Tinned carrots. Who eats these?

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Sorry, inspired by another thread, but really not a TAAT!

I know supermarkets sell tinned carrots (and potatoes etc) but who buys and eats them?

I always assumed (when a young child) that older people, who'd gone through the war would like the peace of mind of having a good stock of non-perishable food. Indeed, there were a great number of power cuts when I was small, so everyone had something in, so you could eat if you came home and the power was off.

But that was forty years ago, and there are dwindling numbers of people left from those generations, sadly.

So who (under the age of seventy, say) buys tinned veg, but particularly tinned carrots?

Do you actually prefer the taste to fresh ones?

Surely just passata is too smooth/thin for some recipes OP? If I need it I might use the cartons as opposed to the jars. I find some things need tinned tomatoes for texture.

I use passata, tinned chopped tomatoes and whole ones too, even fresh!
Different recipes/meals call for different ingredients.

My brother bought tinned potatoes while at university, only person I know who has ever confessed to eating them .

Carrots are weird if not fresh. They go too sweet and mushy or something. I recently bought frozen baby carrots. Didn't like them so instead of throwing them out, thought I'd give them to my two very greedy ponies and they wouldn't eat them either.

scaryteacher DS is v funny about food textures, passata works best for us. For DD, I can add whole cherry tomatoes, and pick them out of his portion

This thread is making me feel nostalgic. Warm tinned potatoes, cold tinned salmon (not tuna, we were posh don’t you know ) and peas was one of my favourite meals as a child in 80s.

I need to buy some now! Fried potatoes when camping & mashed with tinned fish for fish cakes are great ideas

I love tinned carrots. Supermarkets now sell them without salt which I miss. Anyone know where one can buy large tinned carrots in salted water.

We had tinned veg as kids when we went caravanning.
Tinned mince and onion, tinned veg, tinned pots was our favourite! I often crave it but never buy it.
Tinned sweetcorn is the best though, and mushy peas!

I've never knowingly eaten tinned carrots or potatoes.

I don't buy tinned carrots but surely tinned sweet corn is a staple cupboard thing no?? 🤔 I buy loads of it, for tuna, and salad and curry, ooh I hope I'm not committing a cupboard faux pa.. I love it.
Also tinned green beans, I prefer them to fresh 🙊 no body agrees and I wouldn't dream of giving them to anyone else but I genuinely prefer them to fresh.

I love tinned carrots, always had them as a kid. These days, I have a disability which makes using a peeler/knife dangerous due to lack of coordination and sensation in my hands. If my wife is working late, I can heat up a portion of home cooked, frozen cottage pie or stew, add some frozen peas and a tin of carrots and I have a fairly healthy meal, healthier than a ready meal anyway. I use an electric tin opener which avoids that problem.

We always have fresh in the house for normal meals, but I need other options for when I'm alone, or I go hungry. Yeah, they don't have the same texture as fresh carrots, but they do the job well enough.