this could be your dream come true:

<http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can/>

your pal,
henrietta

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
. ..
> this could be your dream come true:
>
> <http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can/>
>
> your pal,
> henrietta

Now I see a reason for the expression "Gross!" That is one ugly product.

Felice

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
. ..
> this could be your dream come true:
>
> <http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can/>
>

That really is disgusting. I don't get the canned meat thing. Tuna is all I
buy in cans. Although, there is this canned beef that can be used in a pinch
for quick soup. Forget were it is from, it is in a red and blue can.

Other stuff I don't understand: canned carrots. ???? Is there anything
easier than carrots to prepare from fresh?

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
. ..
> this could be your dream come true:
>
> <http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can/>
>
> your pal,
> henrietta


It was like the can was giving birth.

Cheryl wrote:
> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> this could be your dream come true:
>>
>> <http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can/>
>>
>> your pal,
>> henrietta
>
>
> It was like the can was giving birth.

Y'all do know that the chicken was birthed and raised in that can, then
cooked and sold. <VBG>

"Cheryl" > wrote in message
...
> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> this could be your dream come true:
>>
>> <http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can/>
>>
>> your pal,
>> henrietta
>
>
> It was like the can was giving birth.

ugh!

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
. ..
> this could be your dream come true:
>
> <http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can/>
>
> your pal,
> henrietta



Hard to believe you've never seen/heard of that before. I'm sure whole
canned chicken has been discussed here over the years. My ex MIL used to
buy them (which was one reason I never trusted her chicken & dumplings).

Jill

On May 2, 2:24*pm, "cybercat" > wrote:
> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>
> . ..
>
> > this could be your dream come true:
>
> > <http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can/>
>
> That really is disgusting. I don't get the canned meat thing. Tuna is all I
> buy in cans. Although, there is this canned beef that can be used in a pinch
> for quick soup. Forget were it is from, it is in a red and blue can.
>
> Other stuff I don't understand: canned carrots. ???? Is there anything
> easier than carrots to prepare from fresh?

Canned carrots are better than frozen carrots. Yuck - all rubbery.
Canned carrots just taste kind of overcooked, like the vegetables in
canned soup.
Lynn in Fargo

blake murphy > wrote:

> this could be your dream come true:
>
> <http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can/>

UI bought one of those once. I've only ever seen it on the shelves
in the Carolinas. Right next to the canned pork brains in milk.
I would not do it again. It was like a chicken that had been used to
make stock, then canned. Not much flavor.

-sw

On Sat, 02 May 2009 15:39:37 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>Y'all do know that the chicken was birthed and raised in that can

Y'all know that there was a time before electricity? We could go
camping for a week or more with canned chicken, spam, tuna, potted
meat, canned potatoes, vegetables.......and canned salmon.

Life around the campfire was something I miss in this day to day
requirement of Cable TV....computers,.............street lights. There
is nothing better than sitting around the campfire looking at STARS in
the sky and having a REAL conversation with people after a campfire
cooked meal.

And I still recall making campfire pineapple upside down cake in a 10"
cast iron skillet. ....and the skillet was used the next morning for
trout and scrambled eggs! I would give anything for a simple life
again. Guess I just NEED to make it happen.

Mr. Bill wrote:
> On Sat, 02 May 2009 15:39:37 -0500, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>> Y'all do know that the chicken was birthed and raised in that can
>
> Y'all know that there was a time before electricity? We could go
> camping for a week or more with canned chicken, spam, tuna, potted
> meat, canned potatoes, vegetables.......and canned salmon.
>
> Life around the campfire was something I miss in this day to day
> requirement of Cable TV....computers,.............street lights. There
> is nothing better than sitting around the campfire looking at STARS in
> the sky and having a REAL conversation with people after a campfire
> cooked meal.
>
> And I still recall making campfire pineapple upside down cake in a 10"
> cast iron skillet. ....and the skillet was used the next morning for
> trout and scrambled eggs! I would give anything for a simple life
> again. Guess I just NEED to make it happen.
>
>
>
I tell my elder grandkids about that time a lot. They're aged 22 to 29
and have offered to carry me out in the woods. I'm just afraid they
might leave me there.

