Vegetables, fresh, frozen or canned?

[tvguy]

Spin off on the Macaroni and Cheese thread. The note about Green Bean Casserole. Some were complaining about the canned green beans. We always make it with fresh green beans, or frozen, never canned, although the classic recipe calls for canned.

Made me wonder, what kind of veggies do you use in your house, fresh, frozen or canned.

My dad worked in a cannery, so we always had lots of canned fruit and veggies, and DW grew up on Air Force bases were fresh veggies were scarce.
I can eat any type veggie, my wife can not stand fresh or frozen peas, only likes canned.

What about you?

 

[jennyjinx3]

1. Fresh most often
2. Frozen frequently
3. Canned in a pinch...but rarely

 

[design_mom]

We were just talking about this at Christmas. I grew up eating mostly canned veggies. I hate them. Now, at my house, we eat fresh or frozen but rarely canned. I used canned for green bean casserole because that's what the recipe says -- but I don't touch the stuff myself. At Christmas, my mom said, "Ew! I hate frozen veggies! Canned are so much better." Different strokes, I guess.

 

[Princess Dolly]

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

 

[Pakey]

I haven't had canned vegetables in 20 years.

I live where there is a lot of fresh produce. I do purchase frozen peas and frozen Lima beans.

 

[cornflake]

I chose fresh only, though I usually (and currently) have frozen peas on hand. I like fresh peas fine but the season is very limited. Fresh snow pea pods though, year round.

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.

 

[mimmi]

Fresh and if not available fresh we buy it frozen.
The only canned vegetables we ever have are beans for chili.
I don't know why but canned food grosses me out.

 

[mombrontrent]

I NEVER buy canned veggies ever. The only frozen veegies I buy are the huge bags of organic peas and corn from costco. Everything else I buy fresh. All other frozen veggies except the corn and peas taste soggy to me, I like my cooked veggies tender crisp and you just can't get that with frozen.

Oh I lied about the canned veggies, I do buy canned tomatos but that is it.

I buy TONS of fresh fruit and veggies, I have a three tiered standing fruit basket that we like to keep stocked (very hard in this house, right now I am staring a 4 lonely clemintines, two apples and three bananas, have to stop buy the grocery store on the way home from work). It is harder to come by great tasting fresh produce in the middle of the winter

 

[wiigirl]

Fresh is my first choice, then frozen, and rarely canned.

 

[ronandannette]

I use all three; depends on the vegetable and the application. At this time of year in northern Canada "fresh" is a term that really only means raw and unprocessed as root vegetables have been harvested and stored for months and everything else has been trucked for days or weeks before sitting at the grocers. Quality is often sketchy and don't get me started on fruit...

 

[mombrontrent]

Since posting 5 min ago two kids walked buy me to the fruit stand and we are down to 2 bananas, one apple and zreo clemintimes

The fruit stand is good though as it stands in a corner and has three hanging baskets. It's at perfect reach level for even the littlest kids and they take full advantage of it, snacking from it throughtout the day

 

[Disney Doll]

I hate canned vegetables. Never use them.
Fresh or frozen only.

 

[vacationer1954]

Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Peas - prefer frozen over fresh
Corn - prefer frozen over fresh, and fresh over canned
Carrots, Cauliflower, Eggplant, Yellow Squash, Zucchini - fresh only
Tomatoes - different uses for both fresh and canned
Green Beans - yuck!

 

[dismom301930]

I voted Fresh only because that is what we use 95% of the time. But now that I think about it, I should have voted for Fresh and Frozen because I use frozen corn and peas. I also use frozen cauliflower when I want a quick and easy baked cauliflower dish. (Bake it with a little olive oil, pepper, parmesan cheese and garlic....yum!!)

I never used canned vegetables, except for tomatoes in some recipes.

 

[ellone]

Fresh is best, but I will use frozen. Never canned, the BPA from the can's lining leeches into the food.

 

[disney1990]

We use a combination of all 3. Some veggies I don't like canned, but buying fresh off season is too expensive.

 

[mamacatnv]

Until 8 months ago, I had lived in the West with access to lots of fresh produce. Now I live in Central Texas where the assortment is more limited and much more expensive but my first choice remains fresh, followed by frozen and never ever canned.

My DH is from New England, when we met 27 years ago, he had only had canned veggies, the occassional salad and rarely did he eat raw fruit. His idea of fruit was canned/jarred applesauce, fruit cups etc. It took years to convert him

 

[clm10308]

For me it depends on the situation. When I was a kid, we had a very large garden. fresh everything most of the summer and home canned/ home frozen the rest of the year.

Many "Fresh" fruits and vegetables from a store taste nothing like homegrown. Store bought tomatoes and peaches are the worst. Yuck.

I prefer canned green beans over frozen, but most I prefer frozen over canned.. Some fruits and vegetables I just don't bother to eat if I can't get good fresh.

 

[Kathi OD]

While my DH would for me to buy canned veggies, he's learned to live with either fresh or frozen. Seriously...canned green beans and carrots are just

 

[Katy Belle]

I voted fresh and frozen. I will buy an occasional can of mexi-corn, and creamed corn, both for specific recipes. I do buy canned tomatoes of all kinds, and canned refried beans, chili beans, green chilies.

I grew up eatimg canned green beans, peas, corn, etc. yuck.