This is a pretty strange product from North Mart, which retails for $10.99.
It’s a whole chicken in a can.
It turns out, it’s exactly as advertised — it’s just a whole chicken, with bones and ribs and skin, shoehorned into a can and covered with chicken broth.
The meat was slimy but it made a good meaty soup.
Has anyone ever seen this elsewhere? Just seems like a wierd product.
11 responses so far ↓
Megan // December 23, 2007 at 12:51 am |
I remember being horrified by this product when I saw it in NorthMart. They didn’t seem to sell very many, so you might have bought the same can.
Gerald // December 23, 2007 at 9:08 am |
never heard the like before — mind you for our Christmas I’m cooking a frozen turkey-breast joint that is rectangular in shape and small enough to feed three of us for a couple of days – there’s probably bits from more than one bird it but no bones, skin nor the like.
Nick // December 23, 2007 at 2:51 pm |
Did you check the “best before” date on this one?
Jen // December 25, 2007 at 3:38 pm |
LOL I can’t believe you actually bought one of those!
Jen // December 25, 2007 at 3:39 pm |
Oh and this product is very common all over the north, not just North Mart, but Co-op sells it too.
inuvikphil // December 25, 2007 at 7:21 pm |
I might buy it again, it made a really good soup!
(Uncle) John // December 27, 2007 at 3:07 pm |
Philippe,
Did you know that your grandmother occasionally bought “chicken in a can” when you mother was growing up? I remeber it being good in sandwiches and soups but Grandmama Jeanne never made soup with it.
inuvikphil // December 27, 2007 at 9:32 pm |
Hey John, nice to hear from you!
I don’t remember hearing about it, but I guess chicken in a can is pretty common after all.
Thanks for the comment, I was wondering if you had got word of the new domain name or not.
Trudie // December 30, 2007 at 8:52 am |
Here’s another food-tale:
One fall in the 80’s right at freeze-up, The Bay received a shipment of vegetables by air that surely was meant to arrive by road. Among other items, there was one HUGE head of cabbage priced at somewhere around $20, once it hit the vegetable section of the store.
I – and probably every other customer – just had to pick it up to check how much cabbage a twenty would get me. Two weeks later the head of cabbage was still there, slighlty soft and mushy and I’m sure it eventually landed in the dump…
Dez // December 31, 2007 at 5:40 pm |
Holy smokes! I’ve seen those cans for years and never thought of trying it out.
Well, when in Rome…
Kate Nova // January 2, 2008 at 1:14 am |
Haha, I saw one of these at Northmart in Iqaluit just before the holidays, looking forlorn on the shelf, its lid coated in dust. My curiosity is now sated.