Tinned Spaghetti Carbonara - yes or no?

[OpalGoose]

I heard a discussion about tinned spaghetti carbonara on the radio this morning. Lots of very unimpressed, if not disgusted, foodies contributed, I got the impression no-one was in favour of it. The main objections were that it is meant to be made with fresh ingredients, and cooked al dente, which are obviously impossible with tinned food. Would you eat canned spaghetti carbonara?

No thanks, it looks like vomit lol

Eww no that sounds criminal😂

I cant eat pasta any more, but why not?

Where is it anyway, Ive never seen tins of it?

Heinz is launching it soon.

And I'm not advertising it, I don't think I could eat it.

I’ve never heard of tinned spaghetti carbonara. But I’m pretty sure it would be horrible. I bought some cans of tinned macaroni cheese a few years ago when we were camping, thinking “well it won’t be gourmet but how bad could it be really?” It was totally rank. I’m quite happy to have spag hoops, tinned chicken supreme, beans etc but the mad cheese was disgusting and I can’t imagine spag carb would be better. Soft squashy spaghetti in a gloopy bacon flavoured white sauce? I think no.

That’s not even possible

I mean it is, but it’s not carbonara

It will just be spaghetti with a gloopy cream sauce like pva glue and tiny bits of processed ham. No thanks.

https://heinztohome.co.uk/heinz-spaghetti-carbonara-400g/15511866.html

Carbonara never tastes good in ready meals so I’d expect the tinned to be gross too.

I wouldn't be choosing to eat tinned anything, outside of a survival situation.

The only thing I get in tins is coconut milk, as an ingredient.

People eat all kinds of crap. Pot noodles, sausages in beans, tinned ravioli, so I can imagine people eating it.

I mean the minute they mention low in salt, you know its horrible anyway.

All this low salt, low sugar, low fat

Its very low in calories, 400g for about 220 cals? Probably mostly sauce

Although people are utter utter snobs on this site about things in tins, post above for example!!!

Tinned food has been around since late 1800s and is a great way of preserving food, we should celebrate it. We buy lots of tinned toms, chickpeas, all sorts of pulses and legumes, fruits, artichoke hearts, tons of things

Absolutely not. I would have to be really, really, really hungry with no prospect of a meal to eat that. But I don't like any of their other stuff either.

If tinned macaroni cheese is anything to go by, no.

Oh just reading more comments, it actually exists????

I'lll have to try it of course!

If it’s anything like tinned spaghetti bolognaise, no thank you.

We used to have tinned meatballs and tinned ravioli as kids. I bought some recently and opened it - it smelt like dog food. I had to throw it out.

I tried tinned macaroni cheese once, it was truly horrible.
Hard to imagine tinned 'carbonara' being better.

Tinned food has been around since late 1800s and is a great way of preserving food, we should celebrate it. We buy lots of tinned toms, chickpeas, all sorts of pulses and legumes, fruits, artichoke hearts, tons of things

Yes, and if you've nothing much fresh in you can make something much better than pasta gloop with those.

Hard no!

The pic on this tin makes the pasta look like it has sores/wounds. Not for me!

No. If I could only have carbonara from a tin then I'd just not have it.

There's loads of things that are good from a tin. Pasta isn't one of them unless its spaghetti hoops.

Absolutely not! So easy to make can't imagine it from a can! Beans - yes, tomato spaghetti - yes, soup - yes, Carbonara - no way!

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