Texas Star
US Veteran
I was curious as to whether our corned beef in cans was the same as the British Bully Beef mentioned in so many Commonwealth accounts from the Boer War to WWII. Basically, yes. The name arises from the French term for boiled beef, boeuf boulli, if I spelled that right. Got corrupted to "Bully" in English.
BUT... when I looked on the Net to see if I could just use corned beef from the can or had to cook it, I found an article that confirmed that canned beef is cooked and can be used without re-heating. Most of you probably know that; my family just never used it when I was young and I've never bought any. Don't have a can, or the label would probably have answered my question.
BUT, this is where the plot thickens. The best article I found said that eating this or ANY canned goods exposes one to the same BPA chemical toxin that caused many to be cautious about using poly bottles to carry water. Nalgene (to name one brand) had so many complaints about this that they offer a bottle free of BPA in construction. I got one, to be on the safe side, as I carry water in those when camping or hiking.
I may be the last to know this, but if YOU don't know that cans also carry the same sort of BPA contaminaton that those plastic bottles do, you may want to realize that.
BPA has been determined to cause several cancers, diabetes, neurological disorders, and other health issues, including increasing allergies! I'd only read about the cancer part.
I exist mainly on canned food, as it's fairly cheap and quick to prepare. No more. I'm going to make a point of limiting canned foods and eat more "fresh", despite trying to write a book, shop, and do all of my house work on my own, as I'm single. (Divorced.) Time is limited, especially if I want to do any hobby activities.
But I'm going to MAKE more time for cooking. And if you've been subsisting from cans, you probably should, too.
The article said that canned goods affect the contents more or less according to the food within and the length of time the food has been canned. And we don't know that: we just see expiration dates on cans.
This news has to be put into perspective. You can eat canned goods some of the time, but should strive to avoid it when possible. When time allows, cook fresh foods.
This may not matter to you married guys, whose wives probably know this and cook from scratch. But for lazy old bachelors like myself, it may mean something.
BTW, I found this past week that if you like to nibble Triscuits, the Safeway and Kroger brands of the same basic product (woven wheat crackers) are about the same and cost $1.77 against the $3.99 of actual Triscuits where I shop. Usually, I approach store brands with caution. But in this case, I see little or no difference. (This is my opinion, and presented as such.)
BUT... when I looked on the Net to see if I could just use corned beef from the can or had to cook it, I found an article that confirmed that canned beef is cooked and can be used without re-heating. Most of you probably know that; my family just never used it when I was young and I've never bought any. Don't have a can, or the label would probably have answered my question.
BUT, this is where the plot thickens. The best article I found said that eating this or ANY canned goods exposes one to the same BPA chemical toxin that caused many to be cautious about using poly bottles to carry water. Nalgene (to name one brand) had so many complaints about this that they offer a bottle free of BPA in construction. I got one, to be on the safe side, as I carry water in those when camping or hiking.
I may be the last to know this, but if YOU don't know that cans also carry the same sort of BPA contaminaton that those plastic bottles do, you may want to realize that.
BPA has been determined to cause several cancers, diabetes, neurological disorders, and other health issues, including increasing allergies! I'd only read about the cancer part.
I exist mainly on canned food, as it's fairly cheap and quick to prepare. No more. I'm going to make a point of limiting canned foods and eat more "fresh", despite trying to write a book, shop, and do all of my house work on my own, as I'm single. (Divorced.) Time is limited, especially if I want to do any hobby activities.
But I'm going to MAKE more time for cooking. And if you've been subsisting from cans, you probably should, too.
The article said that canned goods affect the contents more or less according to the food within and the length of time the food has been canned. And we don't know that: we just see expiration dates on cans.
This news has to be put into perspective. You can eat canned goods some of the time, but should strive to avoid it when possible. When time allows, cook fresh foods.
This may not matter to you married guys, whose wives probably know this and cook from scratch. But for lazy old bachelors like myself, it may mean something.
BTW, I found this past week that if you like to nibble Triscuits, the Safeway and Kroger brands of the same basic product (woven wheat crackers) are about the same and cost $1.77 against the $3.99 of actual Triscuits where I shop. Usually, I approach store brands with caution. But in this case, I see little or no difference. (This is my opinion, and presented as such.)
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