Last night I was hunger
bored so I opened up one of my cans of “government beef” (GB). As
the dedicated reader knows I am eligible for food bank or as I call
it food bank Saturday. That's the day I go across the street and see
what treats I get from my food bank. The reader also knows that I am
very keen on collecting giveaway food at the sharing shelf at the
apartment complex for I love – – that place where people who have
something they do not want can leave for somebody who might be
interested. On the third Friday of the month here, people who are
eligible, get food boxes. I did not, but many people when they get
their food box do not want puts inside. It's just many times. The
food is the same every month, dried beans (all different kinds),
canned vegetables, juices, all kinds of food that people get
inundated with an rather than drag a heavy box home leave what they
don't want on the shelf. I of course then swing by and cherry pick
anything that I want. I often grab the cans of beef, USDA canned
beef. Really big cans of beef like stuff you could make a whole meal
out of. I must confess, I've gotten four or five cans of this
product, but I haven't really used any of the canned beef. Truth is,
I've been a bit intimidated on how to use the beef when I open the
can.I keep getting the cans of beef just because It just seems like
such a valuable commodity. It's that part of me that survivor part
that wants to put it in my closet for a rainy day, i.e. when there's
no other food available.
I was enchanted/thrilled
at how appetizing (to me). This little lump of beef is. I ate four or
five fork fulls just to check the taste. I immediately saw how I
could use this product is so many things that I consume. Sloppy
Joe's, marinara sauce, tacos, stirfry, casserole and on and on. I
even got inspiration to see if there is any kind of recipes developed
for canned beef, preferably, USDA canned beef. I was delighted to
find there is a number of links to various recipes or sites dedicated
to cooking with USDA products. I even downloaded one sheet of
recipes. It's fantastic! It looks like it was initially released in
the 1930s, probably during the Great Depression, when canned beef and
other delights were being made available to people caught in that low
financial cycle. I'm going to try to include that for the image on
this posting this stuff is great. If not, I'll try to go back and
find a link to this page. I don't expect anybody else to be as
excited as I am about finding a way to utilize this government
supplied food, but it's there if you want it. Brown hash, panda
cabbages and corned beef, hot beef and onion sandwich, tamale pie and
so much more. And these are all items I can use the USDA can be for.
I've got a can of sloppy Joe mix been kicking around my closet for
years, I think I'm going to use that can of sauce today and add the
rest of the canned beef to see how it works for sloppy Joe's.
I'm going to continue
collecting these cans of beef now the beef up my pantry (excuse the
pun) and I'm going to use them all through this next winter. Play
like him in a depression, and somehow have been given this can of
meat product and totally enjoy the illusion.
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