On Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 12:00:53 PM UTC-6, Sqwertz wrote:
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> On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 23:34:22 -0800 (PST),
> wrote:
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> > In oil. And the brand I always used to see was 'Possum.'
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> Great brand name for canned meat!
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Ain't it the truth! I can see that can as clearly as if one were sitting in front of me now. An opossum hanging upside down from it's tail on a slender tree limb.
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> Look like that's an old brand name that has gone out of business. A
> web search just turns up a lot of people looking for them. Oh, and
> this:
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> http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkin...us_sardine.php
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> -sw
>
I can't get that site to open; I left it to do it's thing while I put clean sheets on the bed but still did not open. That Possum brand used to be 10¢ a can and the last time I saw them several years ago they were well over $1 a can. I thought with that price maybe there was some lobster in that tin as well!