Chicken In A Can

[THE PILGRIM]

Just watching the The Alaska Bush People, the Browns.
And yes they are a little different.
They just showed a canned whole chicken.
I have eaten all kinds of stuff in a lot of different places.
But I never even heard of a whole canned chicken.
Have any of you folks heard of them or ever eat one?

 

[crsides]

no
and wish I still had not.

Charlie

 

[labworm]

While in the military vacationing in SE Asia in 1967 I received a S.S. Pierce gift box at Christmas with all sorts of goodies.

One item was a chicken in a can.

So it has been 47 years since I had my last and only one. I'll stick with roasted or barbecued chicken.

 

[GaryS]

"Do you have Prince Albert in a can?"

"Yes, we do."

"Well let him out, he can't breath."

That's all I can come up with.

 

[Muss Muggins]

Just watching the The Alaska Bush People, the Browns.
And yes they are a little different.
They just showed a canned whole chicken.
I have eaten all kinds of stuff in a lot of different places.
But I never even heard of a whole canned chicken.
Have any of you folks heard of them or ever eat one?

My job in high school and college was at our neighborhood grocery. We sold cases of those.

 

[italiansport]

The Kirkland brand of canned chicken sold by Costco's is actually very good and I use it all the time to make chicken salad sandwiches. However this isn't a WHOLE chicken but just breast meat.
Jim

 

[Engineer1911]

My first job was in a grocery store in Eau Claire, WI from 1964 - 1966. I still have fond memories of recycling fruit cake fixings from the shelf to the back room every January, stocking ONE case of okra on the shelves in the vegetable section, and stocking ONE case (6 cans) of whole chicken in the can.

In the late 1960's, fruit cake fixings didn't have an expiration date. I know some of those packages of 'candied fruit' (petrified cherries and oranges) had to be 4 years old. My older co-workers said they had restocked the stuff twice when I did it.

 

[NCTexan]

"Do you have Prince Albert in a can?"

"Yes, we do."

"Well let him out, he can't breath."

That's all I can come up with.

Answering the phone at the KFC:

Hello, do you have chicken legs?

Yes we do!

Then you must look damned funny!

 

[Mickey D]

Answering the phone at the KFC:

Hello, do you have chicken legs?

Yes we do!

Then you must look damned funny!

Hey, hey, hey! I resemble that remark.

I look like I'm riding a chicken when I wear shorts.

 

[GatorFarmer]

I have seen them for sale. I actually like various canned meats. I never purchased on though. The cans were always covered in dust. I was told tbat they were not very tasty.

 

[Texas40]

Only this kind of canned chicken.

 

[GaryS]

We use that too, but it is a bit bland. A little onion salt and other spices and it makes a decent sandwich.

Unsurprisingly, there is only one brand of whole canned chicken. At least only one that I could find on the Internet.

The Kirkland brand of canned chicken sold by Costco's is actually very good and I use it all the time to make chicken salad sandwiches. However this isn't a WHOLE chicken but just breast meat.
Jim

 

[pawngal]

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Only this kind of canned chicken.

Home canned chicken was a mainstay in our house as a kid Just wasn't canned whole in one piece. My local meat market sells home canned chicken, turkey, beef, buffalo, and pork. Thousands of jars a year. Homemade chicken soup, chicken & biscuits, chicken pot pie, beef & noodles, hot beef sandwiches. All great comfort foods that are quick and easy.

 

[olcop]

We had em all the time when I was aboard ship in the Navy, got to liking them pretty well, when I got out, wife and I bought some and we found that the civilian version didn't still have the feathers on it, enjoyed it a lot more after that.
olcop

 

[gdnagle]

Well they just missed a big marketing ploy. They could have been selling whole turkeys in a can, with stuffing. Think I would rather have spam in a can 1000 and 1 ways to make that.

I haven't seen the whole chicken in a can but I have seen bacon and different caliber ammunition in a can. Got some 9mm put away now.

 

[charlie sherrill]

Sweet Sue brand sells very well around here. All the local Walmarts carry their brand. I frequently eat their chicken and dumplings when I'm too lazy to cook my own. I haven't seen their canned whole chicken but if I do I'll buy one. It would probably go well in gumbo,soup, or jambalaya.

 

[rwsmith]

Hostess hams...

Hostess hams aren't as good as fresh from the oven but they're pretty good.

