Vegetables, fresh, frozen or canned?

[Lita]

I'm not familiar with the term "tinned". Is it regional? I get that you mean canned. I've just never heard things called that around here.

My British mother uses the term "tinned" for canned foods. My Caribbean friends also use the term. Not sure of the nationality of the previous poster.

I use fresh veggies about 95% of the time. Rarely frozen and only canned tomatoes and beans for retain dishes. Never canned veggies for everyday veggies such as broccoli, cauliflower, corn and etc.

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[Imzadi]

Since I have Oral Allergy Syndrome and cannot eat most raw fruits & some veggies, but cooked or heated through enough to break down the enzyme I am allergic to, I have had to switch to canned fruits. The heating process of canning/jarring them makes them okay to eat.

I can have fresh veggies only if they are cooked, baked, steamed, or like in stir-fry. My freezer is on the fritz, so I don't have frozen veggies, unless it is broccoli or cauliflower, only because they are pre-cut. I'll use canned tomatoes or beans.

I'm not familiar with the term "tinned". Is it regional? I get that you mean canned. I've just never heard things called that around here.

It's a British and sometimes Canadian term for canned. British variations in spelling & terminology sometimes crop up in Cornflake's posts. She is not a native New Yorker, nor is the term "tinned" regional to the city, except by transplanted expats.

 

[MariDisney]

It's a British and sometimes Canadian term for canned. British variations in spelling & terminology sometimes crop up in Cornflake's posts. She is not a native New Yorker, nor is the term "tinned" regional to the city, except by transplanted expats.

Thanks for that. I wonder if Cornflake is British. Interesting. I find language differences really fascinating.

 

[clh2]

Fresh is my preference but I will also eat frozen. I will not eat canned vegetable. Yuck!

I totally agree! Except somethings "just" have to be fresh - i.e. asparagus.
Canned - um not in my house.

While tomatoes are technically not a vegatable - we do used canned tomatoes for cooking (i.e. chili).

 

[kathie859]

I totally agree! Except somethings "just" have to be fresh - i.e. asparagus.
Canned - um not in my house.

While tomatoes are technically not a vegatable - we do used canned tomatoes for cooking (i.e. chili).

I was just going to say the same thing!! There's some decent canned tomato products on the shelves--for me I just couldn't face canned green peas, canned asparagus or canned spinach but I LOVE the fresh or frozen ones.

 

[Poohforyou]

Besides tomato products I don't believe I've ever eaten a canned vegetable. Fresh is my 1st choice but will eat frozen.

 

[bettymae1121]

Fresh and Frozen only. Why?

#1 because canned veggies generally taste like crap
#2 tons of salt is often added, not healthy
#3 the canning process destroys a lot of the nutrients

The only time I use canned is green beans for the casserole. It doesn't taste the same (or as good) with fresh. But seeing how I only eat the stuff once a year it's no biggie.

ETA: I guess I do use some canned products, generally canned tomato products (tomato sauce and diced tomatos for pasta sauce and chili) and kidney beans and refried beans. I don't consider them "vegetables" since I use them in recipes and not as a side dish, but I guess they do count.

 

[jlewisinsyr]

Almost 100% fresh, only time frozen is if there is no option in fresh that is organic.

 

[tvguy]

Besides tomato products I don't believe I've ever eaten a canned vegetable. Fresh is my 1st choice but will eat frozen.

Maybe not at home, but almost certainly in a restaurant.

 

[SandrA9810]

Canned fruit isn't too bad, and it'll get used in a recipe. Especially pineapple, those can get expensive fresh and take a lot of work to cut out the fruit.

For veggies, canned tomatoes and canned beans do get used for cooking. And jarred pasta sauce.

Fresh if possible, frozen next for ALL green veggies. I grew up with frozen, and could tell then that canned stuff was nasty.

Living in California where a lot of canneries are, its easy to get fresh cheap and plentiful. And Asian growers grow the best greens, like spinach, lettuce, kale, swiss chard, mustard greens, and cabbage. Plus fresh herbs.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Fresh or Frozen only except corn. We usually use canned corn. Tomatoes we also may buy canned (diced, sauce, or paste).

Also, canned beans, but those are vegetables...

 

[Poohforyou]

Maybe not at home, but almost certainly in a restaurant.

I actually doubt that. I know what canned veggies look like and wouldn't eat them. The exception would be in soup.

 

[Talking Hands]

We only use canned as hurricane supplies. Prefer fresh or frozen anyday.

 

[Planogirl]

For me it's mostly fresh with a little bit of frozen. There are a few canned exceptions like certain beans, tomato sauce and LeSeur peas but only a few.

 

[luvsJack]

all depends I'm the vegetable. Corn—any of the three, but only certain brands of canned. fresh isn't really worth the trouble unless its in season and/or right out of the garden.

Broccoli or cauliflower--fresh or frozen (like the steam in bag ones)

green beans--fresh or canned.


most anything else is best frozen from garden grown or fresh from tie garden.

 

[Pixiedust34]

Fresh when available, frozen when not.

I really miss summer fresh vegetables during the winter!

 

[LBIJim]

My mother rarely served fresh vegetables. Fresh corn-on-the-cob a few times in summer, but that's about it. Everything else was canned. She even served canned potatoes. I could tolerate canned peas and corn, but that's about it. Everything else was gross.

I've never had tinned peas. That just doesn't seem like it'd work well. I once had, for some reason I don't now recall, a tin of asparagus. The asparagus like, disintegrated and didn't smell or really look like asparagus. I don't think anyone tasted it.

Canned asparagus is horrid. And it's usually not cheap either. Probably the only thing worse is canned Veg-All mixed vegetables.

We regularly use canned diced/stewed tomatoes, and kidney, pinto, or other beans. Sometimes canned mushrooms. But they're ingredients in a recipe. They only stand alone canned veggie we occasionally eat is Mexicali or similar type corn. Everything else is fresh or frozen.

I've never seen nor heard of canned broccoli, cauliflower, or brussels sprouts.

Wife makes the green bean casserole using fresh, but I've never cared for any type of green bean.

A regional supermarket will soon have their annual "Can-Can" sale. I shudder when I see people with cases of canned veggies in their carts.

Jim

 

[Janepod]

A regional supermarket will soon have their annual "Can-Can" sale. I shudder when I see people with cases of canned veggies in their carts.

Jim

Now Shop-Rite's got the can-cans, selling lots of brands of everything in can-cans! Today it's great to save some cash so come to Shop-Rite's can-can bash. From can to can to can to can, you'll save much more on every brand!

There's more, I just can't remember. Love that jingle.

 

[shortbun]

Where's the 'other?' I use canned kidney and garbanzo beans, frozen peas and sometimes corn, fresh others.

 

[PaulaSB12]

Fresh or frozen but my chickens love canned sweet corn, and yoghurt with tinned chopped tomatoes mixed in.