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Canned Food

Patented: History of Inventions

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The Green Bean Casserole and the American Canned Chicken

In the Cold War context, the US is really holding up women and their kitchen as this height of domesticity. And that... We dream of that life. The dish and the processed foods are part of that story - we can show how quick and easy and convenient and delicious American food is. Here in the UK, we had a little during Brexit times a couple of years ago. There was a big hoo-ha about American canned chicken. I feel like all the kinds of meat that you can can, that people would not normally eat, so there's a little local shop here with canned, possum meat,. Yeah, love it.

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