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Default Cheap quick dinner.


"Travis McGee" > wrote in message
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> On 6/30/2014 3:00 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Roy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sunday, June 29, 2014 10:11:28 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> 5 precooked hamburger patties, thawed and crumbled. Mixed in a large
>>>> pie
>>>>
>>>> plate with a can of potatoes, can of green beans and can of peas. All
>>>>
>>>> drained and potatoes roughly chopped. Mixed in some brown gravy with
>>>> a lot
>>>>
>>>> of dried onions, pepper and parsley. Topped with a can of biscuits.
>>>> Baked
>>>>
>>>> at 400 for 15 minutes. Had to heat a bit more in the microwave to
>>>> get it
>>>>
>>>> hot through. Would have been okay for me but husband likes his food
>>>> piping
>>>>
>>>> hot.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not bad! Would have preferred hamburger gravy over mashed potatoes but
>>>>
>>>> sometimes you've just got to make do.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I plan to do similar with canned chicken on a day when the weather
>>>> cools.
>>>>
>>>> We are having a week or so of hot weather upcoming.
>>>
>>> Gawd, you eat strange food. Canned potatoes are only useful for
>>> campers IMHO. Most people wouldn't even have such an item in stock.
>>> Most canned chicken is crap as well.

>>
>> Disagree. I keep those mainly for the winter in case we get snowed in.
>> But that hasn't happened in several years so they need to be used up.

>
> I like canned potatoes also. I grew up spending all vacations at
> campgrounds, so I developed a taste for camping food. Canned potatoes have
> a waxy texture that I really like.
>
> I haven't had much experience with canned chicken, but I can't believe
> that there's anything wrong with it. After all, canned tuna is very
> popular.


It's just as good as the tuna.