What happened to canned chow main in stores?

[debodun]

They have chow mein in the local grocery, but it's those add water and nuke in a plastic tray deals. That also have the thin crispy noodles. Even from WalMart (12 miles away) but it has to be ordered for later delivery.

When I was a kid, I remember LaChoy and Chung King brands plentiful on grocery shelves.

 

[Llynn]

Partly because there seems to be a chineese restaurant on every corner in town these days. That may be a left coast thing though.

 

[CallMeKate]

My WalMart still has this... $5.87 and always in stock. The sodium level is astronomical, though... 1370mg per serving, and three servings per container.

 

[That Lady in PA]

LaChoy vegetables and crucnhy LaChoy chow mein noodles (among other asian products) are readily available in western PA.

 

[debodun]

It would bee less expensive per serving to order some from an Asian restaurant and probably taste better.

 

[StarSong]

My local Walmart also carries La Choy chicken chow mein. I bought it a lot when I was single and living alone, back in the days when I didn't know how easy it was to pull together a fresh stir fry. Tastier, too.

 

[jujube]

Growing up, that was the only Chinese food I knew and I hated it.

Then I was introduced to real Chinese food.

I'd have to be starving to death to ever touch that LaChoy glop again.

 

[Ruthanne]

I haven't seen them in a long time. We used to have it mixed with the hard noodles. I used to like it. The sodium is way too much though. I don't know why they load canned foods down with salt!

 

[Llynn]

I never actually look for it in grocery stores but I do some shopping in the "ethnic foods" section I usually see it where I shop.

 

[Murrmurr]

I haven't seen them in a long time. We used to have it mixed with the hard noodles. I used to like it. The sodium is way too much though. I don't know why they load canned foods down with salt!

Probably because its a preservative, and a flavor enhancer to boot...which makes you wonder; how bad would a can of Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup taste, and how sick could you get from it, if it wasn't loaded with salt?

I don't buy canned soup. It's ridiculously easy to make.

 

[StarSong]

I haven't seen them in a long time. We used to have it mixed with the hard noodles. I used to like it. The sodium is way too much though. I don't know why they load canned foods down with salt!

Amen!!!

 

[Murrmurr]

Partly because there seems to be a chineese restaurant on every corner in town these days. That may be a left coast thing though.

It isn't.

Plus, most Chinese restaurants deliver. So, authentic Chinese food and the convenience of delivery killed LaChoy's canned chow mien. I think its low price is the only thing keeping it afloat.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I only liked the canned noodles.

We used then to make Haystack no bake cookies.


https://www.verybestbaking.com/toll-house/recipes/butterscotch-haystacks-2/

 

[Muskrat]

Loved that darn stuff….who cares it is not authentic? Neither are fortune cookies…

 

[MarciKS]

My WalMart still has this... $5.87 and always in stock. The sodium level is astronomical, though... 1370mg per serving, and three servings per container.

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same here. i just forget to get the little chow mein noodles.