 

[billwill]

Fruit cake has a shelf life longer than spent uranium. If you look closely on the label is says if not eaten within 10 years use this item as a brick to help build your house.

There have only been 1000 fruitcakes ever made....they just keep getting regifited!

 

[Bronco48]

We tried the canned white meat chicken from *am's Club. We had a little stomach distress! The dogs tried it and had the full blown runs! So I guess it depends...

 

[GaryS]

Answering the phone at the KFC:

Hello, do you have chicken legs?

Yes we do!

Then you must look damned funny!

"Is your refrigerator running?"

"Yes."

"You better go catch it!"

 

[Salty RI]

"Do you have Prince Albert in a can?"

"Yes, we do."

"Well let him out, he can't breath."

That's all I can come up with.

What about is your refrigerator running.

 

[Salty RI]

I guess two people thought of that at the same time, there used to be more, I wish I could remember them.

 

[Alpo]

Saw a story on some TV show one time. Mike Douglas show, maybe. Immigrants. First night in the new country. Hungry. Went to the store, looked at all the cans of food with writing on them they could not decipher.

Saw a big blue can with a picture of fried chicken on it. Yay. Bought the can of chicken. Opened it eagerly.

Crisco. http://derbycitynaturals.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/criscoall-vegetableshortening.jpg

 

[Alpo]

I guess two people thought of that at the same time, there used to be more, I wish I could remember them.

Does your nose run? Do your feet smell? You're built upside down.

 

[GaryS]

What about is your refrigerator running.

This could turn into another epic thread drift thread!

When my wife was growing up, their phone number was one digit off from a local Chinese restaurant. For a long time, they'd patiently explain the mistake, but it got tiresome.

Then my wife and her sister started answering the phone with Chinese accents. They'd take the order and hang up.

There must have been a lot of disappointed people going to that restaurant to pick up their dinner.

Eventually, the restaurant changed their number.

 

[Salty RI]

While in the military vacationing in SE Asia in 1967 I received a S.S. Pierce gift box at Christmas with all sorts of goodies.

One item was a chicken in a can.

So it has been 47 years since I had my last and only one. I'll stick with roasted or barbecued chicken.

Remember when the BBQ chicken first came out, there was a farm near where I worked that sold them Willow Tree Farm, they also had the chicken salad and chicken pot pie, back then they didn't sell them in stores, you had to go to the farm, sometimes on the way home from work I would stop there, the line was always out the door.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Like Labworm, I used to receive packages from home while in Vietnam. I remember a couple of the canned whole chickens. I especially liked the canned Danish hams. Summer sausages and hard salami were always good.

A big pot, a small fire, a canned chicken, a sack of noodles or some rice , maybe an onion or two, some canned vegetables (carrots, green beans, whatever) and we'd have a couple of gallons of decent freshly made food instead of another C-ration delight. I could feed a dozen guys this way.

In the bush having one of the little Danish hams along, or a couple of pounds of summer sausage, were very welcome at meal times.

Even cans of tuna, deviled ham, potted chicken, and other non-perishable stuff made a big difference.

Just about anything was better than another can of ham & lima beans, or canned scrambled eggs with ham, or the other "delicious and nutritious" meals planned in the bowels of the Pentagon.

I can see canned whole chickens being pretty useful for folks living off the grid in Alaska, or elsewhere. As long as the can doesn't freeze it should be good for a year or more.

 

[Salty RI]

This could turn into another epic thread drift thread!

When my wife was growing up, their phone number was one digit off from a local Chinese restaurant. For a long time, they'd patiently explain the mistake, but it got tiresome.

Then my wife and her sister started answering the phone with Chinese accents. They'd take the order and hang up.

There must have been a lot of disappointed people going to that restaurant to pick up their dinner.

Eventually, the restaurant changed their number.

Funny you should mention that, when I first got married our phone number was one off from a Pizza joint and from about 5 PM on our phone would be ringing off the hook, I got so mad I started taking orders, that will be # 35 in 20 minutes, thank you, that was back in the day when we had party lines, it didn't take long before they had a private line.

 

[nicky4968]

When I was a Boy Scout leader I always took a can or two of bacon along on one week camping trips.

When we weren't sure where all the young men were a frying pan of bacon would bring them running.

 

[Rpg]

I've had it once.

Pretty grim.

Probably would sustain life, but the alternative might be preferable.