Tinned Chicken

[Drifting]

I don't know if you all have noticed, but grocery stores in the NW have started carrying tinned chicken, in both small "tuna-sized" cans (85g) and larger "catfood-sized" tins (160g). I tried some with a bit of soy, dehydrated beans and long-life noodles on my last trip, and it was quite nice. My fussy 5-yo daughter agreed.

There's a heap of flavours, as well as plain.

[jwalker]

Yep, it's available down south in woolies too. I thought the packaging made it look a little like premium cat food - so I made a close inspection of the tin before I purchased lol. I've taken it on my last two walks over the past fortnight. Its a nice change from tuna. I found it personally a tad too rich as a lunch idea on crackers. But that is probably just me. Good to have another option!

[Macca81]

lol really? what section is it in? tinned veg or tinned fish section? or catfood section

[ollster]

Funny you mention that. One of my walking buddies had a can just last week on a walk. I was quite impressed, nice and tasty.

Now if only they'd packaged it in the foil packs like tuna, I'd be there!

[Nuts]

Of all the sus things. I had a tin last week, thought it tasted bland... Expensive way to buy the leftover bits... avoid!
I usually have these things (tuna, ham etc) in flat bread wraps. Starting to think that they are just as good with some nice cheese mixed with the salad (beetroot/cucumber/carrot etc), definitely cheaper!

[corvus]

Found the Chicken in springwater to be an nice alternative to Tuna in a 2 min noodle "feed" and will now include it in my Tucker repertoire ( I avoid flavored Tuna and will do the same with Chicken) expensive way to buy Chicken but convenient for a change
corvus

[couscousman]

finally found a substitute to tuna/salmon that i like. Have eaten it on wraps with tomato, lettuce etc for lunch and on just plain rice for dinner. Love the sweet chili flavour. Even though they are pricey i find them very nice and rather filling and was quite happy eating them for 10 days in a row...
Now if only they had them in the light weight packaging...

[Drifting]

Yeah- you can get it in foil in the US

[Macca81]

Yeah- you can get it in foil in the US

when it comes to importing from the US, i draw the line at chicken...

[Drifting]

well, all jokes aside, there's a company that imports food from the US- there's tons of processed, foiled packaged stuff that could be useful. Not fit for normal consumption, but great for the trail.

[stu]

I took them on a recent 8 day trip for lunches & loved them (the Red Curry is particularly nice with the hint of coconut milk).
I took a variety of the flavours & they were an adequate feed coupled with Ryvitas, tho I'll take some dried tomato as well next time.

Agreed on the packaging, foil packs would be great & 85g is only just big enough for lunch.
I'll be taking them on my next extended walk to be sure.
I have gone right off the Tuna for lunch; those damn little fishies dance a merry jig in my stomach when I get moving again

[Macca81]

found them at my local woolies, tried the plain one on a cpl of saladas today. bit boring on its own, but a bit of mayo fixed that up. havnt tried a flavoured one yet tho. has potential of making for a good alternative to tuna etc, just see what the flavoured ones are like.

[stu]

Well, i've gone off the tinned chicken after taking quite a few tins on our Franklands traverse (10 tins to be exact, under10kg - gasp in disbelief!).

They generally taste ok, tho wear a little thin after a couple of days.
The death strike for me was reading the fine print - 'Made in Thailand' (both brands which are now readily avaialable from the supermarket).
I'm pretty fussy about my meat products & the thought of eating battery hen carcass makes my stomach gurgle, in a bad way!
If it ain't made in OZ I don't trust it; having said that it's hard to know where alot of our food comes from & what processes are involved.
I think the 'Made in Oz' thing just sets my mind at ease a little more.

It pays to read the fine print!

[ollster]

If it ain't made in OZ I don't trust it; having said that it's hard to know where alot of our food comes from & what processes are involved.
I think the 'Made in Oz' thing just sets my mind at ease a little more.

Why, because you prefer to find short and curlies in your salads? (in joke, sorry)

[Joe]

A whole generateion of male bushwalkers mysteriously growing breasts will be funny

[ollster]

A whole generateion of male bushwalkers mysteriously growing breasts will be funny

Or awesome, depending on your perspective...

[Macca81]

A whole generateion of male bushwalkers mysteriously growing breasts will be funny

Or awesome, depending on your perspective...

i think i swing both ways on my perspective on this one...

[Ent]

The Chicken Mayo one is not to be recommended.

Cheers Brett

[sthughes]

Had the sun dried tomato/mayo one on Saturday. Didn't much like it, ate about a quarter and decided I could do without the meal. So far it seams like great food if you want to loose weight! Have got a can of cracked pepper as well I will try sometime.

[corvus]

If you like the Tuna with mayo and flavours in tins you may just like the Chicken however IMHO the only chicken worth eating from tins is the chunks or shredded in spring water and sea salt,good in two min noodles.
corvus
p.s. I did mention this in a previous post

[CoffeeLover]

I just can't get used to the idea of chicken out of a tin. Some how it just goes against something ingrained. Tuna yes, chicken no.