiches.

>
> SPAM, I have some in the pantry. Pull top. It's part of my just in
> case there is some sort of disaster food. Then, sure, I'll gladly eat
> meat out of a can. That is, after I use up the contents of meat from my
> slowly thawing freezer.

That makes sense for several reasons. You can use the frozen foods
before they rot to the point where they taste as bad as Spam.