Bulgarian here, so I am writing from a perspective of foreigner. We never had canned pumpkin, never had pre-made canned pasta and never had SPAM. I never tasted artichoke in my life. We could have cans of it, but we might not have as well. I never looked for those. Otherwise, I love canned beans, canned meat and everything canned tomato. On a side note, some parts of American English are rally pissing me off. For instance, you call Natrium - Sodium. On top of that you call salt Sodium as well. So, Sodium is both Na and NaCl. That doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Same with Kalium. For some reason you call it Potassium. Can't you guys just use the names of the elements as they are in the periodic table? P.S. Any human being would die if there weren't enough salt in its body. Salt is fundamentally important for the processes in our body. We lose salt very easily with the sweat and we have to get it back somehow. The notion that salt is pure evil is stupid. Just try living without consuming any salt whatsoever and you will see how quickly your health would deteriorate.
@@ivanpetrov5185 no we can't use the names in the periodic table because they're racist patriarchal and misogynist. On a more serious note Ivan, you're expecting a lot from my countrymen when they think there's more than two genders and get offended if you don't use their Ever Changing stupid pronouns. Just because you and I are based and live in reality doesn't mean very many other people do. Regards, - an American
I used to buy the canned tomatoes till they started talking about the BPA plastic in the cans leaching into them these days , so I buy those spagetti sauces in jars , nowhere near as good as my own I used to make . I grew up with baked beans and still buy them (and eat them out of the can often) but also buy pinto and romano beans with no sugar . I'm only 70 but can't hop so much from knee injuries , mostly sports related
Most foods have dramatically changed in the past 20 to 25 years.You were saved my the 55 years that you were not eating the INDUSTRIAL sludge that we call food today. and There is probably 1/2 a pound of sugar in a can of baked beans. Most people are addicted to sugar. You can keeping increasing the amounts and most people will not know.
@@zochbuppet448 Really wish old folks would stop blaming kids today for the supposed "addiction to sugar" as though they never craved anything sweet themselves. Fact is, people have been addicted to sugar since the dawn of mankind, it's genetically ingrained into us to want sugar. It's only because sugar has become so commonplace and cheap that people eat too much of it, and that's largely down to the older generations allowing this culture to happen in the first place.
I love sardines, tuna, pumpkin...but in the winter months or when terribly stressed, I love, love, LOVE Campbell's Tomato soup (made with water) and a grilled cheese sandwich...my go to comfort foods. It is what my mom fixed for me on sad/bad days after my dad left. Thankfully, those sad/bad days are few and far between now, but cold winter days still call for that duo.
It always amazes me that everyone's comfort foods are often those things we ate during our childhoods. Someone may say "xxxxx" is disgusting, but if someone else grew up eating "xxxxx" regularly, then to them, it's usually delicious! I'm sorry your dad left... 😥 I was blessed to be close to my Daddy, but he passed away shortly before last Christmas, and I miss him terribly. Life just isn't the same without him.
I don't know, tomato soup made with water is almost like having hot tomato sauce. That's how my wife likes it. If she has some left over, I'll add some heavy cream to it. But regardless, do you dunk your grilled cheese sandwich, THAT is awesome.
I have been eating beans and toast since I was really young. It was something that I could easily (and safely) make when I got home from school. It just happened to be two things that we always had in the cupboard. I'm in my 50's now, and I never actually knew that it was a British thing until a couple of months ago. I just figured that it was something that I discovered on my own when I was a child. Lol! Also, do you put butter on the toast too? I do.
While you're correct about the sugar in most types of canned baked beans, canned beans are also sold without any seasoning at all or in savory varieties, like chili beans (not to be confused with chili.) These beans are perfectly fine for most of us to eat and are a good long term storage food. Dried beans also are a good option.
Life is short. Money is hard to come by. We probably would have starved if it hadn't been for bologna and potted meat. Macaroni and cheese and weiners.
I'm having canned white tuna salad now with celery onion and a touch of mayo. I make a flatbread recipe I learned from you tube...no more 5 dollar bags of pita bread! The most expensive thing was the celery...who would think we would come to this? I am so grateful for all the educational videos! Thank you all.
I surprisingly found $1 cans of COS solid white ( a must buy 5 for the discount). And celery for$1.49, and an onion for $.49 ( I had a couple at home, but I wanted to make sure) A total of $6.98, and enough leftovers for other dishes. Edit: enjoy your sandwich, and don't let them bum you out. 😁
As a Florida girl from way back, we call canned beans "hurricane steaks". We stocked them, heavy, during hurricane season along with instant rice and lots of water. We were always prepared to put a kettle on the grill and make beans and rice.
I’m 🇨🇦. Appreciate your survival story. Canned beans are great and sometimes, if a storm causes the power to go out, beans can be eaten cold. I especially like bean salads.
I have a large assortment of canned food, even the " don't buys", except for the pasta ( WAY too bland and chalky) for my survival stock. I live in the Mid-Atlantic region, where the weather can get vicious in a heartbeat, with downed trees and power lines can mean being stuck at home for days. Although FL gets hit much harder, the NJ shore can get slammed pretty good sometimes. (Sandy took out many homes)
My grandmother was eating sardines, canned corn, canned chickpeas, canned tomatoes all the time and she live well into her 90s. Her son, my father , didn't and he only made it to 76. I guess its time for a slight change in my diet and lose the vienna sausages
Pumpkin and winter squashes are very similar and equally delicious in my opinion. A very underutilized vegetable in the US at least. Middle Eastern cuisines make some amazing pumpkin dishes.
I can my own pork and beans / baked beans. using pork I smoke on my BBQ, molasses, spices, tomato juice and sweetened with Stevia rather than adding more sugar. Tastes so good. I've home canned my own foods for decades, I know what's in the jar because I put it there and it's shelf stable for years.
I often make my own baked beans in the slow cooker. I use a variety of beans..pork and beans, kidney beans, and butter beans. Called Calico Beans. They come out delicious after 4 hours. For bacon I just add some bacon bits bc I don't shop often.
@@pay9011 I had switched to a beans-rice-veggies-fruits diet for awhile & was cooking my own beans. By doing this I lost 40 pounds (200 down to 158) in 3 months 😊 That was 10 years ago, now holding @162 lbs ☺
We were Irish. We weren’t poor, but my mom grew up poor. She fed us pork and beans over bread with a slice of American cheese on top, then broiled. As expensive as food has become, we might be back to beans. Oh and spam I had it my lunch every day. I love it to this day.
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Never tried making beans as a sandwich. Might try it that way. I like spam sandwiches , we considered it a treat. Fried til crisp on toasted bread with mayo.
I've been poor too and mother went through ww11. I learnt to cook, most people these days in western world can't. That's why they have poor health and complain of the price of food.
This was really, really helpful. Thank you ! I liked your 6 cans you should buy. I love plain old canned beans but love cooking them from scratch, they taste so much better!
My wife and I bought tuna from a warehouse club and loved it so much we kept buying it until we both got sick. I don't know if it was mercury poisoning or something else but we had to stop eating it.
As someone that needs to eat better due to recent heart issues, I find so much information to be conflicting, but this information seems pretty reasonable. Thanks
@@necrogenesis1981 really s deliciously versatile. We roast them sometimes after cooked, drained in hot oven, then sprinkle with smoked paprika, chili powder..or even drizzle with honey...have fun
dried chickpeas can ruin a meal, there's been a few roast dinners that have had dried chickpeas sprinkled over them...we ALL scraped the chickpeas off, disgusting. they need to be soaked in their own juices and eaten like rice, not fried or dried.
@@necrogenesis1981 if you soak them overnight you can use them in recipes like falafel. In my experience, just boiling them from dried will give you a weird texture so maybe soak and then boil?
In my experience, even when soaked, dry chickpeas take at least an hour longer to cook than any other pea or bean. Just keep that in mind if you're making a mixed bean soup from scratch.
I LOVE sardines and always keep a lot on hand. I also keep on hand a lot of canned tomato products, especially when I find great deals on organic and/or good brands from Italy. The same goes for jarred artichoke hearts packed in water - I got a whole case when I saw good ones for $1/jar! Various beans (plain) are another staple for me, as well as good canned beets (not pickled).
well that's a good italian diet there. i buy the sardines in water, and i rinse them really really well,,, add back the salt with Himalayan Pink. The same for tuna. then, lol, i put fresh olive oil on them :)
I'm so jealous about the artichokes! My picks are the same, but I prefer kippers. Sadly, folks I cook for aren't fans of either, or beets, so I don't get them as often as I'd like.
almost all of these dont's can be do's if you get the right kind. low sodium tomato soup, low sugar baked beans, fruit cocktail in light or no syrup (but it's still junk so buy the fresh fruit), etc. i'd consider spam & chef boyardee as survival foods that you can keep around for years in case the power goes out, not daily meals, lol
As a kid my grandmother used make Sardine & Onion hero sandwiches for lunch for me, Loved them! once in a while I would make one, it brings back memories.
