MY FIRST FOOD STORAGE SUBSTITUTE BACK IN 2012: Fake chicken
Regular readers know the first cans I brought out to use up over the past 2 months were the oldest (so I can rotate them out). They were bought back in the early spring of 2012.
Regular readers know the first cans I brought out to use up over the past 2 months were the oldest (so I can rotate them out). They were bought back in the early spring of 2012.
At the time, being brand new to buying long term foods and not knowing anything about what I needed or where to start, (and being on a
super tight, non-existent budget), my first purchase was a 'kit' of fake
meats.
Vegetarian beef, chicken, taco meat and ham (or was it bacon bits?) was my first kit purchase, and had no idea at the time what it even really was, I was just feeling like I really, really wanted to start somewhere and it was the cheapest kit I saw.
Thankfully that was the only kit of imitation meats I bought... after that I had to buy very very slowly, often one can at a time, but I started to only buy the real meat and chicken for long term storage.
Vegetarian beef, chicken, taco meat and ham (or was it bacon bits?) was my first kit purchase, and had no idea at the time what it even really was, I was just feeling like I really, really wanted to start somewhere and it was the cheapest kit I saw.
Thankfully that was the only kit of imitation meats I bought... after that I had to buy very very slowly, often one can at a time, but I started to only buy the real meat and chicken for long term storage.
A few minutes later they are plumping up. They don't really taste like
chicken. They taste good, and are pleasant tasting, but in order to
give them more of a chicken flavor I would always rehydrate in broth and
not water if and when possible.
At this point use them in whatever 'chicken' dish you were making; casseroles, chicken tacos, chicken chili, soups, etc.
