On 5/30/2013 4:57 PM, The Other Guy wrote:
> On Thu, 30 May 2013 16:49:45 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
>> That said, I finally met my match last night. I cooked the 2 can combo of La
>> Choy Beef Chow Mein
>
> Now another product of Con-Agra.
>
> I REFUSE to buy anything that comes from them.
>
For your memories, you're not looking back *far* enough for La Choy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Choy
"La Choy was founded in 1922 by Dr. Ilhan New (*일한), later founder of
Yuhan Corporation in South Korea; and Wally Smith from the University of
Michigan. The first product, canned mung bean sprouts, was originally
sold in Smith's Detroit, Michigan, grocery store."
(There were a lot of owners before ConAgra). Back then most Americans
didn't know what the heck "Chinese" food is. So here comes La Choy...
with the American version. Chow mein aside, it's no wonder "chop suey"
became an example of Chinese food.
Jill