I love Albacore Tuna as an occasional treat. It is difficult to source here in the UK. I will buy it if I see it. I eat it maybe every two to three months.
Spam stands for SPiced hAM, not Sizzle Pork And Mmm! It was named by the brother of a Hormel company executive who won $100 in a naming contest in 1937 when it was first produced. That was a significant amount at the time since the average wage was $148 a month, rent was $26 a month, gas was 10 cents a gallon, a loaf of bread was 9 cents, hamburger was 12 cents a lb, a new car was $760 and a brand new house was $4,100!
Sardines being fishy: yep, they are. If you open a can, use the whole thing right away. Fishy-fish are just a part of life, if you grew up eating fishy-fish, you just accept it as one of the basic flavors found in food. But it’s true that if the house or family or situation you grew up in avoided fishy-fish because the cooking process or leftovers made the apartment smelly, you might never acclimate to and and say “yum ! Delicious !” But if you can acclimate to it, it’s healthy and it’s nice to have variety with chicken, beef, fish, sometimes a zero-meat meal. I used to work in the fishing industry in Alaska. I WILL tell y’all to stay away from anything “minced fish,” such as fish sticks.
Would love to know more about ''minced fish' mate if you don't mind, I mean I can imagine. I grew up eating fish fingers, and sometimes I buy them for a sandwich. I buy them like once a year though, not all the time. Don't think I've bought them this year actually. Oh and the fishing industry in Alaska sound like rather hard work mate. Cheers from Australia.
@@MW-us3sv Bruv, it was indeed hard work. Unfortunately, the bigger companies have bought eachother out, and now workers can’t leave one boat or company to go get better wages on a different boat or with a different company. Surimi is made mostly for the Japanese market and it’s very clean, even though it’s basically just squished-up fish with sugar & starch. But the minced fish products… that where all the fillet-rejected parts go. It’s yucky, man. Pollock fillets ? Good= no problem. Also, surimi products=good, no problem whatsoever ✔️ free-markets being a lie because workers must provide for their families and don’t have much in the way of choices when big business colludes to keep labor costs low, even when workers do crazy things like take dangerous jobs in an effort to make more that what’s normal in their home regions ? That’s uncool. Profoundly uncool, man. 😓
I buy LOW SUGAR and LOW SALT Baked Beans - Heinz make them as do a few other brands, But mostly I soak and boil my own beans from scratch : black, Red and navy beans to eat with salads and (Home-Made) soups
I like a good can of just plain ol' pinto beans... drained... sometimes I'll put a little pico de gallo salsa on it... but mostly just plain. I eat pinto beans, green beans, and fresh carved turkey for breakfast almost every day. Changed my life haha!
Yeah, my mil would only buy and eat Albacore tuna when she did… and she got the idea “somewhere” that it was healthier for the body. It’s a good thing I always preferred the chunk light type for it’s flavor,in oil, and the flesh just tastes better on a sandwich. And also the albacore is about 4x’s the price and I see here with way too much mercury than my cheaper choice!
I started eating light tuna after being served some utterly delicious sandwiches at a function that were light, not white. I had never much fancied tuna sandwiches before but I was hungry that day, and kept going back for more (they were those tiny cocktail sized ones). Have used light tuna ever since. Was delighted, because the price differential between that and white around here is significant.
Growing up in the 80's/90's, my Mom bought only canned vegetables except for the occasional corn on the cob. To this day, I still prefer canned veggies over fresh. 😂
My father more than my mom, bought canned goods by the case. That included vegetables. I see nothing wrong with can veggies. They won't spoil like fresh or frozen. Can veggies get a bad rap. If you don't like the liquid just pour it out, rinse your vegetables and fix them the way you like them. So yes I buy can, fresh and frozen. Plus there is ways to take out all the salt in can spam. After all spam is pork. We always had sardines and soda crackers on hand. Add a dash of hot sauce and that's good eating. Everything in moderation. They have been telling us for years about mercury in fish. To limit your intake to no more than 3 times a week. We all need to buy staples, can foods. Flour, meal. Raw sugar, honey. Can or powdered milk. Things you can make a meal out of, yes beans, canned and fresh, rice. Have several food grade containers. A water purifier. Just think what you might need if the lights go out.a hand can opener. Everybody need cast iron skillet, a pot that you can use outside in case you can't use your stove. Just be prepared. Things are getting bad. It comes down to having something to eat and going hungry. If you only get to eat one meal a day, then I don't think you will be counting calories. I'm greatful my great and grandparents lived long enough to teach me how to survive. They just had fireplaces and a wood burning stove. They later up graded but never gave up their fireplaces or woodburning stove. My last living grandmother is in her 90s. She use her fireplace. In the winter to heart her house. Said if need be she can cook in it too. She never depended on modern appliances. Yes she has a fridge. A iron fan older than me. Those are the ones you take advice from. Someone who lived through the Depression.and survived. Take care.✌🙌🖖🕯❤. Nj and family. 🙂👋.
Canned foods, especially vegetables, are devoid of all vitamins, only minerals persist, which may mean beans and peas are fine, the rest of the food has sawdust value!!!
If you like corn on the cob, try white corn. One day at the supermarket they were out of yellow so I bought the white. It has a sweet taste and is great with salt, pepper, and butter. I've been eating it ever since.
Most corn is GMO nowadays. I had a budgie who would sit on my shoulder and while I was eating some corn on a cob he would peck at it too. Miss my birds they were like children with their different personalities.
I only buy canned beans that have no or very little sugar added. I can eat them right out of the can, unheated. I also very rarely buy canned fruit but NOT in syrup (and not the "diet" ones in artificial sugars either.)
In the UK you can get baked beans without added sugar. The salt content is about 0.4 grams and sugar about 2 grams per 100 grams. These are a great alternative to ordinary baked beans.
Thanks for the tip on Albacore Tuna. I switched over to it last year because I like the taste better. Now that I know that it contains more mercury I will go back to light or white tuna saving myself from the mercury and a little money. 👍
Cruciferous vegetables help to pull metals out of the body, like lead, mercury, and even radiation. Kale, cauliflower, broccoli, brussel sprouts and radishes. Also, fasting helps.
@@stanleycostello9610 I just checked 10 different brands/flavors of sardines in my pantry and the highest one was 18% rda of sodium and all were one serving cans. There may be some tins that have 32% rda per serving, but I doubt that is the norm.
I love artichokes, even canned, but one thing they definitely are not and never have been is particularly affordable. Artichokes have always been expensive within my lifetime, and I am far from young.
As much as I am revolted by Spam, I have to call foui on Mashed's take, it's nutritional value has been well documented for decades and compares pretty even to ham. Personally, I would rather have a nice pork roast sandwich than Spam or Ham, but don't feel guilty for eating either one.
Me too I just took some out of the freezer and cooked it for the dogs, I only bought it during all the craziness and prepping, now it's all starting to go bad.lol
SPAM is my secret pleasure food. I don't eat it often, maybe twice a year. Like if you're not eating it all the time, it's perfectly fine (unless of course you have a medical issue where too much sodium in one meal could spike your BP or something). For most people, if you're not eating junk all the time, you'll be fine. I like to eat it right out of the can! I rinse it first, just to get the gelatinous goo off haha!
@@EricaGamet I watched on U tube how you can get rid of a lot of the sodium and still make a decent meal. You have to slice it and boil i. As it boils the spam rises to the top because the sodium is being removed from the spam. It is a little work but good for people with high blood pressure.
Canned beans of any variety, including Green beans. Instant Rice. Water. Salt pepper And any fresh fruit available mine was bananas and an Avocado I lived off of these ingredients for a week during a storm that I didn't prep for (yes I know better now)
@Chief Sitting Feather (We'z fake Indigenous!!) I guess you've never had it in eggy rice, where the spam slices are cubed up and pan fried (they don't need extra oil) as the rice is heated to scalding. Put some rice in your bowl, add your raw eggs and your spam. The heat of the rice will cook the eggs, stirring making a custard-like texture. Splash with soy and enjoy. That all said, I know that not everyone can do soft textures like custard, so perhaps a rice porridge (where the rice is both rinsed and soaked longer and slow cooked longer) with fried spam pieces. For ramen, I'll often fry up some cubed and fried spam in garlic. I know there's many interpretations of SPAM, but it's pork shoulder and ham (different cuts) along with spices and preservatives. The 'fat' is actually gelatin, formed during the curing and cooking stages. As far as the US goes, canned foods are cooked in the can, and can last years past the 'Best Buy' date if stored in a cool and dark place (no sunshine to heat the can). Even soups bought today would be viable for at least 5 or so years (barring dents and that sort of thing), though their 'Best Buy' might be a year or two down the road, with minimal degradation in flavor or texture. This includes canned spam, chicken, tuna in oil (preference) and sardines.
