do you like eating PORK & BEANS from the can?

[green papaya]

I like eating VAN CAMP's PORK & BEANS straight from the can, no heating necessary, this is one of my favorite canned foods.

 

[dhermann1]

I always have a couple little one serving cans of Heinz Vegetarian Beans, just as emergency rations. And of course I eat 'em straight from the can. I get sadistic pleasure when my cats think I'm opening a can of cat food for them and then I eat it myself. lol

 

[LizzieMaine]

A cold pork-and-bean sandwich on toast is a very satisfying lunch.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

Can we have a vintage tie-in here? Perhaps soldiers in the field or Depression era necessities. Otherwise, it's more of a random blog post.

 

[Michaelshane]

Vintage pork and beans were great,they have changed the recipe,now they are mushey....

 

[Feraud]

As I was typing "I love P&B from the can... especially with plenty of hot sauce" I wondered exactly when this perfect meal was canned?

Btw, are these what they call Bachelor Beans in England and/or Ireland?

 

[dhermann1]

Canned beans! What could be more inherently vintage than that!?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

"Frank and beans!! Frank and beans!!"


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[Inusuit]

I prefer mine heated in the can (opened first, of course!) in the coals of a campfire after a long hike in the winter woods.

Michaelshane is correct. The P&B I remember from childhood in the 1950's seemed better. May be a nostalgic memory distortion.

 

[Harp]

A cold pork-and-bean sandwich on toast is a very satisfying lunch.

With an ice cold bottle of Miller Lite beer.
...and a Chicago Cubs game on WGN 720*AM....

 

[Michaelshane]

I prefer mine heated in the can (opened first, of course!) in the coals of a campfire after a long hike in the winter woods.

Michaelshane is correct. The P&B I remember from childhood in the 1950's seemed better. May be a nostalgic memory distortion.

The beans were whole and firm,It wasn't long ago they changed,maybe five years or less.I eat them a lot so I know they are different.New and improved you know......:rage:

 

[FinalVestige79]

Can we have a vintage tie-in here? Perhaps soldiers in the field or Depression era necessities. Otherwise, it's more of a random blog post.

Lol oddly enough P&B are my cats names! And speakin' o soldiers in the field...anybody like a great piece of SoS? (Sh*t on a Shingle) Its good stuff on toast...looks like you just ate it but it tastes gooood. That army food dey gives us is alllright!

 

[Miss Neecerie]

Van Camp's roots can be traced back to Gilbert Van Camp and his wife, Hester. Back in 1861, they canned fruits and vegetables in their family store in Indianapolis. Van Camp was an entrepreneur and tinsmith who built the first cold storage warehouse. Gilbert's son, Frank, discovered that pork and beans taste better when mixed with tomatoes and served hot. He began marketing his new product and even sold it to Union troops during the Civil War. By 1909, Van Camp's was the No. 1-selling pork-and-bean brand in the United States.


From November 1912

 

[irb]

My word, a can of this has been following me around for many, many years. In the Boy Scouts as a kid we did a lot of camping, see, and Pork 'n Beans was the fallback meal. It was sort of a joke that if we didn't get a fire going or whatnot we'd be eating Pork 'n Beans. My sister likes to remind me of this by gifting me with a can whenever I move. I bought a house to just to get her to stop!

 

[Viola]

Don't eat pork, but baked beans are all right in small doses, especially at barbecues. At some point I want to throw a vintage barbecue with lawn games and people wearing panama hats and so on.

But my favourite barbecue/garden party items growing up were definitely devilled eggs and dill pickles. Mmm. And I know I have a vintage dill pickle recipe around here somewhere! lol

 

[Marc Chevalier]

 

[Miss Neecerie]

Its Bean Man....like Green Man but more gaseous

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Its Bean Man....like Green Man but more gaseous

Charlton Heston: "Pork 'n beans is people! IT'S PEOPLE!!!"


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[Diamondback]

Well, if you can't get a fire started and still have daylight, you could always whack a big coffee-can in half (left/right halves, not top/bottom), line with foil and set the open can inside that as an improvised solar oven... I did this once back in elementary school. Let's just say "Science Project: Grilling" got me a nice amount of extra-credit... and a higher esteem among my classmates for fixing lunch for the class.

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[Flivver]

Canned Pork & Beans was a staple in our house when I was a kid in the 1950s.

I still enjoy good ol' B&M canned beans!