# Can you still get canned dark meat chicken?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-get-canned-dark-meat-chicken/944861>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [June 22, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-get-canned-dark-meat-chicken/944861 "2021-06-22T22:24:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-get-canned-dark-meat-chicken/944861/1 "2021-06-22T22:24:21Z")

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I used to rather like the dark, but chunk white chicken breast seems to have completely taken over the canned chicken market. Even the dollar stores’ bottom-tier generic canned chicken is chunk white chicken breast.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-get-canned-dark-meat-chicken/944861/2 "2021-06-22T22:34:10Z")

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The best I can find so far is combined white and dark, but I’m still looking.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-get-canned-dark-meat-chicken/944861/3 "2021-06-22T23:03:32Z")

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There’s something funny about a guy(?) named @Lumpy seeking canned dark meat.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-get-canned-dark-meat-chicken/944861/4 "2021-06-23T23:17:35Z")

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Bingo!  
Hormel canned dark meat chicken:  
[DARK MEAT CHICKEN IN WATER. [71] — Hormel Foods Corporation | Everything Food](https://www.everythingfood.com/product/358420C9-4EAC-4E9A-92BA-8D1F5A563C49?fbclid=IwAR2VtvtSm2vyUJq1Fjujb7WY3Iz080F58lS7mdoJukNiFxH4_cUqUX2lsvY)

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-get-canned-dark-meat-chicken/944861/5 "2021-06-24T02:08:55Z")

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I might order a couple for a treat, but with shipping cost it’s more expensive than what they carry at the store.