Slashfood Ate (8): Things I hope to never have in my pantry

by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Mar 30th 2006 @ 9:01PM

...or if they're already there, they're gonna stay all the way back there, gathering dust until I bequeath them onto my children.

Nah, I wouldn't do that to them.

Tuna Helper - I just don't like that the talking glove only has four fingers. That's scary.
Dinty Moore Beef Stew - childhood trauma
Hormel Corned Beef Hash - if you have ever seen it in the can, you will wonder if it was really Alpo that had been mis-labeled.
Vienna Sausages - those tiny ones that come in the pull top can.
Boxed macaroni and cheese - okay, it's not that bad when you eat it, but when you make it and you see the cheese that looks like Tang, you have to wonder...
Canned mushrooms - they're slimy and no matter what you do to them, they taste like metal
Velveeta - someone, please, tell me how this is cheese
Spam - 'nuff said.

Filed Under: Lists, Slashfood Ate, Spring Cleaning
Tags: canned food, dried food, food, food and drink, food and wine, pantry, slashfood ate

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3-30-2006 @9:18PM Laura said... Not even Annie's mac and cheese? That isn't quite so bad! Much better than Kraft, especially when you mix it with yogurt.
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3-30-2006 @11:40PM Tom In CTown said... Let us not forget "Potted Meat Food Product". With a name like that, why WOULDN'T anyone buy it? Oh yeah. Read the ingredients.
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3-31-2006 @1:02AM Robyn said... Haha! I love Vienna sausage and Spam--in certain preparations. Dinty Moore beef stew tastes great when camping. I like canned mushrooms in some things. And boxed mac and cheese has a certain appeal--like Taco Bell--I want it but then I feel sick afterward.
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3-31-2006 @5:41AM jEwElrY said... They look appetizing. I'm hungry! :-)
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3-31-2006 @9:44AM David Blaine said... Spam in and of itself is downright scary but the best fried rice I have ever had was made with the pride of Austin, Minnesota. In fact, Hawiian and Asian food is full of Spam options that take advantage of it's overly fatty, overly salty qualities. My Korean aunt warns against using Spam Lite- "they put chicken in it" she says with dismay.
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3-31-2006 @10:10AM Randy said... Back in high school and part of college I used to eat whole cans of Hormel Corned Beef Hash! Makes me sick just thinking about it now... And no, I'm not a canine. :)
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3-31-2006 @12:40PM Jen said... I agree with all those items! I will never eat a meat product that comes from a can. There's just something wrong with that concept. And mushrooms! My Dad used to buy those! What was he thinking???
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3-31-2006 @5:02PM JavaMoose said... Well, I guess it is a good thing all y'all that have problems with the canned meats are alive now and not back in the 1700s-1800s. I would gladly take a can of SPAM any day over the salted barrel pork/beef that sailors ate back then...
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