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I like it served over instant rice. I don't add any butter or salt to the rice when I make it, though, so it helps balance out the slight greasiness and saltiness of the Dinty Moore stew.
Of course, it's no substitute for the real thing, but I do like it.
My late DH used to like it. Not sure of the brand, but there was one "beef stew" that actually used hamburger instead of real meat chunks. Just checked, DM does the same thing. Meatball stew. Yum. Read the reviews on the Hormel web site.
I can't eat any of that processed stuff, WAY too salty.
Slightly OT - but interesting story, related to me by a retired ER nurse. She was talking with a homeless guy, who told her his method for getting people to donate money to him. He would buy a can of dog food and a can of Dinty Moore beef stew. He would dump out the contents of the dog food can, rinse it, and then put the Dinty Moore in the dog food can. We would then sit outside the grocery store, eating the "dog food".
That wouldn't work any more. The dog food costs more than the Dinty Moore.
I think it would be okay to have on hand in case of emergency but otherwise, I wouldn't eat it. I have eaten it, btw. To me, there's no substitute for the goodness of actual beef stew cooked on the stove top or slow cooker. Besides, canned food loses much of its nutritional value. I love beef stew on a cold winter day (or night!)
You're probably right about canned stew, since it would need a long time in a steam retort to kill the botulism spores. Other canned foods are not cooked to death. When I do jelly, I use gelatin instead of pectin, and don't even boil it, I just pasteurize the juice and give it a 15 minute water bath to seal the lid.
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I like it once in a while but wouldn't recommend it for a steady diet.
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