It is getting more and more difficult to get away from civilization.
Light pollution hides the stars, smog hides the star and the sun,
highways run every where and, even when you hike in a few miles, some
yahoo with an ATV comes roaring through your campsite. Usually they
don't even see you or anything else.

Yeah, good old days and the simple life were good. Except most of my
ancestors died at a young age from war, pestilence, and hard living. I'm
too soft to go back to sleeping in a bark lodge, eating turtle, frog,
and whatever I could scrounge.

On Sat, 02 May 2009 18:35:44 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>It is getting more and more difficult to get away from civilization.

George...that is the exact reason I bought 12 acres of heavily wooded
land 30 miles from the Knoxville Skyline and the lights. After
thirty years of living in the city, I really forgot how beautiful it
would be living in paradise. Living in the middle of this brings back
all the wonderful memories of real unpretensous living.

"Mr. Bill" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 02 May 2009 15:39:37 -0500, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>>Y'all do know that the chicken was birthed and raised in that can
>
> Y'all know that there was a time before electricity? We could go
> camping for a week or more with canned chicken, spam, tuna, potted
> meat, canned potatoes, vegetables.......and canned salmon.
>
Or you could raise chickens, eat the eggs they laid, later when they stopped
laying kill the chickens rather than stuff them in a can. If you happened
to live where you could garden you could raise potatoes and vegetables.
Even fish for salmon. Swanson's whole canned chicken is disgusting.

Jill

On Sat, 2 May 2009 19:43:48 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>Or you could raise chickens, eat the eggs they laid

You have never been camping now have you, Jill? Camping trips last
seven to 14 days....and that doesn't leave much time to raise chickens
and have them laying before you need to consume the bird.

On Sat, 2 May 2009 19:43:48 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

> Swanson's whole canned chicken is disgusting.

Not when you are in the middle of the Smoky Mountains or 100 miles
inland in Canada. When you are hungry, it tastes pretty damn good.

On May 2, 4:58*pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>
> . ..
>
> > this could be your dream come true:
>
> > <http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can/>
>
> > your pal,
> > henrietta
>
> Hard to believe you've never seen/heard of that before. *I'm sure whole
> canned chicken has been discussed here over the years. *My ex MIL used to
> buy them (which was one reason I never trusted her chicken & dumplings).
>
> Jill

I remember canned chickens. They looked just awful, but they were
tender and flavorful. That was the best chicken I've ever tasted for
chicken & dumplings or chicken and homemade noodles ( a rare treat!)
I wish I could buy chicken stock/broth as good as the liquid that came
in those big cans of chicken. It grossed me out when I was a kid
because unless the kitchen was 85 degrees or more it jellied. Now I
could handle it!
Lynn in Fargo

Mr. Bill wrote:
> On Sat, 02 May 2009 18:35:44 -0500, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>> It is getting more and more difficult to get away from civilization.
>
> George...that is the exact reason I bought 12 acres of heavily wooded
> land 30 miles from the Knoxville Skyline and the lights. After
> thirty years of living in the city, I really forgot how beautiful it
> would be living in paradise. Living in the middle of this brings back
> all the wonderful memories of real unpretensous living.
>
>
>
Friend of mine retired to central Louisiana for the same reason. He
lives about ten miles from the nearest center of population if you don't
count downtown Tioga, LA (look it up. He and second wife live on her 68
acres of woods with two ponds and a creek. Not enough daylight to garden
but enough room to drive his diesel tractor. Damned fool cleared all the
underbrush and now bitches because all the wildlife moved out. It's very
quiet there though and that's what he needs.