All you folks will eat it and be grateful when you are really hungry. Problem is most of you have never really been hungry, trust me you will eat shit out of a garbage can and be thankful when you are
I like potted meat just have to spread it thin on bread. Jed Clampett once said why eat trype when you could eat steak? I looked at a can of potted meat and sur enough trype was one of the ingredients.
George W. Bush said you should have at least 3 to 5 weeks worth of supplies stored in your house Barack Obama said you should have at least 6 months supplies stored in your house 20 cans is not enough
I was told way back 20+ years ago that corn has no real nutritional value, thats its really just a filler (basically used to fill a void in most recipes or meals). Regardless of what I have learned since, I still treat corn like its an additive instead of an actual vegetable to eat. 😂 I'm ok with that and don't eat much corn (on purpose). But I will eat corn tortilla chips with salsa when we go to the mexican restaurant. How could I not? 😂
I stopped eating canned veggies a long time ago, I stock up on large bags of frozen veggies. The bags can be resealed and put back in the freezer which helps to eliminate waste. I buy can pumpkin for the year after thanksgiving when it goes on sale. Donate your unwanted can goods...Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🎃🌽🍠
I been eating can vegetables for 10 years and I'm healthy as a horse. I think they are better than fresh vegetables that been sitting out all day, people handling them and sneezing on them
Agree about canned veggies, they are tasteless anyway. Canned beans on the other hand are a godsend for those of us who don't have the patience to go through the cooking process necessary for the dried beans! There are good and bad things about living in any country, but one of the good things about living in Thailand is that fresh pumpkin is always available. Trying to cut off the skin/rind is no fun (especially as I'm completely inadequate when it comes to sharpening knives)....., but worth it in the end.
I like mackerel, like kippers, on a good cracker (prefer the Stone Wheat brand made in Canada) with a squeeze of lemon or maybe a splash of balsamic vinegar.
Pumpkin is a mixture of squash. You can't get pumpkin in a can. You have to do it yourself. I prefer the squash. Now fresh picked corn while you watch comes covered in ice. Go straight home and cook it. You won't want anything else to eat but the corn. Super sweet right off the stock into ice.
Canned pumpkin is high in fiber, so be aware of that before giving it to your cat or dog. I had an elderly cat who became prone to constipation. His vet prescribed pumpkin puree, it worked pretty well. Unfortunately, my other cat ate some of it and had the runs for a day.
@@gord2358 It's fascinating how digestive systems work! They aren't set up to process all nutrients, and you can get a reaction like a human food intolerance, or, depending on the food, a poison response. Always best to check with a vet.
In an emergency situation salt will be a necessary survival commodity. It may be a good thing in the future to have lots of salted canned meats.Just in case.
Canned foods that are acidy can leach chemicals from the can and can lose their seal sooner than later. Be sure you buy canned tomato products and some fruits that are canned in jars.
In Australia we eat cooked fresh pumpkin, readily available to buy and easy to grow. Steamed or roasted, yummy, yes and dogs like it too! I have made pumpkin pie occasionally using steamed pumpkin. I can't understand why US uses canned pumpkin?
I am from Ireland and eat some canned beans, but I always drain away the very tasty but sugary sauce it comes in. Loaded in salt too. It is amazing how much blander, though healthier tasting the beans are after you drain them off.
I'm a big fan of canned so called 'trash' fish, like anchovy, mackerel and sardine. I especially like smoked herring....aka kippers. I do wimp out and buy the skinless/boneless fillets. This stuff is pretty cheap, tasty, full of protein and other nutrients plus by being low on the food chain, more sustainable and less full of stuff like mercury. I do buy high end sustainably caught canned tuna too. Much prefer yellowfin to the more popular albacore. Think the yellowfin taste better and again is more sustainable as less in demand. One of these day I'm gonna have to get some frozen sardines and grill. But off topic.......
Have to contend with canned fish ..not complaining but fresh is the best. Portugal always comes to mind .. fresh sardines on a griller outside. Never liked the fish eyes or other meats eyes looking me though. 😂
Can personally confirm the dangers of mercury in tuna. One year in college, I was sick of the cafeteria food, so I ate two big tuna sandwiches on kaiser rolls for both lunch and dinner (I would estimate maybe 3-4 cans per day). After a month or so, I got a weird sickness where my stomach hurt all the time, especially after eating. Not nausea, pain. Spent a week eating nothing but white bread, ginger ale, and water. Almost positive it was the mercury from the tuna building up in me. I still enjoy tuna from time to time, but in moderation now
Moderation is definitely key friend. I eat fish very rarely for this reason. If I fix a packet of tuna I just have 3 sandwiches over the week & that’s usually it for the month
Canned salmon and mackerel are both significantly lower in mercury than canned tuna unless it's canned light tuna in water. Tuna has 3x the mercury as either one. Canned mackerel is usually cheaper than either canned tuna or salmon and is just as delicious. Try it.
@@jesvans Mackerel doesn't taste gamey or too fishy to me at all. It's usually canned like salmon with the skin and bones. I remove both and make fish cakes, casseroles or sandwiches like tuna with it. You might find it at a dollar or discount store for a cheap try at it.
@@charliedavis8894 thanx. skin & bone, hmmm, idk. i don't like screwing with food, i just want to eat, this is 1 reason i like tuna. but, if i can find a can i will try it, thanx
@@jesvans Most people just mash up the skin and bone with the meat like salmon, I just personally don't like it and I do the same with canned salmon. Really, it only takes a minute since theres usually only 2-3 mackerel per can or not an issue if you like the skin and bones (theyre cooked and soft). It's not available where I live but they do can mackerel filets without skin and bones. I've been able to find sardines canned that way. Good luck!
When I was growing up, and we had a chore chart, whoever missed feeding our family's pet fish had to eat an anchovy as punishment. To this day the only way I'll even remotely eat anchovies is in Caesar salad dressing. LOL!
I was surprised to see corn and baked beans on this list. Kinda lost credibility with me. Sardines are a great source of Omega 3 fatty acids and calcium. I always have them in the pantry. I never eat corn anymore.
i love the thought of tuna casserole or tuna pasta, so i keep buying the canned fish....but then i think i pretty much always open a canned tin of of sardines instead cos i'm lazy to cook, glad iv'e been making the right choice :) i have about 20 canned tins of tuna lying around...but instead i keep re-buying and eating 100 or more of canned sardines instead, put the sardines in a sandwich which takes no cooking = yum.
We can our own food to eliminate many of the things mentioned here. We can chicken thighs, pork and beef chunks, pork and beef stew, home made green chili and chili beans and many other things. we also have a stock of Skip Jack tuna, Spam, Corned beef hash..with the hash you want to cut 2 slots on the top of the can and put it in a pan of water then allow it to get thoroughly hot and then the fat rises to the top for you to remove. The Spam, I found if you boil it before sautéing it then a lot of the salty taste will go away.
Sounds like a matter of personal preference to me. If I'm not going to make soup, which occasionally I do, of course I'm going to buy canned soup, and ditto canned baked beans!
@@CarinaPiersay that's nice. Foods we don't eat, cuz they're gross. Squash of any kind. In my house, you call it squash and it directly gets tossed out to the burn pile. Thank God, my grandma's called them gourds instead of squish. I'll keep doing that. Because, me personally likes to cook up a mess of gourd for hours on end, just to make all the good things my grandma's taught me. But, thanks for the info, that I shall put on the shelf...🥰💖🥰
@@SojuNinja A couple of slices of multi grain bread, a touch of (preferably olive oil based), mayo and a layer of sardines = a real treat. Add a slice or two of sweet onion and you have a gormet's delight.
@@donaldcarey114 i like mine sauteed with onions, garlic, chili flakes, black pepper and olive oil. I eat it over rice, noodles or even oatmeal if Im too busy.
@@SojuNinja wow, that sounds delicious HoodSensei. I have read that just a sardine or two, mashed up with a fork and cooked in spaghetti sauce really adds depth to the sauce.
