Canned veggies, can you eat them?

[SeerSGB]

This is going to sound odd, but I can not stand the taste of canned vegetables. In some cases the taste will make me physically ill. There's something about the...can/metallic taste that I get from any brand of canned veggies that just makes me sick or kills my sense of taste for other food on the plate. I still cook them for the family, but on my plate I load them down with seasonings or just don't even eat them.

Fresh or frozen, love 'em can't get enough; canned veggies you can just forget it.

Anyone else have that problem with canned veggies?

 

[Elmo Dukat]

I actually have never had this experience. I love canned veggies. I used to eat a whole can of peas (and nothing else) for lunch sometimes. I'm pretty sensitive to weird tastes, but I never got that metallic taste from canned food.

Canned spinach, now---- bleccccch. I get that one!

 

[Goliath]

They're not my favourite, but I've never had a problem with them.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I've never noticed a metallic taste, no. But I have a tendency to not cook the veggies hot enough, so my innate laziness will get me to avoid the canned stuff.

 

[WillsBabe]

I don't eat canned veg but I do eat a fair bit of canned fruit, and canned beans. I don't have a problem with any metallic taste. What I can't stand though, is food that has been wrapped in cling film (sarran wrap?) The taste of it seems to transfer to the food and makes me feel sick.

 

[Rarewolf]

I'm not a great eater of veggies anyway, but I'm happy with a tin of potatoes or tinned peas for the occasional change, though I'm happier with my normal frozen peas (even still frozen on occasion!)

As for the taste of metal - at work we have plastic spoons and I bought in my own metal ones. I always go for the metal. I don't like the feel of plastic in my mouth.

 

[blaXXer]

No, I do not eat vegetarians, canned or otherwise.

 

[Elmo Dukat]

No, I do not eat vegetarians, canned or otherwise.

You don't know what you're missing.

Pepper-jerked vegetarian is the best!

 

[Holdfast]

I can't say I've noticed any particular taste problem with canned goods. I cook a lot of Mediterranean-inspired stuff, so regularly use tins of chopped tomatoes, cannelini beans and other similar goods. No problems.

One thing - if you have really acidic goods in tin cans and don't use all the contents up in one go, transfer the leftovers to a glass or plastic container before putting it in the fridge, or the tin leaches out into the acid and can indeed make people feel sick.

 

[Pingfah]

^ Chopped tomatoes don't count, besides, they are fruit

As far as other types of vegetables, I can't say i've ever tried veggies out of a can, never had the need. I don't see the point of eating them when fresh veggies are available.

 

[Holdfast]

^ Chopped tomatoes don't count, besides, they are fruit

Nerd.

Next you'll be telling me strawberries aren't fruit and brazil nuts are really seeds.

As far as other types of vegetables, I can't say i've ever tried veggies out of a can, never had the need. I don't see the point of eating them when fresh veggies are available.

Yeah, I agree with this in general, but the ready-chopped tomatoes are just so much more convenient and cost-effective.

Talking of fruit though, I do occasionally buy pineapple chunks if I'm in a pineapply sort of mood, simply because I'm WAY too lazy to cut up pineapple myself.

 

[Bears Discover Fire]

This is going to sound odd, but I can not stand the taste of canned vegetables. In some cases the taste will make me physically ill. There's something about the...can/metallic taste that I get from any brand of canned veggies that just makes me sick or kills my sense of taste for other food on the plate. I still cook them for the family, but on my plate I load them down with seasonings or just don't even eat them.

Fresh or frozen, love 'em can't get enough; canned veggies you can just forget it.

Anyone else have that problem with canned veggies?

I have this problem. All canned food tastes like the sodium they're chock full of and the metal they're stored in. I become physically ill if I am forced to eat it.

 

[auntiehill]

I like some canned veggies, mostly canned green beans or corn. But other than that, no. It's not it tastes metallic; it's the fact that they turned into bland mush.

I don't even care that much for frozen veggies for the same reason. I buy fresh veggies most of the time.

 

[SeerSGB]

I like some canned veggies, mostly canned green beans or corn. But other than that, no. It's not it tastes metallic; it's the fact that they turned into bland mush.

I don't even care that much for frozen veggies for the same reason. I buy fresh veggies most of the time.

Fresh veggies

One of teh crying shames around here is that the farmers markets and produce stands are closed. They were realtively cheap, or you could at least haggle if you wanted/had too, and you had more selection. Produce-supplier wise all we have is Wal-Mart, Krogers, and Food City, and when you're on a tight budget they're just to damn expensive.

Produce wise, the snap of a fresh veggie is just unparalled. And flavor wise, even with the shift in taste as the season goes on, you just can't get it from frozen or canned. There's a interplay of flavor and texture between fresh veg. and meat-- even in a stew or soup-- that you can't get any other way.

Fresh > Frozen > Canned.

 

[Mallory]

I prefer fresh or frozen myself, but we have plenty of canned veggies around too and use them regularly, especially corn, beans and tomatoes. I've never had any real problems with eating them.

 

[Captain X]

Canned vegetables are pretty much the only vegetables I can eat. Unfortunately the canning process takes so much out of them that eating them is pointless as far as getting anything good out of them.

 

[Spot's Meow]

I'm not a big vegetable lover, but I do eat canned peas and corn. And a lot of Rosarita refried beans...mmm. I don't have a problem with the canned peas and corn, in fact I prefer it to the frozen kind, mostly because I never seem to have enough room in my freezer and because the canned kind just seems more convenient to me. I pour them out of the can into a small pot on the stove and heat them until the juices boil and then drain them. They taste good.

For some reason I am afraid to try canned tomatoes, although I really should because I am awful at trying to dice tomatoes myself. But I feel like tomatoes should always be cold until they are cooked, so seeing them in a can seems wrong to me.

 

[Holdfast]

The thing with the plum tomatoes is the sheer volume you have to chop up to make the equivalent amount. The chopped canned ones ones just save so much time and effort. Plus, in winter, they're much more flavourful than fresh ones.

 

[Elmo Dukat]

^ Chopped tomatoes don't count, besides, they are fruit

Nerd.

Next you'll be telling me strawberries aren't fruit and brazil nuts are really seeds.

As far as other types of vegetables, I can't say i've ever tried veggies out of a can, never had the need. I don't see the point of eating them when fresh veggies are available.

Yeah, I agree with this in general, but the ready-chopped tomatoes are just so much more convenient and cost-effective.

This is very true. Tomatoes in my grocery store are usually $2.99/lb, and a can of diced tomatoes or whole tomatoes for sauce is $1/can or cheaper.

 

[blablover5]

I actually have never had this experience. I love canned veggies. I used to eat a whole can of peas (and nothing else) for lunch sometimes. I'm pretty sensitive to weird tastes, but I never got that metallic taste from canned food.

Canned spinach, now---- bleccccch. I get that one!

I second the canned spinach. That stuff is so nasty it's turned we off of spinach for a little while.

Which makes me sad as I usually love the stuff when it's fresh.