I lived in some pretty desolate places when I was a kid and up until my
forties when I started having heart attacks and strokes. Now I live
within five miles of decent hospital that, unfortunately, that square
bus with the flashing lights and siren carries me to visit more than I
want. I do envy your solitude though.

Mr.Bill, your response to canned chicken was wonderful and welcome.
The other resposes were just short of being
sickening! thank you.




The belly rules the mind. - Spanish Proverb

"cybercat" > wrote in message
>
> Other stuff I don't understand: canned carrots. ???? Is there anything
> easier than carrots to prepare from fresh?

Hard to believe, but I know a couple of people that prefer canned veggies
over fresh or frozen. My MIL preferred canned asparagus over fresh because
they were so much more tender. Yuck.

"Mr. Bill" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 2 May 2009 19:43:48 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
>
>>Or you could raise chickens, eat the eggs they laid
>
> You have never been camping now have you, Jill? Camping trips last
> seven to 14 days....and that doesn't leave much time to raise chickens
> and have them laying before you need to consume the bird.



Of course I've been camping and I'm not talking about in an RV park, I'm
talking having to dig a latrine. Who wants to carry heavy pound cans of
whole chicken (including bones) with them on a camping trip?

Jill

In article >,
"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:

> "cybercat" > wrote in message
> >
> > Other stuff I don't understand: canned carrots. ???? Is there anything
> > easier than carrots to prepare from fresh?
>
> Hard to believe, but I know a couple of people that prefer canned veggies
> over fresh or frozen. My MIL preferred canned asparagus over fresh because
> they were so much more tender. Yuck.

My ex-MIL used to buy canned new potatoes. That was a total WTF.

Miche

--
Electricians do it in three phases

"Miche" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
>
>> "cybercat" > wrote in message
>> >
>> > Other stuff I don't understand: canned carrots. ???? Is there anything
>> > easier than carrots to prepare from fresh?
>>
>> Hard to believe, but I know a couple of people that prefer canned veggies
>> over fresh or frozen. My MIL preferred canned asparagus over fresh
>> because
>> they were so much more tender. Yuck.
>
> My ex-MIL used to buy canned new potatoes. That was a total WTF.
>
> Miche
>

My mother used to buy those! Canned "new potatoes". And then (of all
things) she'd deep fry them, whole. I thought it was pretty weird and I was
just a teenager at the time.

Jill

On Sun, 3 May 2009 00:44:18 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

> Who wants to carry heavy pound cans of
>whole chicken (including bones) with them on a camping trip?

How would that differ from a heavy pound container of anything? You
will need to take food in some form or fashion.

We do what we NEED to do and make up excuses for the rest of our life.

On Sat, 02 May 2009 15:39:37 -0500, George Shirley wrote:

> Cheryl wrote:
>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>>> this could be your dream come true:
>>>
>>> <http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can/>
>>>
>>> your pal,
>>> henrietta
>>
>> It was like the can was giving birth.
>
> Y'all do know that the chicken was birthed and raised in that can, then
> cooked and sold. <VBG>

sorta like the bonsai kittens:

<http://m.blog.hu/zi/zizyandfanny/image/bonsai_kitten.png>

your pal,
blake

On Sat, 2 May 2009 17:58:10 -0400, jmcquown wrote:

> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> this could be your dream come true:
>>
>> <http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can/>
>>
>> your pal,
>> henrietta
>
> Hard to believe you've never seen/heard of that before. I'm sure whole
> canned chicken has been discussed here over the years. My ex MIL used to
> buy them (which was one reason I never trusted her chicken & dumplings).
>
> Jill

i live a cloistered life.

your pal,
blake

Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig wrote:
> I remember canned chickens. They looked just awful, but they were
> tender and flavorful. That was the best chicken I've ever tasted for
> chicken & dumplings or chicken and homemade noodles ( a rare treat!)
> I wish I could buy chicken stock/broth as good as the liquid that came
> in those big cans of chicken. It grossed me out when I was a kid
> because unless the kitchen was 85 degrees or more it jellied. Now I
> could handle it!
> Lynn in Fargo
>

College students would use those canned chickens in dorm rooms, since
they were not allowed to cook. They would also use hot plates, which
were also not allowed. I won't mention any names.