Never ever met a canned tomato that was as good as my garden toms. Not a fan of sardines but I do like kippered herring... full day dose of vitamin D in them. Chick peas are good in chili. Canned pumpkin I use in soda bread... spiced with honey and cardamom. Canned baked beans were for when I worked long hours every day. Many a day baked beans warmed in the microwave was my dinner... always poured on extra sugar and salt. Bad but way better than fast food.
@@bjdefilippo447 It freezes well. When frozen slices can be cut off for single servings. A few seconds in the microwave and you have hot pumpkin bread. I find pumpkin, squash, and carrots are interchangeable when making soda bread. They all go in the blender to become the vegetable part. Pumpkin is a favorite because it can be purchased canned and sits on the shelf until I'm ready.
Which canned foods do you love and which do you avoid?
I love canned Yams, and... I don't think I hate any food. Maybe canned beef stew cause it just doesn't hold a light to the actual thing.
Pregnant people? Excuse me. A day as soon coming when you going to regret that b*******
Love organic black beans and Roma tomatoes. Eat very little canned food, prefer local and fresh.
Bulgarian here, so I am writing from a perspective of foreigner. We never had canned pumpkin, never had pre-made canned pasta and never had SPAM. I never tasted artichoke in my life. We could have cans of it, but we might not have as well. I never looked for those. Otherwise, I love canned beans, canned meat and everything canned tomato.
On a side note, some parts of American English are rally pissing me off. For instance, you call Natrium - Sodium. On top of that you call salt Sodium as well. So, Sodium is both Na and NaCl. That doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Same with Kalium. For some reason you call it Potassium. Can't you guys just use the names of the elements as they are in the periodic table?
P.S. Any human being would die if there weren't enough salt in its body. Salt is fundamentally important for the processes in our body. We lose salt very easily with the sweat and we have to get it back somehow. The notion that salt is pure evil is stupid. Just try living without consuming any salt whatsoever and you will see how quickly your health would deteriorate.
@@ivanpetrov5185 no we can't use the names in the periodic table because they're racist patriarchal and misogynist.
On a more serious note Ivan, you're expecting a lot from my countrymen when they think there's more than two genders and get offended if you don't use their Ever Changing stupid pronouns. Just because you and I are based and live in reality doesn't mean very many other people do.
Regards, - an American
Canned whole tomatoes and baked beans been a part of my diet since a teenager, 75 years old now and still running up stairs..
I used to buy the canned tomatoes till they started talking about the BPA plastic in the cans leaching into them these days , so I buy those spagetti sauces in jars , nowhere near as good as my own I used to make . I grew up with baked beans and still buy them (and eat them out of the can often) but also buy pinto and romano beans with no sugar . I'm only 70 but can't hop so much from knee injuries , mostly sports related
Most foods have dramatically changed in the past 20 to 25 years.You were saved my the 55 years that you were not eating the INDUSTRIAL sludge that we call food today.
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There is probably 1/2 a pound of sugar in a can of baked beans. Most people are addicted to sugar. You can keeping increasing the amounts and most people will not know.
Running up the stairs? Because of the beans and an upstairs bathroom?
Tinned food is good for you Malcom 👍🏻🇬🇧🇺🇸
@@zochbuppet448 Really wish old folks would stop blaming kids today for the supposed "addiction to sugar" as though they never craved anything sweet themselves. Fact is, people have been addicted to sugar since the dawn of mankind, it's genetically ingrained into us to want sugar. It's only because sugar has become so commonplace and cheap that people eat too much of it, and that's largely down to the older generations allowing this culture to happen in the first place.
I love sardines, tuna, pumpkin...but in the winter months or when terribly stressed, I love, love, LOVE Campbell's Tomato soup (made with water) and a grilled cheese sandwich...my go to comfort foods. It is what my mom fixed for me on sad/bad days after my dad left. Thankfully, those sad/bad days are few and far between now, but cold winter days still call for that duo.
It always amazes me that everyone's comfort foods are often those things we ate during our childhoods. Someone may say "xxxxx" is disgusting, but if someone else grew up eating "xxxxx" regularly, then to them, it's usually delicious! I'm sorry your dad left... 😥 I was blessed to be close to my Daddy, but he passed away shortly before last Christmas, and I miss him terribly. Life just isn't the same without him.
Why don't you love me
I don't know, tomato soup made with water is almost like having hot tomato sauce. That's how my wife likes it. If she has some left over, I'll add some heavy cream to it. But regardless, do you dunk your grilled cheese sandwich, THAT is awesome.
Add some jarred dill pickle slices to that combo
Tuna too
I'm British, and you can't tell us not to buy baked beans. They're a staple food here and eaten on toast they're delicious.
I have been eating beans and toast since I was really young. It was something that I could easily (and safely) make when I got home from school. It just happened to be two things that we always had in the cupboard.
I'm in my 50's now, and I never actually knew that it was a British thing until a couple of months ago. I just figured that it was something that I discovered on my own when I was a child. Lol!
Also, do you put butter on the toast too? I do.
@@toddcunningham3213 Definitely. Sometimes Marmite too.
Unheated baked beans on toast with butter. An egg on top is so nice!
@@charmaynebruce6215 I draw the line at unheated baked beans 😯
Question yall eat black beans those are way better or Peruvian beans fire
While you're correct about the sugar in most types of canned baked beans, canned beans are also sold without any seasoning at all or in savory varieties, like chili beans (not to be confused with chili.) These beans are perfectly fine for most of us to eat and are a good long term storage food. Dried beans also are a good option.
The only time I could eat sardines was on canoe trips. It's amazing how you can eat almost anything when you're hungry and it tastes good.
'Hunger is the best sauce'
@@paulkish007 I'm stealing that to say at dinner tonight. My mother-in-law is a shit cook. 🤮
Absolutely.
Ya I ate a deer heart on a hunting trip!
My dad's answer for, " I don't like this".
" If you're hungry, you'll eat anything."
So if we didn't want it, he assumed we weren't hungry.
Life is short. Money is hard to come by. We probably would have starved if it hadn't been for bologna and potted meat. Macaroni and cheese and weiners.
Heck yea , and don't forget the Pork n' Beans to go with it !! 😉👍
Spam and Vienna sausages…
Spam, Ramen & Totino's pizzas too.
Also everything you just said is the worst for you hence why poor people die sooner
Spam is getting expensive now..
I'm having canned white tuna salad now with celery onion and a touch of mayo. I make a flatbread recipe I learned from you tube...no more 5 dollar bags of pita bread! The most expensive thing was the celery...who would think we would come to this? I am so grateful for all the educational videos! Thank you all.
pay the five. Keep not really high wage folk employed, course quite a few bakeries have mechanized workers out years ago....coin toss or Best Pray
I surprisingly found $1 cans of COS solid white ( a must buy 5 for the discount). And celery for$1.49, and an onion for $.49 ( I had a couple at home, but I wanted to make sure)
A total of $6.98, and enough leftovers for other dishes.
Edit: enjoy your sandwich, and don't let them bum you out. 😁
A lot of tuna labeled as white tuna is escolar.
It tastes fine but you’ll need to change your diaper much more frequently
As a Florida girl from way back, we call canned beans "hurricane steaks". We stocked them, heavy, during hurricane season along with instant rice and lots of water. We were always prepared to put a kettle on the grill and make beans and rice.
That's my hurricane prep today.
I’m 🇨🇦. Appreciate your survival story. Canned beans are great and sometimes, if a storm causes the power to go out, beans can be eaten cold. I especially like bean salads.
I have a large assortment of canned food, even the " don't buys", except for the pasta ( WAY too bland and chalky) for my survival stock. I live in the Mid-Atlantic region, where the weather can get vicious in a heartbeat, with downed trees and power lines can mean being stuck at home for days. Although FL gets hit much harder, the NJ shore can get slammed pretty good sometimes. (Sandy took out many homes)
My grandmother was eating sardines, canned corn, canned chickpeas, canned tomatoes all the time and she live well into her 90s. Her son, my father , didn't and he only made it to 76. I guess its time for a slight change in my diet and lose the vienna sausages
Can vegetables are better than fresh. They haven't been sitting out all day, people handling them and sneezing on them
there is a basic flaw in your logic
Yes, swear off Vienna Sausages - that will leave more for me.
In Australia we regard the butternut squash as another type of pumpkin.
Pumpkin and winter squashes are very similar and equally delicious in my opinion. A very underutilized vegetable in the US at least. Middle Eastern cuisines make some amazing pumpkin dishes.
Yes, I think some pumpkin pies are really squash pies, but good.
