Do you eat tinned (canned) food?
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Now you are making me hungry.
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Vegetables - normally only sweetcorn because I find most other tinned veg too mushy. But I do make an occasional exception for tinned mixed peas & carrots when camping (sometimes convenience wins).
Beans & pulses - I voted yes, but only for baked beans. Everything else I buy dried as its much cheaper and with the pressure cooker its almost as convenient (no need to remember in advance and soak them).
Fruit - don't buy tinned fruit at all
Meat - very occasionally corned beef - I'm not so keen buy hubby loves it. We also stock up on tins of Cassoulet when we're in France - not sure whether they belong under meat or beans & pulses tho but I've put them here coz I've already written a bit about beans & pulses ;-)
Fish - tinned sardines in tomato sauce make a nice quick lunch sometimes (mash them up a bit and serve on toast). I bought a huge pack a few years ago and am still working my way through them - luckily tinned stuff lasts for years and years!
Pasta - the only pasta I can think of is the stuff in tomato sauce - no thanks!
Tomatoes - yes yes yes...always have a good stock of these - they're useful for so many things
Pies - I voted yes but really it should be "when I have to" - hubby has a strange liking for Fray Bentos pies......
Puddings - we don't buy tinned puddings at all. I guess rice pudding is a popular one for this category, but I make my own in the pressure cooker. I also remember you used to be able to get really nice chocolate or syrup sponge puddings in tins (no idea if they're still available).
Interesting thread - turns out we eat a lot more tinned stuff than I originally thought.
Beans & pulses - I voted yes, but only for baked beans. Everything else I buy dried as its much cheaper and with the pressure cooker its almost as convenient (no need to remember in advance and soak them).
Fruit - don't buy tinned fruit at all
Meat - very occasionally corned beef - I'm not so keen buy hubby loves it. We also stock up on tins of Cassoulet when we're in France - not sure whether they belong under meat or beans & pulses tho but I've put them here coz I've already written a bit about beans & pulses ;-)
Fish - tinned sardines in tomato sauce make a nice quick lunch sometimes (mash them up a bit and serve on toast). I bought a huge pack a few years ago and am still working my way through them - luckily tinned stuff lasts for years and years!
Pasta - the only pasta I can think of is the stuff in tomato sauce - no thanks!
Tomatoes - yes yes yes...always have a good stock of these - they're useful for so many things
Pies - I voted yes but really it should be "when I have to" - hubby has a strange liking for Fray Bentos pies......
Puddings - we don't buy tinned puddings at all. I guess rice pudding is a popular one for this category, but I make my own in the pressure cooker. I also remember you used to be able to get really nice chocolate or syrup sponge puddings in tins (no idea if they're still available).
Interesting thread - turns out we eat a lot more tinned stuff than I originally thought.
What is with men and tinned pies? He ought to get together with @Yorky. My partner has also said he likes them. I had never realised before! Now I have promised to cook one for him!
It seema that heinz have discontinues all sponge pudding! See this tweet: Hi sorry that product is no longer available - we have discontinued the range of tinned sponge puddings.
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I find it interesting you have two very distinct American brands there.
Which are?
Heinz and Campbell's.
I forgot to say which tins I have.
Tomatoes: (always), for all kinds of sauces, casseroles and stews.
Beans: I agree it is cheaper to cook your own but tinned black beans always taste better from a tin than when I cook them from scratch! Baked beans, chick peas, red kidney beans (which are ludicrously cheap in the UK), butter beans, broad beans, ful medames, borlotti beans.
Meat: Spam (my son and partner like it). Corned beef (ditto).
Soup: Heinz tomato (daghter likes it) plus Baxter's Game soup which I adore! I also like their Scotch Broth.
Fish: Lots of types: mackerel, sardines with and without tomato sauce, tuna, anchovies (always) - I use them in all manner of dishes, dressed crab (great in pasta sauce) and.... smoked oysters.
Fruit: Lychees (which are brilliant tinned and go well with seafood), pears (I am partial to tinned pears!).
Vegetables: Potatoes (I love tinned potatoes - don't get me wrong, I know they don't taste like fresh ones but they have a unique flavour), sweetcorn (I hate it but son likes it), mushy peas, artichoke hearts, celery hearts, hearts of palm.
Pasta: I don't buy the sort in tomato sauce but I rather like macaroni cheese!
Pies: I'm about to buy and try one.
Puddings: Custard (I'm lazy).
Tomatoes: (always), for all kinds of sauces, casseroles and stews.
Beans: I agree it is cheaper to cook your own but tinned black beans always taste better from a tin than when I cook them from scratch! Baked beans, chick peas, red kidney beans (which are ludicrously cheap in the UK), butter beans, broad beans, ful medames, borlotti beans.
Meat: Spam (my son and partner like it). Corned beef (ditto).
Soup: Heinz tomato (daghter likes it) plus Baxter's Game soup which I adore! I also like their Scotch Broth.
Fish: Lots of types: mackerel, sardines with and without tomato sauce, tuna, anchovies (always) - I use them in all manner of dishes, dressed crab (great in pasta sauce) and.... smoked oysters.
Fruit: Lychees (which are brilliant tinned and go well with seafood), pears (I am partial to tinned pears!).
Vegetables: Potatoes (I love tinned potatoes - don't get me wrong, I know they don't taste like fresh ones but they have a unique flavour), sweetcorn (I hate it but son likes it), mushy peas, artichoke hearts, celery hearts, hearts of palm.
Pasta: I don't buy the sort in tomato sauce but I rather like macaroni cheese!
Pies: I'm about to buy and try one.
Puddings: Custard (I'm lazy).
Most people here buy boxed macaroni and cheese.I forgot to say which tins I have.
Tomatoes: (always), for all kinds of sauces, casseroles and stews.
Beans: I agree it is cheaper to cook your own but tinned black beans always taste better from a tin than when I cook them from scratch! Baked beans, chick peas, red kidney beans (which are ludicrously cheap in the UK), butter beans, broad beans, ful medames, borlotti beans.
Meat: Spam (my son and partner like it). Corned beef (ditto).
Soup: Heinz tomato (daghter likes it) plus Baxter's Game soup which I adore! I also like their Scotch Broth.
Fish: Lots of types: mackerel, sardines with and without tomato sauce, tuna, anchovies (always) - I use them in all manner of dishes, dressed crab (great in pasta sauce) and.... smoked oysters.
Fruit: Lychees (which are brilliant tinned and go well with seafood), pears (I am partial to tinned pears!).
Vegetables: Potatoes (I love tinned potatoes - don't get me wrong, I know they don't taste like fresh ones but they have a unique flavour), sweetcorn (I hate it but son likes it), mushy peas, artichoke hearts, celery hearts, hearts of palm.
Pasta: I don't buy the sort in tomato sauce but I rather like macaroni cheese!
Pies: I'm about to buy and try one.
Puddings: Custard (I'm lazy).