Becca

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
>
> "cybercat" > wrote in message
>>
>> Other stuff I don't understand: canned carrots. ???? Is there anything
>> easier than carrots to prepare from fresh?
>
> Hard to believe, but I know a couple of people that prefer canned veggies
> over fresh or frozen. My MIL preferred canned asparagus over fresh because
> they were so much more tender. Yuck.
One vegetable I like canned is green beans, but that is rather than frozen.
I still like fresh best. And peas, if I *must* eat them, can only be the
little tiny baby itty bitty tender etc. ones in the can, not the big bright
green frozen ones that pop when you bite them. Ugh.

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
> > this could be your dream come true:
> >
> > <http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can/>
>
> UI bought one of those once. I've only ever seen it on the shelves
> in the Carolinas. Right next to the canned pork brains in milk.
> I would not do it again. It was like a chicken that had been used to
> make stock, then canned. Not much flavor.

When I was in college, I saw whole-chicken-in-a-can offered
at the Co-op food store in north Berkeley. I was never tempted
to buy one.

That was a really good supermarket. They carried lots of
obscure items, lots of really good stuff. Beats me why they
ever carried this stuff. Maybe some joker requested it.

Hey, I wonder if I asked the local Safeway to carry it,
would they? (Evil Catbert-like grin.)

jmcquown wrote:
> "Mr. Bill" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sat, 2 May 2009 19:43:48 -0400, "jmcquown" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Or you could raise chickens, eat the eggs they laid
>>
>> You have never been camping now have you, Jill? Camping trips last
>> seven to 14 days....and that doesn't leave much time to raise chickens
>> and have them laying before you need to consume the bird.
>
>
>
> Of course I've been camping and I'm not talking about in an RV park, I'm
> talking having to dig a latrine. Who wants to carry heavy pound cans of
> whole chicken (including bones) with them on a camping trip?
>
> Jill

That's hot!

-dk

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 2 May 2009 17:58:10 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>>> this could be your dream come true:
>>>
>>> <http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can/>
>>>
>>> your pal,
>>> henrietta
>>
>> Hard to believe you've never seen/heard of that before. I'm sure whole
>> canned chicken has been discussed here over the years. My ex MIL used to
>> buy them (which was one reason I never trusted her chicken & dumplings).
>>
>> Jill
>
> i live a cloistered life.


Thankfully, I do too. I must admit I looked for whole canned chickens while
shopping this morning.

Praise Bubba I didn't find any.

TFM®

On May 2, 10:52*pm, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
> "cybercat" > wrote in message
>
> > Other stuff I don't understand: canned carrots. ???? Is there anything
> > easier than carrots to prepare from fresh?
>
> Hard to believe, but I know a couple of people that prefer canned veggies
> over fresh or frozen. My MIL preferred canned asparagus over fresh because
> they were so much more tender. *Yuck.

The odor of canned asparagus is repulsive.

--Bryan http://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/?saved=1

On Sun, 3 May 2009 07:05:32 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>"Miche" > wrote in message
...
>> In article >,
>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
>>
>>> "cybercat" > wrote in message
>>> >
>>> > Other stuff I don't understand: canned carrots. ???? Is there anything
>>> > easier than carrots to prepare from fresh?
>>>
>>> Hard to believe, but I know a couple of people that prefer canned veggies
>>> over fresh or frozen. My MIL preferred canned asparagus over fresh
>>> because
>>> they were so much more tender. Yuck.
>>
>> My ex-MIL used to buy canned new potatoes. That was a total WTF.
>>
>> Miche
>>
>
>My mother used to buy those! Canned "new potatoes". And then (of all
>things) she'd deep fry them, whole. I thought it was pretty weird and I was
>just a teenager at the time.
>
>Jill

My mother's was creamed peas and new potatoes, new potatoes from the
can.