And I have never seen it in cans. Ppkin is so easy to cook, easy as potato - and I've never seen canned potatoes in Australia.
@@juliewoodman2439 I've only ever seen whole baby potatoes in cans in australia.
Same in Germany. And honestly, once cooked into some dish, I by taste/texture can't really tell a difference between squash, pumpkin and whathaveyou.
I can my own pork and beans / baked beans. using pork I smoke on my BBQ, molasses, spices, tomato juice and sweetened with Stevia rather than adding more sugar. Tastes so good. I've home canned my own foods for decades, I know what's in the jar because I put it there and it's shelf stable for years.
I often make my own baked beans in the slow cooker. I use a variety of beans..pork and beans, kidney beans, and butter beans. Called Calico Beans. They come out delicious after 4 hours. For bacon I just add some bacon bits bc I don't shop often.
I'm getting hungry.
Ummmm
can you send me a jar ?
@@pay9011 I had switched to a beans-rice-veggies-fruits diet for awhile & was cooking my own beans. By doing this I lost 40 pounds (200 down to 158) in 3 months 😊 That was 10 years ago, now holding @162 lbs ☺
We were Irish. We weren’t poor, but my mom grew up poor. She fed us pork and beans over bread with a slice of American cheese on top, then broiled. As expensive as food has become, we might be back to beans. Oh and spam I had it my lunch every day. I love it to this day.
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Never tried making beans as a sandwich. Might try it that way. I like spam sandwiches , we considered it a treat. Fried til crisp on toasted bread with mayo.
@@lindawolz5540 Spam is still a guilty pleasure for me. ^_^
@@lindawolz5540 I think certain countries do that
I've been poor too and mother went through ww11. I learnt to cook, most people these days in western world can't. That's why they have poor health and complain of the price of food.
This was really, really helpful. Thank you ! I liked your 6 cans you should buy. I love plain old canned beans but love cooking them from scratch, they taste so much better!
when cooking, add a clove or two of garlic it will diminish the gases bloat and smell
@@yup_its_ME.512 Then your breath will smell just as bad
My wife and I bought tuna from a warehouse club and loved it so much we kept buying it until we both got sick. I don't know if it was mercury poisoning or something else but we had to stop eating it.
As someone that needs to eat better due to recent heart issues, I find so much information to be conflicting, but this information seems pretty reasonable. Thanks
Sardines on toast & then grilled, fantastic snack when watching TV.
Pork and beans are my favorite thing and I love baked beans with brown sugar and maple smoke seasoning 😋🤤 definitely delicious
I have heard that Walt Disney lived on pork and beans back in the depression and before he became so successful.
ever make your own ? far better than canned !
Me too, I know it's got sugar n it but I have a sweet tooth
@@robertagabor9128 That Freemason had lots of help building his empire, help you and I can never hope for.
@@rickstalentedtongue910 was Walt Disney a Free Mason??
Chickpeas are awesome! But just get dried chickpeas like any other bean or legume for a mere fraction of the price of canned.
Do they need to be soaked like other beans?
@@necrogenesis1981 really s deliciously versatile. We roast them sometimes after cooked, drained in hot oven, then sprinkle with smoked paprika, chili powder..or even drizzle with honey...have fun
dried chickpeas can ruin a meal, there's been a few roast dinners that have had dried chickpeas sprinkled over them...we ALL scraped the chickpeas off, disgusting. they need to be soaked in their own juices and eaten like rice, not fried or dried.
@@necrogenesis1981 if you soak them overnight you can use them in recipes like falafel. In my experience, just boiling them from dried will give you a weird texture so maybe soak and then boil?
In my experience, even when soaked, dry chickpeas take at least an hour longer to cook than any other pea or bean. Just keep that in mind if you're making a mixed bean soup from scratch.
I LOVE sardines and always keep a lot on hand. I also keep on hand a lot of canned tomato products, especially when I find great deals on organic and/or good brands from Italy. The same goes for jarred artichoke hearts packed in water - I got a whole case when I saw good ones for $1/jar! Various beans (plain) are another staple for me, as well as good canned beets (not pickled).
well that's a good italian diet there. i buy the sardines in water, and i rinse them really really well,,, add back the salt with Himalayan Pink. The same for tuna. then, lol, i put fresh olive oil on them :)
They smell so bad and taste so fishy...I got some and tossed them out as soon as I opened the can...
I'm so jealous about the artichokes! My picks are the same, but I prefer kippers. Sadly, folks I cook for aren't fans of either, or beets, so I don't get them as often as I'd like.
@@eckankar7756 MY cats wont even eat them
@@FC-qe1wl That makes no sense, literally !!
almost all of these dont's can be do's if you get the right kind. low sodium tomato soup, low sugar baked beans, fruit cocktail in light or no syrup (but it's still junk so buy the fresh fruit), etc. i'd consider spam & chef boyardee as survival foods that you can keep around for years in case the power goes out, not daily meals, lol
Or occasional indulgences rather than staples.
Canned fruit cocktail is pricey for what you get. But canned peaches (in juice or water) are delicious and much lower in price than fresh.
Try cooking from scratch for god’s sake.
No enzymes in canned.
What is low sugar baked beans? Where do you find it?
As a kid my grandmother used make Sardine & Onion hero sandwiches for lunch for me, Loved them! once in a while I would make one, it brings back memories.
Your grandmother was a nice person. 🙂
Beans and Frank's basically fed me because it was cheep and easy for my mom to make after a 15 hour work shift when I was little. Love you baked beans
ever make your own ? far better than canned !
@@bobsaturday4273 Yeah all the time
Especially good when working outside on a cold day..lined up and heated on the trucks radiator.
GOOD WHEN YOU HAVE THE TIME@@bobsaturday4273
I love Albacore Tuna as an occasional treat. It is difficult to source here in the UK. I will buy it if I see it. I eat it maybe every two to three months.
Like you I live in the UK. I also have trouble finding Albacore Tuna. I also buy it when I find it. The last time I saw it was in Home Bargains.
Oceanspray canned Cranberry sauce. Yum
You should have added a buy for canned salmon. Nutritious and delicious and healthy.
wild-caught only .. and hope the info shown on label as wild-caught is true.
@@bevjane7245 Wild caught in the Finland area is VERY polluted - with radiation too. Look it up.
Wildcaught. PACIFIC COLD WATER ONLY
@@bevjane7245 If you're hungry enough...we'll see.
Farmed salmon is the most poisenous fish known. Wild only.
Awesome information!
Thank you.
This is one of the most beneficial videos ever!
Thank you!
Spam stands for SPiced hAM, not Sizzle Pork And Mmm! It was named by the brother of a Hormel company executive who won $100 in a naming contest in 1937 when it was first produced. That was a significant amount at the time since the average wage was $148 a month, rent was $26 a month, gas was 10 cents a gallon, a loaf of bread was 9 cents, hamburger was 12 cents a lb, a new car was $760 and a brand new house was $4,100!
$100 in 1937 was worth $1,964.93 in 2022 money, based on the Consumer Price Index.
cool and interesting comment! thanks
No no no lol. It stands for- squirrels possums and mice. Hahahah😂😂😂
I always thought it was S. tuff P. osing A. s M. eat !! 😉👍
@@sandragordon6219 🤣🤣🤣
Sardines being fishy: yep, they are. If you open a can, use the whole thing right away. Fishy-fish are just a part of life, if you grew up eating fishy-fish, you just accept it as one of the basic flavors found in food. But it’s true that if the house or family or situation you grew up in avoided fishy-fish because the cooking process or leftovers made the apartment smelly, you might never acclimate to and and say “yum ! Delicious !” But if you can acclimate to it, it’s healthy and it’s nice to have variety with chicken, beef, fish, sometimes a zero-meat meal. I used to work in the fishing industry in Alaska. I WILL tell y’all to stay away from anything “minced fish,” such as fish sticks.
Would love to know more about ''minced fish' mate if you don't mind, I mean I can imagine. I grew up eating fish fingers, and sometimes I buy them for a sandwich. I buy them like once a year though, not all the time. Don't think I've bought them this year actually.
Oh and the fishing industry in Alaska sound like rather hard work mate. Cheers from Australia.
Just don't put them in the microwave oven.
@@crand20033 😂 put ‘em in the microwave in your office’s communal break-room / lunch-room 🤣
@@MW-us3sv Bruv, it was indeed hard work. Unfortunately, the bigger companies have bought eachother out, and now workers can’t leave one boat or company to go get better wages on a different boat or with a different company. Surimi is made mostly for the Japanese market and it’s very clean, even though it’s basically just squished-up fish with sugar & starch. But the minced fish products… that where all the fillet-rejected parts go. It’s yucky, man. Pollock fillets ? Good= no problem. Also, surimi products=good, no problem whatsoever ✔️ free-markets being a lie because workers must provide for their families and don’t have much in the way of choices when big business colludes to keep labor costs low, even when workers do crazy things like take dangerous jobs in an effort to make more that what’s normal in their home regions ? That’s uncool. Profoundly uncool, man. 😓
I buy LOW SUGAR and LOW SALT Baked Beans - Heinz make them as do a few other brands, But mostly I soak and boil my own beans from scratch : black, Red and navy beans to eat with salads and (Home-Made) soups
I like a good can of just plain ol' pinto beans... drained... sometimes I'll put a little pico de gallo salsa on it... but mostly just plain. I eat pinto beans, green beans, and fresh carved turkey for breakfast almost every day. Changed my life haha!
Yeah, my mil would only buy and eat Albacore tuna when she did… and she got the idea “somewhere” that it was healthier for the body. It’s a good thing I always preferred the chunk light type for it’s flavor,in oil, and the flesh just tastes better on a sandwich. And also the albacore is about 4x’s the price and I see here with way too much mercury than my cheaper choice!
I nearly missed that part "skipjacking" past the end , THANX for mentioning it
I started eating light tuna after being served some utterly delicious sandwiches at a function that were light, not white. I had never much fancied tuna sandwiches before but I was hungry that day, and kept going back for more (they were those tiny cocktail sized ones). Have used light tuna ever since. Was delighted, because the price differential between that and white around here is significant.
Growing up in the 80's/90's, my Mom bought only canned vegetables except for the occasional corn on the cob. To this day, I still prefer canned veggies over fresh. 😂
in the Uk we did the same in the 70, s
My father more than my mom, bought canned goods by the case. That included vegetables. I see nothing wrong with can veggies. They won't spoil like fresh or frozen. Can veggies get a bad rap. If you don't like the liquid just pour it out, rinse your vegetables and fix them the way you like them. So yes I buy can, fresh and frozen. Plus there is ways to take out all the salt in can spam. After all spam is pork. We always had sardines and soda crackers on hand. Add a dash of hot sauce and that's good eating. Everything in moderation. They have been telling us for years about mercury in fish. To limit your intake to no more than 3 times a week. We all need to buy staples, can foods. Flour, meal. Raw sugar, honey. Can or powdered milk. Things you can make a meal out of, yes beans, canned and fresh, rice. Have several food grade containers. A water purifier. Just think what you might need if the lights go out.a hand can opener. Everybody need cast iron skillet, a pot that you can use outside in case you can't use your stove. Just be prepared. Things are getting bad. It comes down to having something to eat and going hungry. If you only get to eat one meal a day, then I don't think you will be counting calories. I'm greatful my great and grandparents lived long enough to teach me how to survive. They just had fireplaces and a wood burning stove. They later up graded but never gave up their fireplaces or woodburning stove. My last living grandmother is in her 90s. She use her fireplace. In the winter to heart her house. Said if need be she can cook in it too. She never depended on modern appliances. Yes she has a fridge. A iron fan older than me. Those are the ones you take advice from. Someone who lived through the Depression.and survived. Take care.✌🙌🖖🕯❤. Nj and family. 🙂👋.
Canned foods, especially vegetables, are devoid of all vitamins, only minerals persist, which may mean beans and peas are fine, the rest of the food has sawdust value!!!
If you like corn on the cob, try white corn. One day at the supermarket they were out of yellow so I bought the white. It has a sweet taste and is great with salt, pepper, and butter. I've been eating it ever since.
I'm a sucker for green giants canned green beans preferably the French cut..but the rest I can take fresh or frozen..
dont throw away donate any food that is still good, even if you dont want to eat it, somebody else might.
Most corn is GMO nowadays. I had a budgie who would sit on my shoulder and while I was eating some corn on a cob he would peck at it too. Miss my birds they were like children with their different personalities.
I buy frozen corn, but only if it originates from the UK or EU countries - as they still ban GMO foods.
I miss my birds too.
Considering how pumpkins are dirt cheap around Halloween and basically free shortly after, only buy canned pumpkin during the off season.
Good idea. Thank you🥰
The Halloween pumpkins are not the same as the canned pumpkin.
@@OhJodi69 OH, but they make some of the best pies, cakes, breads.
Off season is 11 months of the year.
Ones.
I only buy canned beans that have no or very little sugar added. I can eat them right out of the can, unheated. I also very rarely buy canned fruit but NOT in syrup (and not the "diet" ones in artificial sugars either.)
I only eat green beans. First, I string them, then snap them. then throw them away and eat the strings. I'm such a good person.
In the UK you can get baked beans without added sugar. The salt content is about 0.4 grams and sugar about 2 grams per 100 grams. These are a great alternative to ordinary baked beans.
Convinced the fda is trying to kill us
They taste shite compared to the proper ones alas.
Wow, THANKYOU for this info!
They tell us tomatoes aren't good for older people with arthritis but it decreases the risk for heart disease
The skin of tomatoes can irritate the gut.
Thanks for the tip on Albacore Tuna. I switched over to it last year because I like the taste better. Now that I know that it contains more mercury I will go back to light or white tuna saving myself from the mercury and a little money. 👍
I didn’t know this. Now I do.
Remember in the old days, when you had to add your Mercury yourself??
@@donberry6079 😂
Cruciferous vegetables help to pull metals out of the body, like lead, mercury, and even radiation. Kale, cauliflower, broccoli, brussel sprouts and radishes. Also, fasting helps.
I always buy Albacore tuna. Guess I won't anymore because I had no idea about the mercury and I thought it was healthier!
They kept hammering about how the sodium in canned food is BAD, but told you to keep the aquafaba from chick peas, which is loaded with sodium.
go figure. ??
A serving of canned sardines have 32 % of the sodium for one day.
@@stanleycostello9610 I just checked 10 different brands/flavors of sardines in my pantry and the highest one was 18% rda of sodium and all were one serving cans. There may be some tins that have 32% rda per serving, but I doubt that is the norm.
I love artichokes, even canned, but one thing they definitely are not and never have been is particularly affordable. Artichokes have always been expensive within my lifetime, and I am far from young.
Artichokes have always been expensive . It was the main trade item and skim of the Italian mafia in the early 1900s
Walmart has the best price on fresh Artichokes
@@bobborlog1677 That's interesting! I always assumed it was olive oil.
Try Aldi's :)
Artichokes were, for us, a "show off" food. Along with caviar. SMH now.
As much as I am revolted by Spam, I have to call foui on Mashed's take, it's nutritional value has been well documented for decades and compares pretty even to ham. Personally, I would rather have a nice pork roast sandwich than Spam or Ham, but don't feel guilty for eating either one.
I saw on U tube how you can get a lot of salt out of the spam. You have to boil it and when you do that a lot of the salt is removed.
Me too I just took some out of the freezer and cooked it for the dogs, I only bought it during all the craziness and prepping, now it's all starting to go bad.lol
SPAM is my secret pleasure food. I don't eat it often, maybe twice a year. Like if you're not eating it all the time, it's perfectly fine (unless of course you have a medical issue where too much sodium in one meal could spike your BP or something). For most people, if you're not eating junk all the time, you'll be fine. I like to eat it right out of the can! I rinse it first, just to get the gelatinous goo off haha!
@@EricaGamet I just gave away the last can I had to my mom and dad.
@@EricaGamet I watched on U tube how you can get rid of a lot of the sodium and still make a decent meal. You have to slice it and boil i. As it boils the spam rises to the top because the sodium is being removed from the spam. It is a little work but good for people with high blood pressure.
Canned beans of any variety, including Green beans.
Instant Rice.
Water.
Salt pepper
And any fresh fruit available mine was bananas and an Avocado
I lived off of these ingredients for a week during a storm that I didn't prep for (yes I know better now)
Potted Meat and Spam may not be the healthiest choice but they are delicious and good to have for a quick snack or meal
@Chief Sitting Feather (We'z fake Indigenous!!) I guess you've never had it in eggy rice, where the spam slices are cubed up and pan fried (they don't need extra oil) as the rice is heated to scalding. Put some rice in your bowl, add your raw eggs and your spam. The heat of the rice will cook the eggs, stirring making a custard-like texture. Splash with soy and enjoy.
That all said, I know that not everyone can do soft textures like custard, so perhaps a rice porridge (where the rice is both rinsed and soaked longer and slow cooked longer) with fried spam pieces. For ramen, I'll often fry up some cubed and fried spam in garlic. I know there's many interpretations of SPAM, but it's pork shoulder and ham (different cuts) along with spices and preservatives. The 'fat' is actually gelatin, formed during the curing and cooking stages.
As far as the US goes, canned foods are cooked in the can, and can last years past the 'Best Buy' date if stored in a cool and dark place (no sunshine to heat the can). Even soups bought today would be viable for at least 5 or so years (barring dents and that sort of thing), though their 'Best Buy' might be a year or two down the road, with minimal degradation in flavor or texture. This includes canned spam, chicken, tuna in oil (preference) and sardines.
All you folks will eat it and be grateful when you are really hungry. Problem is most of you have never really been hungry, trust me you will eat shit out of a garbage can and be thankful when you are
Are you Hawaiian? SPAM = dog food.
I like potted meat just have to spread it thin on bread. Jed Clampett once said why eat trype when you could eat steak? I looked at a can of potted meat and sur enough trype was one of the ingredients.
Very interesting, thanks for posting 👍
Canned sardines packed in olive oil are fishy yummy!
Eaten with crackers to absorb excess oil.
I always buy 60 cent generic cans of corn, peas, and green beans. I have at least 20 cans at any given time.
George W. Bush said you should have at least 3 to 5 weeks worth of supplies stored in your house
Barack Obama said you should have at least 6 months supplies stored in your house
20 cans is not enough
I was told way back 20+ years ago that corn has no real nutritional value, thats its really just a filler (basically used to fill a void in most recipes or meals). Regardless of what I have learned since, I still treat corn like its an additive instead of an actual vegetable to eat. 😂 I'm ok with that and don't eat much corn (on purpose). But I will eat corn tortilla chips with salsa when we go to the mexican restaurant. How could I not? 😂
shows how people can go thru life believing WRONG things because of "what you were told" by a WRONG source
@@bobsaturday4273 for sure. But I'm not really going to change my diet because of a UA-cam video. I'm happy with what I eat now. Its all good.
You are quite right very poor nutritional value it's even terrible food for livestock
Corn should be avoided including corn oil. It is bad for the gut.
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I stopped eating canned veggies a long time ago, I stock up on large bags of frozen veggies. The bags can be resealed and put back in the freezer which helps to eliminate waste. I buy can pumpkin for the year after thanksgiving when it goes on sale. Donate your unwanted can goods...Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🎃🌽🍠
We had an 8 hour Hydro outage - don't rely on too many frozen foods.
Donate ? I bought these foods for my family ,
Food shortages and power outages are ramping up. You will go hungry!
I been eating can vegetables for 10 years and I'm healthy as a horse. I think they are better than fresh vegetables that been sitting out all day, people handling them and sneezing on them
Agree about canned veggies, they are tasteless anyway.
Canned beans on the other hand are a godsend for those of us who don't have the patience to go through the cooking process necessary for the dried beans!
There are good and bad things about living in any country, but one of the good things about living in Thailand is that fresh pumpkin is always available. Trying to cut off the skin/rind is no fun (especially as I'm completely inadequate when it comes to sharpening knives)....., but worth it in the end.
Thank you. Stay blessed.
I always put a can of sardines & a few anchovies in tomato sauce with a touch of honey to take out some of the bitterness of the tomatoes.
Frankly that sounds remarkably disgusting
a percentage rating is for any size serving. 12% of one cup ,is the same as 12% per ton. Like chick peas and their protein content
I like mackerel, like kippers, on a good cracker (prefer the Stone Wheat brand made in Canada) with a squeeze of lemon or maybe a splash of balsamic vinegar.
Pumpkin is a mixture of squash. You can't get pumpkin in a can. You have to do it yourself. I prefer the squash. Now fresh picked corn while you watch comes covered in ice. Go straight home and cook it. You won't want anything else to eat but the corn. Super sweet right off the stock into ice.
She named two different types of pumpkin in a can
Canned pumpkin is high in fiber, so be aware of that before giving it to your cat or dog. I had an elderly cat who became prone to constipation. His vet prescribed pumpkin puree, it worked pretty well. Unfortunately, my other cat ate some of it and had the runs for a day.
Cats are carnivores, not omnivores like dogs are.
@@luddity - What's the difference between the two? Is it that carnivores can only eat meat but omnivores can eat anything?
@@gord2358 It's fascinating how digestive systems work! They aren't set up to process all nutrients, and you can get a reaction like a human food intolerance, or, depending on the food, a poison response. Always best to check with a vet.
@@gord2358 carnivorous eat meat only, while omnivorous eat both plant and meat. Like us humans
thank you! love tuna and will switch,
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You can cut up the Spam in chunks and simmer it in a pot. This will remove much of the salt.
It is dreadful stuff and best avoided entirely. It is very low quality food aside from all the crap that it`s canned with.
In an emergency situation salt will be a necessary survival commodity. It may be a good thing in the future to have lots of salted canned meats.Just in case.
I hate Spam. It's like eating canned dog food.
@@bryanspindle4455you obviously have no taste
@@jamesmarshall3311you obviously have no taste
Canned foods that are acidy can leach chemicals from the can and can lose their seal sooner than later. Be sure you buy canned tomato products and some fruits that are canned in jars.
How long do you store your cans, decades?
@@stevewixom9311 You could if they are in jars.
This may have been true in the past but today all cans are lined with plastic. Botulism is a thing of the past.
Sadly I’ve never seen tomato’s sold in jars - but I would definitely choose them over cans, if I did.
@@mikenagy938 Acid will eat though the can. I recently found some leaking canned fruit in my pantry. They were less than 5 years old.
In Australia we eat cooked fresh pumpkin, readily available to buy and easy to grow. Steamed or roasted, yummy, yes and dogs like it too! I have made pumpkin pie occasionally using steamed pumpkin. I can't understand why US uses canned pumpkin?
Salt is a preservative, and if you use salted tomatoes in soups the salt is diluted by the soup.
Here in the UK sugar free beans are readily available as are reduced sugar.
I am from Ireland and eat some canned beans, but I always drain away the very tasty but sugary sauce it comes in. Loaded in salt too. It is amazing how much blander, though healthier tasting the beans are after you drain them off.
I guess that’s a start in the right direction. But with the carbs in the beans are converted to glucose in your body.
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The “if, then” sentence construction caught my ear, too.
very helpful video! thanks!
Looks So Delicious😋Thanks for sharing this amazing recipe💖
I'm a big fan of canned so called 'trash' fish, like anchovy, mackerel and sardine. I especially like smoked herring....aka kippers. I do wimp out and buy the skinless/boneless fillets. This stuff is pretty cheap, tasty, full of protein and other nutrients plus by being low on the food chain, more sustainable and less full of stuff like mercury. I do buy high end sustainably caught canned tuna too. Much prefer yellowfin to the more popular albacore. Think the yellowfin taste better and again is more sustainable as less in demand. One of these day I'm gonna have to get some frozen sardines and grill. But off topic.......
How do you eat the mackerel? Do you mix it with something?
Where I come from we call that 'dumpster fish'...
why are they called trash fish when they're healthier than other fish?
Have to contend with canned fish ..not complaining but fresh is the best. Portugal always comes to mind .. fresh sardines on a griller outside. Never liked the fish eyes or other meats eyes looking me though. 😂
@@lydiawhitting5406 Sounds good. Ever had smelt? Deep fried with hush puppies. Delish.
i had to go on a low salt diet. I read every package of food and
was shocked to see that sardines were better than tuna.
Good vid and informative.
Can personally confirm the dangers of mercury in tuna. One year in college, I was sick of the cafeteria food, so I ate two big tuna sandwiches on kaiser rolls for both lunch and dinner (I would estimate maybe 3-4 cans per day). After a month or so, I got a weird sickness where my stomach hurt all the time, especially after eating. Not nausea, pain. Spent a week eating nothing but white bread, ginger ale, and water. Almost positive it was the mercury from the tuna building up in me. I still enjoy tuna from time to time, but in moderation now
That doesnt sound like mercury poisoning. It sounds like botulism.
Moderation is definitely key friend. I eat fish very rarely for this reason. If I fix a packet of tuna I just have 3 sandwiches over the week & that’s usually it for the month
Wow 3-4 cans per day is extreme
Maybe histamine got ya. Fresh tuna forms Scobrotoxin when not stored properly.
Parsley helps you body eliminate heavy metals. I add a lot of parsley and cilantro to my tuna, for extra greens and for healtier sandwich.
I have a lot of Keystone beef and pork in cans stored. I love it. The only added ingredient is a little salt.
How long does it keep?
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@@yafuker6046 I just saw your reply. The "Best By" date is 5 years. The cans I have are July 2027.
@@ericclaeyborn3600 'Preciate it!
Me too!!!! Beef tho. A couple cases. Expensive at the time, but excellent insurance. Good Amish food.
Wondering what to do with canned pumpkin? It can easily be added to pancake and muffin mixes for a yummy change of pace.
Pumpkin butter is so easy to make & so tasty as a condiment on both sweet & savory.
Pumpkin bread, cookies, smoothie bowls.
I just heat it up, add some butter, salt and pepper and eat it like mashed potato. I like the flavor, it's good for you and it's easy.
Canned salmon and mackerel are both significantly lower in mercury than canned tuna unless it's canned light tuna in water. Tuna has 3x the mercury as either one. Canned mackerel is usually cheaper than either canned tuna or salmon and is just as delicious. Try it.
what does mackerel taste like ? i love a tuna & mayo on toast. if mackerel is not gamey i could eat it.
If one consumes enough of high mercury tuna, after death a thermometer can be made out of the corpse, saves the environment!
@@jesvans Mackerel doesn't taste gamey or too fishy to me at all. It's usually canned like salmon with the skin and bones. I remove both and make fish cakes, casseroles or sandwiches like tuna with it. You might find it at a dollar or discount store for a cheap try at it.
@@charliedavis8894 thanx. skin & bone, hmmm, idk. i don't like screwing with food, i just want to eat, this is 1 reason i like tuna. but, if i can find a can i will try it, thanx
@@jesvans Most people just mash up the skin and bone with the meat like salmon, I just personally don't like it and I do the same with canned salmon. Really, it only takes a minute since theres usually only 2-3 mackerel per can or not an issue if you like the skin and bones (theyre cooked and soft). It's not available where I live but they do can mackerel filets without skin and bones. I've been able to find sardines canned that way. Good luck!
Love canned anchovies packed in olive oil; when cooked in pasta sauces, adds a nutty flavor, not fishy.
When I was growing up, and we had a chore chart, whoever missed feeding our family's pet fish had to eat an anchovy as punishment. To this day the only way I'll even remotely eat anchovies is in Caesar salad dressing. LOL!
WHAT KIND OF SAUCES? White, TOMATO.....ROUX?
How do you deal with the eyes and the skeleton?
@@blankmandastankman anchovies usually don't have their heads. Certain fish like anchovies and sardines have really soft bones so you can eat them
I was surprised to see corn and baked beans on this list. Kinda lost credibility with me. Sardines are a great source of Omega 3 fatty acids and calcium. I always have them in the pantry. I never eat corn anymore.
i love the thought of tuna casserole or tuna pasta, so i keep buying the canned fish....but then i think i pretty much always open a canned tin of of sardines instead cos i'm lazy to cook, glad iv'e been making the right choice :)
i have about 20 canned tins of tuna lying around...but instead i keep re-buying and eating 100 or more of canned sardines instead, put the sardines in a sandwich which takes no cooking = yum.
I enjoy eating the sardines right out of the can, accompanied by a couple slices of bread ... YUM!
Ever try a grape jelly and sardine sandwich?? It's awesome!!!!!!!!!!
@@crazyhorseracing6130 WHAT are you, pregnant?
@@mentalasylumescapee6389 No lol! Try it
Great with mustard!
Great you can learn a lot about different things and food.
We can our own food to eliminate many of the things mentioned here. We can chicken thighs, pork and beef chunks, pork and beef stew, home made green chili and chili beans and many other things. we also have a stock of Skip Jack tuna, Spam, Corned beef hash..with the hash you want to cut 2 slots on the top of the can and put it in a pan of water then allow it to get thoroughly hot and then the fat rises to the top for you to remove. The Spam, I found if you boil it before sautéing it then a lot of the salty taste will go away.
Everything in this video is accurate, but only in a natural organic state, not the GMO versions sold in most supermarkets.
Really at 9:03 it says there are over 2418g of sodium per 100g serving - not really accurate
Thank God GMO is banned here in Europe.
You can make hummus from canned chickpeas. Tahini is available at the supermarket, and use appropriate seasonings
I use peanut butter for it instead cuz l always have it around, and minced garlic, and oranges
Sounds like a matter of personal preference to me. If I'm not going to make soup, which occasionally I do, of course I'm going to buy canned soup, and ditto canned baked beans!
Wow! Who knew? Thank you for the info.
i going to have a SPAM sandwich and a can of backed beans, yumm. lol
Spam fried with yellow mustard on squishy white bread. Num, num.
@@stanleycostello9610 yep, but I don't fry mine and you have to have mustard on it! Husband likes it crispy fried.
I love Bumble Bee Tuna Albacore packed in oil it’s Very Good for you and my cousin is fisherman who packs his own fish !🥰🙏🇺🇸🤩
I'm sorry but Albacore has a lot more Mercury than skipjack or yellowfin
@@janettemasiello5560 You couldn’t get me to eat that! I love my halibut and salmon chinook only!
How about packed in water????
@@kennethmregan Jeremy would Never pack in water as soon as he cans it is Always in its own oil and Salmon is the same way!😋😉😃🤩🇺🇸
Until last week, I always purchased Bumblebee tuna, but then I noticed that it's not just tuna. It's tuna and soy. Why, Bumblebee??
love Kabocha pumpkin. boiled .deepfried, sauteed with green beansnonions, garlic over hot rice
At this point in the game, would you really trust anything the FDA says. I wouldn't.
My heart was broken when she said albacore Yuna was bad.
It is true, though. Better to know!
Thanks for the nice lesson in canned pumpkin. I had heard that it was really squash. But, the darn can says pumpkin, not squash.
Pumpkin is a squash
@@CarinaPiersay that's nice. Foods we don't eat, cuz they're gross. Squash of any kind. In my house, you call it squash and it directly gets tossed out to the burn pile. Thank God, my grandma's called them gourds instead of squish. I'll keep doing that. Because, me personally likes to cook up a mess of gourd for hours on end, just to make all the good things my grandma's taught me. But, thanks for the info, that I shall put on the shelf...🥰💖🥰
@@CarinaPiersay thanks beat me to it😊
The Aussies call all hard squash "pumpkin"
Campbells tomato soup also has high fructose corn syrup.
Wow! Interesting info on SPAM and the other info on the price of gas and a brand new house from back in the day! But then again, it's all relative.
I’m almost positive that with every one of these, there’s a seperate food item you can eat that offsets their “negative” health benefits
Thanks for adding actual captions for the Deaf
Thk for the info
You can make hummus from canned chickpeas, just buy Tahini, that's in the foreign food aisle, or by the peanut butter
Sardines are amazing, especially if you know what to do with them.
That's not hard - I eat them.
@@donaldcarey114 so do I, but there are a lot of pansies who are afraid to eat them straight out the can.
@@SojuNinja A couple of slices of multi grain bread, a touch of (preferably olive oil based), mayo and a layer of sardines = a real treat. Add a slice or two of sweet onion and you have a gormet's delight.
@@donaldcarey114 i like mine sauteed with onions, garlic, chili flakes, black pepper and olive oil. I eat it over rice, noodles or even oatmeal if Im too busy.
@@SojuNinja wow, that sounds delicious HoodSensei. I have read that just a sardine or two, mashed up with a fork and cooked in spaghetti sauce really adds depth to the sauce.
Never ever met a canned tomato that was as good as my garden toms. Not a fan of sardines but I do like kippered herring... full day dose of vitamin D in them. Chick peas are good in chili. Canned pumpkin I use in soda bread... spiced with honey and cardamom. Canned baked beans were for when I worked long hours every day. Many a day baked beans warmed in the microwave was my dinner... always poured on extra sugar and salt. Bad but way better than fast food.
Haven't tried pumpkin in soda bread, but now I must try to make it!
@@bjdefilippo447 It freezes well. When frozen slices can be cut off for single servings. A few seconds in the microwave and you have hot pumpkin bread. I find pumpkin, squash, and carrots are interchangeable when making soda bread. They all go in the blender to become the vegetable part. Pumpkin is a favorite because it can be purchased canned and sits on the shelf until I'm ready.
I get the wild planet Albacore with low sodium. I eat once in awhile. I like sardines and canned wild caught salmon for salmon cakes.
Interesting and informative. Thank you. Also am curious about some of the cans themselves, as I understand they can leach toxins into the food...?
Maybe . I always steer clear of dented or creased tins because the internal skin of the can maybe exposing the tin underneath.