To think the idea of tinned vegetables is a bit gross?

[organictwat]

I've just seen some tinned mushrooms in a supermarket and yo me, the idea of vegetables in a tin is a strange and slightly gross one, aiby?

Only a little bit, because they are gross, but come in handy for a store-cupboard curry!

you don't eat baked beans, chopped tomatoes, kidney beans or sweetcorn out of a tin then?

I agree some things are yuk from a tin but for some people they are a staple - whats better - tinned veg or no veg?

I love tinned garden peas

I must be gross, tinned is often all I can afford.

I did smile at the link between your MN name and your thread title.

Quite!

I agree with ashamed and euphemia.

I do use them to cook with but I mean just eating them on there own, not in food

you don't eat tinned tomatoes???????

i ate half a tin of processed peas tonight - cold - yum

Is it actually cheaper to buy tinned veg though??

A tin of sweetcorn is a ver good hangover recovery food. Fact.

Ah yes tinned sweetcorn, I do eat that.

It is if you live around here and factor in the travel to a shop that sells decent fresh stuff.

mmmmm tinned mushrooms, all slippery and slimy. Great eaten cold straight from the tin, with a smidgen of yellow mustard!

How do they make it last so long?! I used some kidney beans in a chilli the other day which had been in the cupboard for almost 2 years, they tasted fine but the idea grossed me out a bit!

I like tinned and they are cheaper but I prefer fresh. Can I ask any tinned veg gurus if tinned tomatoes are high in nutritional value or does the canning process ruin the nutrients? Sorry for the hijack OP...

I don't think they do hold any nutrients which is one of the reasons they gross me out..

tinned mushy peas

nutritious and delicious

I know frozen hold nutrients but I don't think they taste as good and aren't much cheaper at all

I didn't know beans were veg, I thought they were a legume?

I do consume tinned fruit and veg (tomato, peaches, mushy peas and sweetcorn) on a regular basis but don't count these as part of my 7 a day. One of my fav desserts is tinned peaches and cream!

How do they make it last so long?!

High temperatures drive air out of the tin before sealing, so no bacteria to speak of

Tinned veg do look nasty to me. I buy frozen to save money - cant imagine how canned ones could be nutrious anymore tbh. I do eat tinned fruit though - it tastes nicer to me!

Beans, tomatoes, sweetcorn, mushrooms (at a push) absolutely nothing wrong with them. Tinned fruit is very good too and a quick pud that also serves as one of the five a day. Tinned plums in a charlotte - tin of blackberries in apple pie, tinned peaches and arctic roll with raspberry sauce - yum.

My DP says I'm a snob because I always pull a face everytime he wants tinned peas for tea. Gray peas, yuck. Some tinned veg work fine, tomatoes, sweetcorn, most beans for example, but some just end up gray and mushy.