# Are canned goods supposed to be edible?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-canned-goods-supposed-to-be-edible/45545>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 14, 2000, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-canned-goods-supposed-to-be-edible/45545 "2000-12-14T15:46:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-canned-goods-supposed-to-be-edible/45545/21 "2000-12-15T12:37:14Z")

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> \*Originally posted by AudreyK \*  
> **…corn with vienna sausage (cold, straight from the can)…**

:eek:  
_"Audrey… **nooooooooo!!!** Please_ say you were just kidding…!"  
::shudder::

[sub]…and please tell me this is not part of the “mindless debauchery…”[/sub]

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**Author:** ![robinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@robinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinh)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-canned-goods-supposed-to-be-edible/45545/22 "2000-12-15T16:31:50Z")

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> \*Originally posted by poohpah chalupa \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by robinh \*  
> > **…Bernie-0s (like Spaghetti-Os, but a little healthier)…**
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> 😕  
> What does _this_ means?!? A little healthier than Spaghetti-O’s…isn’t _heroin_ a little healthier than Spaghetti-O’s?  
> 🙂 \*\*

yes, I believe heroin _is_ a little healthier than Spaghetti-Os :)…actually, Bernie-Os are just canned pasta marketed to children but without the MSG, preservatives and artificial flavoring/coloring. They’re made my Annie’s, who also make a mac-and-cheese boxed mix similar to the Kraft version but, again, without the not-found-in-nature orange color, etc.

**Zenster** wrote: _One of my favorites; Hearts of Palm_

I love these. But this brings to mind a stupid question. I understand from the picture on the can that they do actually come from palm trees, but what part, specifically? Does anyone know? Please excuse my ignorance. I was born and raised in Maine, and continue to live in New England, where palm trees are not common. Potatoes, I can tell you about. Palm trees, no. So, just what am I eating?

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**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-canned-goods-supposed-to-be-edible/45545/23 "2000-12-18T06:19:16Z")

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> \*Originally posted by poohpah chalupa \*  
> **:eek:  
> _"Audrey…nooooooooo!!! Please_ say you were just kidding…!"  
> ::shudder::**

Hey, come on! I can’t help what I grew up eating!

I blame my mother!

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> \*\*[sub]…and please tell me this is not part of the “mindless debauchery…”[/sub] \*\*

I’ve got a better imagination than that. 😉

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