A Whole Chicken in a Can

[Renew Deal]

This looks like a delicious alternative to cooking a fresh chicken.





Full details here: http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/04/23/a-whole-chicken-in-a-can

[eShirl]

1. packed in mucous?

[siligut]

6. More like aspic, but even aspic looks like mucous...nt

[Petrushka]

10. It's the gelatine produced by the pressure-cooked bones in that can . . . calcium-rich, BTW.

When we were newlyweds, my husband and I used that same brand of canned chicken to make a bland creamed chicken or chicken ala king to serve on toasted stale bread. We stopped purchasing the overcooked canned stuff when I finally mastered the art of cutting up a whole fresh chicken and learned, more than fifty years ago, that fresh was less expensive. But, considering the price of fresh chicken today, the canned product might be the better buy . . . depends on the recipe you're using and how much time and patience you have for removing chicken bones beforehand.

FWIW: farm women have been using home-canned chicken since jars were invented. Today, however, when it seems too expensive to raise a few chickens, some farm women watch for a bargain at the supermarket, etc. . . . and, though most of it goes into the freezer, some of those store-bought chickens still end up pressure-canned by women who, long ago, learned the advantages of having a few jars of canned chicken on hand during a lon-n-g winter power failure.

[MilesColtrane]

2. Looks like something out of a bad sci fi movie.

Yeah, "home-style goodness" if your home is on Regulon III.

[siligut]

3. When I was a tween, I cooked for my family

My mother went back to school, so I was the cook. I used a cookbook and made some pretty good, albeit standard, fare. Anyway, she had one of those chickens in a can, way back in the cupboard, I made chicken and dumplings with it and everyone loved it. It wouldn't be good for every chicken dish, but for soups and things, it works.

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. NO SEX THREADS!!!!!!

[Renew Deal]

7. lol

:rofl:

[Old Troop]

5. Hmm. Probably not something you want to take to work for lunch.

[Petrushka]

13. It's not bad---deboned, of course---for making hearty chicken salad to use in sandwiches for lunch.

Honest!

:9

[jp11]

8. SO that's where the chickens that lay my eggs live.

[Crystal Clarity]

9. 'From the kitchens of Sweet Sue'

:rofl:

[texanwitch]

11. That would make great huricane food.

A few cans would be great to have.

[Petrushka]

12. Thanks for that link! There's lotsa fun photos & comments about strange foodstuff at that site.

I e-mailed the link to others . . . and bookmarked it to look at more closely later.


;-)

[marigold20]

14. Wow, my mom used chicken in a can all the time (1950's)

She made delicious chicken with homemade noodles - however, I did not know what it looked like coming out of the can. That's disturbing!

[Fire Walk With Me]

15. noes

:yoiks: