When warming up Chef Boyardee you can warm it up in a microwave safe bowl or plate for around 1 minute to 2 minutes.
You can also heat up or warm up the Chef Boyardee by pouring it into a pot and then heating it on low heat for 2 to 3 minutes.
It is OK and safe to eat Chef Boyardee out of the can even without heating as it's already cooked during the canning process which includes all of their canned pasta.
You can eat any of Chef Boyardee's pasta products without heating them up although they taste better when heated.
All canned foods including Chef Boyardee are cooked and ready to eat but most people prefer to eat them after heating them up.
Chef Boyardee uses pork in some of it's products which includes the ABC S Pasta and Meatballs, Beef Ravioli & Meatballs and Spaghetti and Meatballs.
The Chef Boyardee's Spaghetti and Meatballs contain meatballs that are made with chicken, beef and pork.
The Chef Boyardee's Beef Ravioli & Meatballs contain ravioli and meatballs made with beef, chicken and pork.
The Chef Boyardee's ABC S Pasta and Meatballs contain meatballs that are made with beef, chicken and pork.
The reason Chef Boyardee is so good is because of their commitment to use of quality ingredients like fresh tomatoes and a combination of pasta, meat and sauce.
Chef Boyardee's canned pastas are made without any artificial flavors, preservatives or colors and the Chef Boyardee sauce is made with fresh tomatoes that are grown in Milton, Pennsylvania where the company is also located.
During World War II Chef Boyardee was also a key part of soldiers rations.
The founder of Chef Boyardee, Hector Boiardi was also a key player in the war effort.
The U.S. military also commissioned the Boiardi company to produce army rations and the company also became the largest supplier or rations to the U.S. and Allied forces.
The Milton, Pennsylvania Chef Boyardee plant operated 24 hours a day to keep up with the production demands and at it's peak demands the company had employed around 5,000 workers and produced 250,000 cans per day and the family also grew their own mushrooms in the plant.
The ethnicity of Chef Boyardee was Italian American.
Chef Boyardee was Italian American and was born Ettore Boiardi in Placenza, Italy in the year 1897.
Chef Boyardee arrived at Ellis Island in 1914 on the French ship La Lorraine and worked in the kitchens of the Plaza Hotel and the Ritz Carlton in New York City.
Chef Boyardee founded the Chef Boyardee company in the year 1928 with his brothers in Milton Pennsylvania.
Chef Boyardee changed his name from Hector Boiardi because many people had difficulty in pronouncing his Italian surname so he opted for the phonetic spelling which was easier for Americans to say essentially he anglicized his name to make it more marketable.
The main reason for the name change of Hector Boiardi is because customers and salespeople struggled with pronouncing the Boiardi name correctly.
Chef Boyardee known by his real name of Hector Boiardi passed away at the age of 87 in 1985.
Chef Boyardee canned pastas do still exist and is made by ConAgra Foods.
Chef Boyardee is a very popular brand of canned pasta and still features Chef Hector Boiardi on the label.
The Chef Boyardee pasta can be found in many grocery stores including Walmart.
The Chef Boyardee pasta brand was owned by American Home Foods and was eventually acquired by the conglomerate ConAgra Foods, which still owns the Chef Boy-Ar-Dee brand today.
Hector Boiardi remained on as a consultant and the face of canned pasta until 1978.
Hector Boiardi died at the age of 87 in 1985.
From the unique ravioli presses to the fresh tomatoes, Hector Boiardi's commitment to quality led to pasta dishes that were beloved across the country.
Whether it's the Chef Boyardee Beefaroni or Chef Boyardee Mini Ravioli, today's Chef Boyardee pastas remain as popular with parents and kids as they were in Hector's day.
The Chef Boyardee pastas crafted today with no artificial flavors, no artificial colors and no preservatives would make Hector proud.
I buy and eat chef Boyardees pasta and it's found widely at Walmart but many other grocery stores also carry it.
Chef Boyardee pastas are one of my favorite canned pastas.