# Let us discuss canned meat products **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [September 10, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066 "2024-09-10T15:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/81 "2024-09-11T15:47:38Z")
This is packaged not canned but just went to a dollar store and got Tillamook chophouse bites. Pork with pineapple, sunflower seeds, soy sauce, etc. Very good for the price if you are out and about and feel peckish. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/82 "2024-09-11T17:02:47Z")
Letterman used to give away canned hams. But they stopped because some winners were keeping the cans as souvenirs and pork kabooms and legal drama eventually happened. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/83 "2024-09-11T17:45:51Z")
To mention something different - I used to love the little tins of smoked baby clams. Eat 'em right out of the can with a cocktail fork. Gee, I haven’t had any in many years. And caviar although most are in jars I think. I have never had any really good caviar (read - expensive) but if you stick to real sturgeon caviar it is better then any of the other fish like whitefish or salmon. Whole Foods has some for about $50 which is dirt cheap for caviar. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/84 "2024-09-11T18:08:00Z")
heres a new non canned meat product > [@Cinnamon Toast Crunch collabs with Hormel's Black Label in sweet and salty bacon launch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-toast-crunch-collabs-with-hormels-black-label-in-sweet-and-salty-bacon-launch/1007129): > > this might be pretty good if you like things like maple bacon here’s non-biased coverage Are you gonna/would you try this? ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/85 "2024-09-11T20:26:18Z")
Thanks for the info, I passed it along to DH, who is a former Campbell’s employee (he worked in shipping at the local plant for about the last 7 years it was in operation). ---
**Author:** ![Cwturner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Cwturner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cwturner)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/86 "2024-09-11T21:38:19Z")
My wife bought me an assortment of “high end” canned fish for Christmas. Imagine how excited I was. But they are REALLY good. If youre ibto that, try Fishwives. [eatFishwife.com](http://eatFishwife.com) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/87 "2024-09-11T22:14:47Z")
Wow-- if it tastes half as good as the packaging looks, it must be fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/88 "2024-09-11T22:20:30Z")
Hunting season and deer camp days are around the corner. Deviled Ham is as big a purchase as summer sausage and meat sticks. And of course, beer. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/89 "2024-09-12T02:04:37Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Hunting season and deer camp days are around the corner. Hunting season, you say? > [https://youtu.be/cvQal0YmszY](https://youtu.be/cvQal0YmszY) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/90 "2024-09-12T03:42:01Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > That little can of Underwood Deviled Ham in the white paper wrapper I came across this old ad tonight on r/vintagemenus [https://www.reddit.com/r/VintageMenus/comments/1fepo02/six\_sandwiches\_for\_your\_lunchbox\_suggestions\_from/](https://www.reddit.com/r/VintageMenus/comments/1fepo02/six_sandwiches_for_your_lunchbox_suggestions_from/) > **[https://i.redd.it/ihm0yyihw9od1.jpeg](https://i.redd.it/ihm0yyihw9od1.jpeg)** ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/91 "2024-09-12T03:45:11Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Does Dinty Moore beef stew count? Dinty Moore has long been a favorite of mine, but a few years back they replaced the chunks of cubed beef in the canned version with smaller bits that aren’t nearly as tasty. The microwave-safe version still has the big chunks, but it’s more expensive than the can and the portion is smaller, so I don’t buy it very often. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/92 "2024-09-12T04:29:26Z")
I love sardines, King Oscar brand is expensive, but the best. A layer of identical little silver beauties. The Dollar Tree has sardines but I opened a can once and there were two big dark fish in it! They tasted OK, but not attractive. (they also sell canned mackerel and several flavors of tuna in foil packets. The name brand is better than the no-name mystery tuna.)…do you know foil packets of tuna are valuable to inmates in prison? Maybe replacing cigarettes as currency. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/93 "2024-09-12T04:36:43Z")
Now how would you know that last bit? 🫣😆 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/94 "2024-09-12T07:42:03Z")
Nothing is sacred. 😠 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/95 "2024-09-12T11:31:56Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Now how would you know that last bit? I’ve had a few funny incidents at parties. My son is a correctional officer in a prison. He shares some of the weird things that happen to him. For instance, he once told me a prisoner was gunning him. I imagined making a gun sign. Nope, I looked it up. Anyway, a few times I’ve shared prison stuff with people at parties. My friends know about my son. Strangers who don’t know assume I’ve spent time inside and their behavior toward me shifts a bit. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/96 "2024-09-12T12:00:46Z")
Go to a good Eastern European supermarket and you should find canned delights galore. My mother always has stuff like canned ham, liver, paté, shank, pork shoulder, sausage, mackerel, sprats, sardines, herring, etc. I love the stuff, and it’s very convenient when you run out of cold cuts for sandwiches and things like that. Here’s a sampler of the kind of stuff I get at my local Polish-targeted supermarket: > **[CANNED MEAT, PATE & HERRING | Square Enterprises Corporation](https://www.squareenterprisescorp.com/canned-meat-pate-herring-fillets)** > > Polish food & beverage, Army Brand canned meat & pork loafs, Krakus savory herring fillets, Podravka pâté and more. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/97 "2024-09-12T12:10:58Z")
My yes, I now am fantasizing about a Meaty Meal with maple ham spread sandwiches. Yum! 🤢 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/98 "2024-09-12T12:31:36Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Go to a good Eastern European supermarket One of the few negatives of rural living is the lack of specialty supermarkets. Our grocery store has an “International Aisle” where exotic foods like salsa, matzo, and canned LaChoy products are available. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066/99 "2024-09-12T13:03:36Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > I came across this old ad tonight on r/vintagemenus I love ads like this. They offer assurances that your life will improve immensely and you will catch more fish if you just make these sandwich combos. _I believe! I believe!_ (I do believe-- I’m an advertser’s dream.) I own many old cookbooks and will definitely check out that subreddit. 👍🏼 * * * > [@pulykamell](#): > > Go to a good Eastern European supermarket and you should find canned delights galore. What a fabulous idea. I’m going to do that today. At your link, I love the first few camo-themed cans [\*see note below]. 🙂 * * * BTW, for people who are interested in old-timey foods, there are loads of YouTube channels. But the **best** one is _Tasting History_ by the charming and personable Max Miller. He posts a new 15-20 min episode every Tuesday. He used to work for Disney as a performer, but was laid off and started this channel. It has really taken off and now it’s his full time cottage industry. He’s one of those people that the camera loves-- not just good-looking but with a personality that leaps off the screen. (I have his cookbook, too.) Watch a few and you will not be able to stop. Like Lay’s Potato Chips. [\*Max does several episodes on food eaten by various armies throughout history.] > **[Tasting History with Max Miller](https://www.youtube.com/c/tastinghistory)** > > Click for more Tasting History > > Every Tuesday, I show you how to make a different historic dish while exploring the history surrounding it. > Subscribe and join me as we Taste a bit of History. > > Order the Tasting History Cookbook at... ---
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> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > for people who are interested in old-timey foods, Maybe once every few years I’ll buy scrapple. Delicious change of pace for breakfast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066.md?page=6)