canned meat

Shelf-stable flesh

Canned meat is meat that has been cooked, sealed in metal containers, and heat-processed for long-term storage without refrigeration.

The category includes everything from Spam and corned beef to Vienna sausages and potted meat.

Canned meat carries associations with wartime rations, emergency preparedness, and budget cooking: The hurricane kit included canned meat and bottled water.

Related

salty · shelf-stable · hash · emergency · rations · sardines · tuna · pantry · gelatinous · sodium · military · army rations · bunker · bomb shelter · processed · convenience food · key · peel

Categories
Opposites
preservation method

canned meatfresh meat

Naive new targets

raw meat · dry-aged beef · live animals · fresh fish

food quality/prestige

canned meatfilet mignon

Boneless cut from loin

grass-fed beef · heritage pork · Kobe beef · chateaubriand · rack of lamb

preparation state

canned meatwhole fish

Unbutchered aquatic creature

Family

can, canned, canning, cans, canner, cannery, meat, meats, meaty

Familiarity
Top 50,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G