I think traditional potted meat was a home preserving method, same as confit. Cook a duck cut up the meat, put in a crock pot and pour in the fat rendered from cooking while still hot. Cover and store somplace cool. If it doesn't get contaminated, it will keep a long time.
-Liz
Look in the supermarket aisle where the Spam, deviled ham, and other canned meats are kept. Potted meat lives there. Canned meat as food came about around WWII, I believe, when most everything that tasted good was reserved for the military, and ration tickets were required for all those items. A little potted meat flavored the beans if nothing else.
Canned meat came quite a while before WW2 - in 1867 the Royal Victoria Yard (England) began to issue tinned mutton to warships at Portsmouth, Hampshire UK on a trial basis. There were problems with botulism until they got the canning process properly sorted out.
In Canada we have potted meat, and we also have something called (in Quebec) "cretons", which is head cheese in the rest of the country, and is absolutely delicious.
Higs, Katherine
I thought potted meat was a delicacy in the 1930s. I took many sandwiches of it to school when other children brought mashed potato sandwiches because they couldn't afford to buy potted meat or other things. IIRC, Spam began later, maybe in the 40s.. Emily
Oh, but of course! I can guarantee you, though, if you came this side of the pond and started offering "pot plants" to people, you'd be arrested shortly! :)
Joan
Port St Lucie, FL, where I'm now a permanent resident, has the distinction of having found over 60 pot grow houses in the past 6 months. Apparently some entrepreneur decided that would be a great business to be in and went to the trouble of putting in grow lights, and everything necessary to have a lucrative business.
Everyone they could find that had anything to do with this "business" has been arrested and the homes were confiscated by the city. Now we all want to know where and how are they going to dispose of the plants. If they decide to burn them I imagine I will be able to float over to visit with anyone that posts on this newsgroup.
L
In the part of the US where I was born 'potted' has a negative connotation as well. AKA stinking drunk.
Bob
SPAM was actually developed for US military use during WW II. It was the staple diet item for US Marines in the Pacific. Up until they developed the freeze-dried MRE (Meal Ready to Eat), it was the major meat source in C and K ration sets that were still in stock well into the 70's. (I went to Basic Training in 77, and we had C rats a couple of times, both had spam in them.)
For those of you that think Spam is horrid, jes' you watch yo'self. That is a mainstay diet item for a lot of us Redneck types, and we can get pretty riled about some of the strangest things. :p
Bob
A number of people in the UK are quite convinced that cannabis can help to alleviate the more distressing symptoms of multiple sclerosis.
(LOL) Perhaps it's something in the Spam that causes that reaction! ;-D
I remember Spam sandwiches drowned in ketchup. All the kids had Span sandwiches for lunch.
Murielle
We always took it camping and fried it for breakfast like you would ham or bacon. I think the recipe must have changed over the years, because it doesn't taste the same now as it used to.
I think you're right Melinda. It's not something I would buy now, much less eat.
Murielle
Sigh! Nothing tastes the same as it used to. I think that it is us. :- (
Higs, Katherine
I think you're right, Katherine. ;-)
Hugs, Murielle
Maybe so, but I still think they changed the recipe some time over the last 30-40 years.
Katherine wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:
no, it's not. corporate recipes have changed a lot over the years, mostly to their detriment. high fructose corn syrup has replaced sugar (get some Kosher Coke & compare it to common Coke. there's a big difference!) breakfast cereals are almost all sweetened (including Kix & Cheerios) manufacturers are always looking for cheaper & well, cheaper doesn't taste as good (usually because it's *not* as good). i could go into a huge diatribe about manufactured food, but i'll behave unless people want to know... one thing i do have to say though, is do NOT buy prepackaged meat (such as Wal-Mart sells). it is pumped full of CO2 (and frequently up to 12% saline solution to look moist) to make it look good for up to 28 days! it can be spoiled but look "fresh cut". meat should not have a 'shelf life'. if you have salt intake restrictions or are trying to avoid salt, the saline injected meat has almost 500 milligrams per 3 oz. serving. lee
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