Probably true. Quick search, Encyclopedia Brittanica says that Nicolas Appert of France invented canning in 1809 to preserve food for military use. Didn't see a reference to canned meat specifically.

Another interesting "fact" from Wikipedia:
"In 1917, the French Army began issuing canned French cuisine, such as coq au vin, Beef Bourguignon, french onion soup and Vichyssoise"

And from that, we got SPAM

In 1984 I read a fiction war novel taking place during the Korean War and there was mention of a soldier’s mother sending a whole cooked chicken in a can. I cannot now imagine HOW one would do it.

anyway big kudos for cooking the canned ham in the pantry as opposed to tossing it as some could justify doing. I always hate tossing expired food or leftovers although I know it’s better than the alternative :-)

If you have any interest in weird foods in a can, check out vlogger Atomic Shrimp on YouTube. I believe I watched him open and sample a canned chicken. And many stranger things.

I haven't seen that one, but I recall on one of the cooking shows, I think it was "Chopped" one of the mystery ingredients was a whole bird in a can -- can't remember if it was chicken, duck, pheasant, or whatever. But it was in there, bones and all. It did not look good.

As far as canned hams go, I can't say I buy them often, but have had a few over the years. I typically chop them up - maybe use in a soup or something like that. I've never eaten it like a nice baked holiday ham. When I make homemade split pea soup, I'll usually use smoked ham hocks for the flavor, then after they simmer for a couple hours, pull off whatever meat I can and return to the pot when I discard the bones. Then I'll supplement with some chopped ham, and canned actually isn't bad for that, assuming you don't have a leftover real ham.

I didn't stock up on them before the impending doom of this plague -- I was too busy searching for toilet paper .

The milk - egg mix leaked a bit during baking but omg my spouse loved this. I’m still eating leftover carnitas and yes we are spoiled. So yummy.
but the quiche. Wow I’m impressed that it was highly enjoyed.

I’m going to chop up the leftover ham and toss it into an omelet tomorrow morning with whatever else is handy.

Do you guys always eat different things from each other? Leftover carnitas--I missed that you made carnitas too. I love quiche--I bet that was yummy.

High school camp was ten days hiking out in the wilderness. We had to carry all our food, slept in bivouacs etc. Trust me, having a bit of protein even in can form, is much better than having to eat rice etc with nothing on it.

The carnitas were delivered. By his mom, I think.

Sigh, what is now History Channel has a show about that called, "Eating History"


Now, for Memorial Day weekend I will smoke two slabs of baby backs and a 3# boneless butt for sure and might grill some top sirloin picanha-style since I have one I need to cook or cut/freeze soon.

I've suggested to my uncle that he reach out to Eating History, because the house is filled with old canned goods, and if anyone would be interested in any of them, they might.

There also are YouTubers who will open and eat, if safe, old canned foods. Like military rations from WW2.

I've got a giant bubbling cauldron of spicy tomato stew with onions, potatoes, and linguica. Going to drop in some fresh haddock I just bought earlier straight off the boat. Pictures soon!

Thank you for turning me on to this cauliflower recipe. I didn't have any pine nuts, i used less mint because I was afraid it would overpower but i could have added more . I used jarred pepperoncini for the pickled peppers. It was delicious !!

Aforementioned bubbling cauldron of spicy fish stew.