The Glade 4.0

The Candwich thread made me think of this. I'd put it in the Food section, but I'm not quite sure it qualifies as "food:"

A Whole Chicken in a Can

Actually, we have one of these in our emergency food supplies. It has always made me kind of uneasy.

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Is it really raw?? How do you can a chicken without cooking it?? How is that even safe??

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Get some and tell us what you think!

http://www.buythecase.net/product/53448 ... e_chicken/

Or not...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castleberr ... od_Company

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Yeah thats what I thought.
No thank you. In an emergency I'd eat my cat before a canned chicken.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Maybe these two things can get together.

Chicken sandwich...in a can!

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I like the cat sandwich, made me laugh.

The Chicken in a Can is actually pre-cooked, it says. I think that's even worse.

And, thanks for the heads up, Taskiss. I think I'll be going through our earthquake supplies in the near future. Didn't realize that "Sweet Sue" was Castleberry.

(On a side note, "Sweet Sue" in this context really just makes me want to say "Sweet Jesus, what is that thing?!")

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This cold and dark tormented hell
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So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

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Holy shitsnacks!

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It can be somewhat raw, but the canning process usually involves high levels of salt which kills most of your basic bacteria, such as Salmonella and Listeria as well as a heat process of some sort, even if it doesn't cook the contents of the can fully. Then, when you seal a can without any air, you kill your remaining aerobic bacteria.

So what are the potential issues you may ask. One issue is there are still a few anaerobic bacteria that cause us problems, with the top of the list being Clostridium botulinum, the causative agent of botulism. In addition, even though we kill the aerobic bacteria, there are still many toxins that can be produced prior to their death that are relatively shelf-stable. And then you have to worry about the dead cellular material left from the destruction of the bacteria in the first place.

But is it certainly possible to can a chicken if you do it the right way? Absolutely. You can nearly can or bottle anything and it will last an extremely long time.