OK, I bought all this potted meat because it’s only 30 cents a can and makes a semi-decent snack. But it’s quality greatly concernts me.
First off, the actual term the makers of this product use is “Potted Meat Food Product”. There’s something that just rubs me the wrong way about having to tell people that your product is food.
Second is the ingrediant list. Allow me to go over it…
Mechanically Seperated Chicken
Beef Tripe (cow stomach linings, for anyone who doesn’t know what Tripe is)
Partially Defatted Cooked Beef Fatty Tissue
Beef Hearts
Water
Partially Defatted Cooked Pork Fatty Tissue
The chicken and beef hearts I can handle (hearts are found in most processed meat products and beef hearts are good anyway if the fact that it’s a heart doesn’t bother you). Everything else is kinda iffy…
Third is the look of it. You open this can, and if it didn’t say it was a “Food Product” right on the front I’d swear is was canned cat food. It looks like cat food. It smells like cat food. It probably tastes like cat food (I’ve never had cat food so I don’t know for sure).
So, to make a long story short, do I need to find a better snack food? What’s meaty, good to snack on, and doesn’t cost much? Potted meat tastes OK it just really bothers me. Sardines are good too but they’re smelly.
If you hadnt said inexpensive there are a billion and a half things you could use, but ummm, what about Spam? or if you dont mind a bit more expensive, Underwoods Deviled Chicken or Deviled Ham spreads, really good, but as I said, more expensive.
Originally posted by Rast So, to make a long story short, do I need to find a better snack food?
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Um, yes. I wish I knew more about higher-quality meaty snack foods, but I do know that potted meat product-whatever is so bad for you. I’m so sure you can do better! Jerky?
Make your own, its not hard to do. It only takes the meat of your choice, maranade, and an oven or smokehouse or dehydrator. That, and it costs a fraction of store-bought, and is usually better tasting.
I’m in the Navy now - have been for two years! Anyway, I live on the ship and normally I just eat in the galley, but it’s closed right now so we’re all getting paid more to buy our own food.
For the people who have their own houses and stuff it’s not a big deal but for me that means my choices are limited to ready-to-eat foods since none of our cooking equipment is up. It’s going to be like this for at least another month too.
You said everything else was iffy. Does this include the water?
And as far as finding a better snack food, and mind that this is from someone who has eaten balled-up brownies off a highschool cafeteria floor, ehn. Hey, if you enjoy it, why find something else?
Originally posted by Talimar Does this include the water?
Hmm…
Thinks about it
I guess not, just the parts about tripe and the partially defatted cooked fatty tissue. It’s also loaded with sodium - a 3 oz can has 35% of the recommeded daily allowance of sodium.
Partially defatted cooked fatty tissue?
That should be ending the world right there.
Yes, change your snack food. Polish sausages are good, Underwood’s Devilled Ham is the rocksor on Ritz, but my personal favorite is either Spam or Canned Ham. Meats eaten with a spoon > everything else.
EDIT: Y’see, I didn’t notice that part before. Hence why I changed my mind.
Seriously, whoever invented thatdeserves a freakin’ nobel prize.
Cheap, quick to cook, tasty, and with all the nutritional value of a piece of cardboard. :hahaha;