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Default Chun King Chicken Chow Mein

i used to love it before the salt ontent got so high, never liked those
noodles unless you mixed them with coconut/chocolate and peanuts and spooned
onto paper to dry, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> Please! If I ever decide that it would be a good idea to have this for
> dinner, someone shoot the can out of my hand. Gah!
>
> For some reason I thought about this the other night and found out that
> Angela isn't allergic to it. It does have soy protein in it and I don't
> normally allow this in the house but for some strange reason I thought it
> would be a treat for her.
>
> We had it sometimes as a child and I remember hating it. My mom served it
> over those fried noodles. I particularly disliked those. We had it at
> school over a scoop of sticky rice that maintained the scoop shape. On
> top they put about 5 of the crispy noodles. That amount I could handle.
> But I never liked the Chow Mein part.
>
> Well, it didn't get any better. I was shocked to see the measly amount of
> chicken in that can. And it was dark meat. I don't like dark meat. I
> served it over rice.
>
> Angela said, "Are these noodles?" They were bean sprouts. I should have
> just told her they were noodles. I might have gotten her to eat a few
> that way. She did not like the stuff. She did not like it at all!
>
> I managed to get a few small bites down but I can't say that I liked it at
> all. It had a weird flavor to it and I guess I never liked water
> chestnuts.
>
> So... Angela had a warmed up can of chicken over some plain rice. And I
> am having baby carrots and cheese.
>
> I can't wait for this snow and ice to go away so I can get out and get
> some fresh food. I did stock up on diet soda. We do have plenty of
> canned food and some cold turkey. Also some really good tamales, but
> Angela found those for lunch so that's why we didn't have them for dinner
> tonight.
>