Most of us would agree there's no comparison of taste between farm fresh fruits and vegetables and canned or even frozen produce. Living in a city, I buy plenty of frozen vegetables because food experts tell us they are frozen soon after picking and retain their nutrients. It's a compromise I make since frozen is more convenient though less scrumptious than farm fresh.
But guess what? There are canned foods I don't mind or like better than their fresh, or refrigerated, or frozen versions. I'll list 6 of them below.
6 Canned Produce I Like:
1) Sauerkraut - Canned sauerkraut isn't as raw as it is bagged and refrigerated at the supermarket. Still sufficiently sour yet not as intensely sour or crunchy as unblanched bagged sauerkraut. 2) Refried beans - I see little difference in taste or texture between canned beans and dried beans you soak and tenderize yourself. With refried beans, I like the convenience, and unless you cooked a huge amount, the extra cost of buying them canned is minor. For soups or sometimes chili, I will use either canned or dried beans depending on how much I'm making.
4) Tomatoes, whole plum, diced, or crushed for cooking - Cheap and you have the same consistency every time when making sauces.
6) Spinach - This one is debatable. I do prefer fresh spinach and buy it to use as a dip, pizza topping, part of a salad, or to add to soup, but since a 10-ounce bag of fresh spinach cooks down to nothing in seconds, I also buy canned spinach to eat as a side dish. The taste and texture of canned spinach is fine, plus there seems to be more of it in a can than in a bag. In Manhattan you can't buy a bushel of fresh spinach, or grow it sans a plot of soil, so it's another compromise I make.
So there you are, my list of 6 foods I buy and like canned. Often our sense of taste is subjective. Is there any produce you would add or subtract from my list as unedible? Let's discuss... it's all in fun.🌴
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We do buy a few canned items, but they differ in our country. Canned pumpkin is never seen in our regular supermarkets, although I guess it can be found somewhere. Pumpkins are cheap and easy to grow or buy, and I can cut up pumpkin very fast to cook because I do it all the time :) Pineapples also grow and are canned in Queensland. Fresh ones are readily available particularly in the Summer season. Tomatoes are the same but I like to buy canned as well because they are concentrated and good for sauces. I always enjoy shopping in Nth America because I see different products from here at home.
ReplyDeleteYes, I love shopping in a foreign country too, for the different products not found in the USA. Both supermarkets and drugstores especially to discover skin products. It would be fun to cook beside someone who could show me a few tricks, Trish.:)
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