In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> this could be your dream come true:
>
> <http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can/>
>
> your pal,
> henrietta

Do I detect a note of sarcasm in your tone, Bucko?

In the 1950s Mom used to travel about 100 miles to a commercial cannery
to can whole chickens. It had to have been economically practical in
order for her to do that. For whatever reason, canning some chicken was
a better plan than freezing them -- probably didn't have a deep freeze.

Don't knock it; if you don't have much in the way of resources, you make
the best of life as you can with what you do have. I'm pretty sure she
never served them as 'roasted chicken' but likely used the meat for
creamed chicken on toast for a crowd.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - good news 4-6-2009
"What you say about someone else says more
about you than it does about the other person."

In article >,
"Felice" > wrote:

> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> > <http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can/>
> >
> > your pal,
> > henrietta
>
> Now I see a reason for the expression "Gross!" That is one ugly product.
>
> Felice

But it's protein, Fleece, and probably feeds 4-6 for less than $3.00.
More if mixed with something else (I'm thinking hotdish here).
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - good news 4-6-2009
"What you say about someone else says more
about you than it does about the other person."

On May 3, 1:08*am, Miche > wrote:

> My ex-MIL used to buy canned new potatoes. *That was a total WTF.
>
> Miche
>
Canned potatoes are handy on fishing trips. They are already cooked
and fry up q

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> this could be your dream come true:
>>
>> <http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can/>
>>
>> your pal,
>> henrietta
>
> Do I detect a note of sarcasm in your tone, Bucko?
>
> In the 1950s Mom used to travel about 100 miles to a commercial cannery
> to can whole chickens. It had to have been economically practical in
> order for her to do that. For whatever reason, canning some chicken was
> a better plan than freezing them -- probably didn't have a deep freeze.
>
> Don't knock it; if you don't have much in the way of resources, you make
> the best of life as you can with what you do have. I'm pretty sure she
> never served them as 'roasted chicken' but likely used the meat for
> creamed chicken on toast for a crowd.
>

Sam's Club sells all white meat canned chicken, about twice the size of a
tuna can... it's pretty good, for salad, pot pies, whatever. The US Navy
long ago developed freeze dried canned roasted chicken parts, a #10
contained the equivalent of like ten whole chickens... was actually quite
good when cooked in caseroles and such.

On Tue, 05 May 2009 09:16:15 -0500 in rec.food.cooking, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote,
>In the 1950s Mom used to travel about 100 miles to a commercial cannery
>to can whole chickens. It had to have been economically practical in
>order for her to do that.

The part I don't get is, why whole? Separated and deboned canned
chicken meat sounds a whole lot more attractive to me.

"David Harmon" > wrote in message
m...
> On Tue, 05 May 2009 09:16:15 -0500 in rec.food.cooking, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote,
>>In the 1950s Mom used to travel about 100 miles to a commercial cannery
>>to can whole chickens. It had to have been economically practical in
>>order for her to do that.
>
> The part I don't get is, why whole? Separated and deboned canned
> chicken meat sounds a whole lot more attractive to me.
>
When it's a whole chicken folks know it's not mystery meat.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
>
> "cybercat" > wrote in message
>>
>> Other stuff I don't understand: canned carrots. ???? Is there anything
>> easier than carrots to prepare from fresh?
>
> Hard to believe, but I know a couple of people that prefer canned veggies
> over fresh or frozen. My MIL preferred canned asparagus over fresh because
> they were so much more tender. Yuck.
>
Canned beets are ok, particularly when the fresh stuff is either hard to
find or just nasty.

"brooklyn1" > wrote

Canned creamed corn is good too.
>
>

That post elevates you to the King of Trailer Trash.

Relish the moment.

TFM®