A large can of canned beef stew in the microwave makes a good cheapie/quickie and filling hot lunch. It's cheap and makes a turd and I don't expect much else from it. But I do expect it to have at least a few chunks of beef in it. Dinty Moore (former go-to) and Armour lately have had nothing but a few tiny particles of a meat-like substance in them, pretty much nothing but a carrot and potato soup. I found a brand called "Hargis House" at a local discount/closeout grocer and it does have some beef chunks in it, for about the same price as the others.

I was going to mention something similar - ice cream.

I loved me some Breyer's Strawberry Ice Cream and decided to buy me a half gallon the other day.

First thing noted - they were able to fit a half gallon into really small container.

Second thing noted - it's no longer a half gallon.

Third thing noted - strawberries and more importantly, the lack thereof. Used to be a berry chunk per every bite or two. Now, one bite per container.

Not impressed.

And Breyers is a brand you pay extra for.

When I'm in the mood for ice cream I just get the Kroger store brand. Favorite: chocolate chip.

"Its cheap and makes a turd". Thats my criteria for canned goods, too!

Screw Breyers... abandoned them as a choice a few years back. Tillamook for the win.

Go with Greaters ice cream if it's available in your area.
Expensive but it's the best.

Just had a can of Progresso Clam Chowder.

I couldn't find any clam in it.

There were some tiny black specks in it, but I assumed those were black pepper.

Tasted blah.
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Progresso anything isn't worth the can it came in. Even in the varieties that taste halfway decent, half to as much as two thirds of the can is water. It might as well be broth. I no longer buy it, even on sale.

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
I was going to mention something similar - ice cream.

I loved me some Breyer's Strawberry Ice Cream and decided to buy me a half gallon the other day.

First thing noted - they were able to fit a half gallon into really small container.

Second thing noted - it's no longer a half gallon.

Third thing noted - strawberries and more importantly, the lack thereof. Used to be a berry chunk per every bite or two. Now, one bite per container.

Not impressed.

Fourth thing. If it was Breyers, it was probably "Frozen Breakfast Dessert" not "Ice Cream", which requires a certain percent of milk fat by weight.

Breyers used to be premium ice cream. It is now a marketing ploy to squeeze money out of consumers who haven't realized they aren't what they used to be.

Publix Premium or Publix Homemade down here.

They make up for the lack of meat , etc. by ramping up the advertising to convince you of how good it is .

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Originally posted by bald1:
Screw Breyers... abandoned them as a choice a few years back. Tillamook for the win.

This!! I love their Huckleberry flavor. Oh, and yeah, screw Breyers.

Jim

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
I was going to mention something similar - ice cream.

I loved me some Breyer's Strawberry Ice Cream and decided to buy me a half gallon the other day.

First thing noted - they were able to fit a half gallon into really small container.

Second thing noted - it's no longer a half gallon.

Third thing noted - strawberries and more importantly, the lack thereof. Used to be a berry chunk per every bite or two. Now, one bite per container.

Not impressed.

As noted above: Are you sure that Breyers was 'ice cream'? Most of what they make now is called a Frozen Dessert Treat... it actually does not even need to be frozen... sit the stuff out and it won't even melt.

No “food” at the grocery store

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Originally posted by ArtieS:


Publix Premium or Publix Homemade down here.

Absolutely. Publix ice cream doing the lords work.

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Originally posted by OKCGene:
Just had a can of Progresso Clam Chowder.

I couldn't find any clam in it.

There were some tiny black specks in it, but I assumed those were black pepper.

Tasted blah.
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There was a cafeteria in a state building where I worked. Fridays featured clam chowder. My buddy claimed the cook kept one clam on string like a tea bag and dunked in the soup. Could be true.

FWIW Whenever I buy hamburger I always fry up 1 pound (not into patties, just loose crumbles) and freeze it in a ziplock baggie.

Whenever I want to add some meat to a dish, like scrambled eggs, or a quick taco, or nachos, etc, I just pull some out and use it.

This would be good for adding to soup when it's a last minute idea.
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..and perhaps it's just me, but does it seem that now when you open a can of Vienna sausages that they are about 10% smaller and packed with more broth?

I reported on this before: I like tillamook as well but no cherries in their Dark Cherry - 3 times. Supply chain issues?

Here. Have ya some of this...

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Originally posted by ArtieS:
Here. Have ya some of this...

Also, I just found out I made similar comments in a similar thread only a month ago.