The Untold Truth Of Canned Corned Beef - Mashed
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That's supposed to make it easier to push the meat out of the can, and to slice it neatly as you do so.
Having said that my first Saturday job as a teenager was working in the local dairy shop. It sold everything from milk and cheese to cold meats. The corned beef came in huge great rectangular cans and getting the meat out of them neatly was an effort and a half. I think the block must have weighed about 5lbs, so well over 2kgs. Getting them up onto the slicer was another effort too. Slippy things even with greaseproof folded round them.
Chicken came in huge round tins, like triple sized Pringles cans, but gammon and 'luncheon' meat came in the same kind of shape as the corned beef.
Thinking on it, all those years ago, we didn't keep the meats separate, the same slicer was in use all day long. Lethal thing, no guard, but it was the only thing the Boss cleaned himself, no one else was allowed to do so.
We sliced up the tinned stuff, the Ayrshire bacon, the roast beef, gammon on the bone, the beef ham, just as folks came in to buy. Never heard of us poisoning anyone though
Having said that my first Saturday job as a teenager was working in the local dairy shop. It sold everything from milk and cheese to cold meats. The corned beef came in huge great rectangular cans and getting the meat out of them neatly was an effort and a half. I think the block must have weighed about 5lbs, so well over 2kgs. Getting them up onto the slicer was another effort too. Slippy things even with greaseproof folded round them.
Chicken came in huge round tins, like triple sized Pringles cans, but gammon and 'luncheon' meat came in the same kind of shape as the corned beef.
Thinking on it, all those years ago, we didn't keep the meats separate, the same slicer was in use all day long. Lethal thing, no guard, but it was the only thing the Boss cleaned himself, no one else was allowed to do so.
We sliced up the tinned stuff, the Ayrshire bacon, the roast beef, gammon on the bone, the beef ham, just as folks came in to buy. Never heard of us poisoning anyone though
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canned-goods for me must contain all natural food as possible and little for none man-made chemical additives
i call to mind the open tubs/buckets of loose fresh food and spices etcetera in the markets whereby folk could scoop and bag-up as much or as little as they wantedThat's supposed to make it easier to push the meat out of the can, and to slice it neatly as you do so.
Having said that my first Saturday job as a teenager was working in the local dairy shop. It sold everything from milk and cheese to cold meats. The corned beef came in huge great rectangular cans and getting the meat out of them neatly was an effort and a half. I think the block must have weighed about 5lbs, so well over 2kgs. Getting them up onto the slicer was another effort too. Slippy things even with greaseproof folded round them.
Chicken came in huge round tins, like triple sized Pringles cans, but gammon and 'luncheon' meat came in the same kind of shape as the corned beef.
Thinking on it, all those years ago, we didn't keep the meats separate, the same slicer was in use all day long. Lethal thing, no guard, but it was the only thing the Boss cleaned himself, no one else was allowed to do so.
We sliced up the tinned stuff, the Ayrshire bacon, the roast beef, gammon on the bone, the beef ham, just as folks came in to buy. Never heard of us poisoning anyone though
similar process to what these days they call pick-and-mix
yet there were far less sickness than there be these days
Then you probably want to have a real long check of exactly what is in your kitchen currently.
no need as i always look on the label prior for purchase store-bought due for allergies
worst being when they claim [new improved flavour] and the stuff they add
i buy from farmers markets where possible although a bit difficult [in the past couple of years disruption] by the bio-weapon scandal
Basic cheap as chips butterfly one.
I confess I have tried every variety available. (hey, shiny ! 
) I just use the butterfly one.
It works, it works tidily every time, it opens every kind of can, even the weird shaped ones.....and when it gets too slack or grotty, I go and buy another one.....for under two quid.
It's like tattie peelers. Keep it simple and it does it's job fine
I confess I have tried every variety available. (hey, shiny !
) I just use the butterfly one.It works, it works tidily every time, it opens every kind of can, even the weird shaped ones.....and when it gets too slack or grotty, I go and buy another one.....for under two quid.
It's like tattie peelers. Keep it simple and it does it's job fine
No-one for Fray Bentos pies? Round tins unlike spam and corned beef.
Seriously, spam for the flavour? Its flavour would rule it out for me. Corned beef has a few uses. Corned beef hash is one reason, you can get canned potatoes too. Brown sauce with hash is really nice. Real comfort food.
BTW we were getting a new kitchen put in so cleared out the old kitchen. Sure enough there was a corned beef tin 6 years out of date! That was out of date 4 years before my partner moved in so not just down to me that it was still in there. Needless to say I didn't think it needed throwing but I was outvoted. They've cooked tinned bully beef from the great war without I'll health so that tin was likely to still be good.
This is a good thread. Have you considered another thread for jar based foods? A lot oh European countries have a wide selection of foods stored in n hats.
Seriously, spam for the flavour? Its flavour would rule it out for me. Corned beef has a few uses. Corned beef hash is one reason, you can get canned potatoes too. Brown sauce with hash is really nice. Real comfort food.
BTW we were getting a new kitchen put in so cleared out the old kitchen. Sure enough there was a corned beef tin 6 years out of date! That was out of date 4 years before my partner moved in so not just down to me that it was still in there. Needless to say I didn't think it needed throwing but I was outvoted. They've cooked tinned bully beef from the great war without I'll health so that tin was likely to still be good.
This is a good thread. Have you considered another thread for jar based foods? A lot oh European countries have a wide selection of foods stored in n hats.
The reason I'm focusing the question on the fungible typical food cans that- that they are fungible meaning that they stack and store and rotate with great ease.
As soon as you introduce other shaped jars, tins etc it can all go a bit sideways.
There's a problem with all the cans being the same sized; you don't need a large canful of everything.
Sweetcorn, tomato puree, evaporated milk, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, corned beef.....
Lakeland sell can storage wire things. They come in different sizes to suit.....though I do not think anyone has sussed out the corned beef or sardines.....
Sweetcorn, tomato puree, evaporated milk, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, corned beef.....
Lakeland sell can storage wire things. They come in different sizes to suit.....though I do not think anyone has sussed out the corned beef or sardines.....
you have given a question for use of standard and larger size cans for hiking
what is the best way while hiking etcetera for re-lidding [for lack of better words] standard and larger cans when half is used the night before as one needs to move on the morning after
But also there is the option to thinking how to make main meals for several people from a source ( Vs Sauce ) of a generic combination of tins.
Also, if there is a significant reason to be utilising an emergency store of tinned goods there maybe a reason for that. The ability to then sore partially opened tins is compromised if the grid is down for a bit.
Unless you are one of those lucky people with a back up generator or a method to store and keep food cool.
Benefit is that they 'turn' by being picked ( thus stopping food items settling against one side for too long) and if you take from the bottom and top up from the top it should always be the oldest can you are using.
Its very very prepper however.
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