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Post by daylilydude on Jan 5, 2018 5:44:29 GMT -5
Do you use these or do you stick with whole vegetables from garden or store vegetable bins?
Well here we do use some of the canned stuff but just not alot of it... if we can't get it whole from the vegetable bins, we buy frozen and use that.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jan 5, 2018 8:02:54 GMT -5
I'm the same Richard, I very seldom purchase food in cans other than Full Fat Coconut Milk for baking. I purchase frozen Blueberries regularly. Other fruits occasionally.
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Post by brownrexx on Jan 5, 2018 8:54:05 GMT -5
The only canned fruits that I buy are mandarin oranges or applesauce. I don't buy canned veggies either with the exception of tomato paste and tomato sauce. I do not make either of these products but I freeze the rest of the veggies that we eat or I buy them fresh.
I used to buy canned beans but 3 years ago I started growing dry beans and am learning how to cook with my own beans. I cook a big batch in the crock pot and then freeze them in jars which are the size of a can.
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Post by spike on Jan 5, 2018 8:54:05 GMT -5
Crushed/sliced/chunks of Pineapple, hominy and there is one special "Ranch Style" Bean that my husband loves.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Jan 5, 2018 10:23:51 GMT -5
I buy canned corn, hominy, tomato paste, pumpkin, and pineapple. Occasionally canned kidney or other cooking beans, but I try to cook those from dried.
Every once in a while I'll buy that canned tropical fruit salad that has papaya and guava in it. Those are both very expensive to buy fresh here, and often times the quality is really poor.
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Post by Gianna on Jan 5, 2018 11:14:16 GMT -5
Never canned green veggies. But occasionally canned pumpkin, tomatoes (paste and 'crushed'), beans (though cooking up dry beans is preferred). Olives. In the emergency earthquake supplies, I like to keep cans of a nice chilie - that on occasion will get raided when there is 'no food in the house' (as if).
No canned fruits anymore, though in the past, some.
Frozen veggies often used, especially broccoli. It's just so easy.
Fresh of everything is always preferred however. (hmmm - with the exception of pumpkin for pie)
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
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Post by september on Jan 5, 2018 11:23:33 GMT -5
Sometimes I have a yen for canned peaches, or the mixed fruit cocktail for a dessert dish. I do buy canned black, kidney, cannelini and baked beans to speed things along when I don't feel like soaking dry beans. I only buy frozen peas, have enough of my own frozen corn, beans and broccoli to last til the next season. The rest I buy fresh from bins.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Jan 5, 2018 12:12:31 GMT -5
We buy a lot of canned items, but our situation is different than most of you. We live in a motorhome and our fridge space is very limited. We turned a section of one of the closets into a pantry and store our food in Rubbermaid containers. If we are near a store and need fresh items for a meal, we buy just enough for what we need. We even buy milk in those cartons that requires no refrigeratoration until opened. What's left after opening is put in a pint jar and into the fridge. One of these days when our traveling days are done, we plan on buying a tiny house. We have adapted our lifestyle to less is more.
P.S. This lifestyle isn't or everyone. I sometimes miss my stuff, but overall, we do alright.
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Post by guruofgardens on Jan 5, 2018 22:22:06 GMT -5
We don't buy much canned except for beans for hubby's chili. He'll make some almost every 2 weeks in the winter and I'll make soup at least once a month. We use mostly frozen veggies from our gardens. Frozen fruit is OK but fresh is best.
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