# Canned Green Peas **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 20, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004 "2014-08-20T15:14:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004/61 "2014-08-21T14:58:07Z")
> [@Lorene89095](#): > > You are a strange person. No argument here. > [@](#): > > Did you have to clean your plate at every meal? No, my parents worked for and paid for every meal served to me just as I do currently for my family. If they chose to let me be picky it was their expense, not that of someone giving to charity. > [@](#): > > I’m poor but pickey,which is allowed. It is? Since when? Ever hear the phrase “Beggars can’t be choosers?” > [@](#): > > If I could grow a garden here I would. Which has nothing to do with anything. Don’t take donated goods and throw them away because you feel they are not good enough for you. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004/62 "2014-08-21T15:00:55Z")
> [@Lorene89095](#): > > Btw,the peas had 390mg of sodium per serving:eek:3.5 servings per can. I’ll bet if you had rinsed the peas, you’ll greatly reduce the amount of salt. Although that’s irrelevant now as you _threw out_ the food that people so kindly gave to you. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004/63 "2014-08-21T15:04:25Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Eating canned peas is irrational, regardless of where they originated. Fresh peas – yummy. Frozen peas – good. Canned peas – revolting. > [@Smeghead](#): > > Huh. I guess beggars CAN be choosers. > [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Even people down on their luck have standards…and Chinese peas apparently crosses a line. > [@AnaMen](#): > > What a wasteful way to distribute food. You can’t go through the bag at the food pantry and leave what you don’t want? I’ll bet half the food in the mystery bags gets tossed. Really. When I was getting free food, I took most of it. “Hunger has no pride.” If you are hungry, you will eat anything. My food bank had a big blue plastic tub where you could put things you didn’t want, and take anything out of it that you did want. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004/64 "2014-08-21T17:19:53Z")
Damn Peas Activists; always stirring up trouble… ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004/65 "2014-08-21T17:59:13Z")
Pea problem solved – I asked my aid if she wanted them,telling her about the sodium and the China thing… She said yes,so they went home with her… yes,told her about the sodium and the China thing… ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004/66 "2014-08-21T18:03:54Z")
> [@Lorene89095](#): > > Btw,the peas had 390mg of sodium per serving:eek:3.5 servings per can. Which is approximately identical to the sodium per serving in every other brand of canned peas. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004/67 "2014-08-21T18:10:31Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Ditto with our pets, and their kids. ? Regardless of the peas, the melamine in their own infant formula was a pretty well documented case. While millions of Chinese children didn’t die, the estimated number of poisoned was in the hundreds of thousands. It wasn’t a manufacturing error, but a deliberate attempt to doctor the formula to make it look higher in protein than it was. [2008 Chinese milk scandal - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal) The dogs poisoned by Chinese-made dog treats scandal was real as well. [Toxic Jerky Treats Responsible For More Than 1,000 Dog Deaths, FDA Says | HuffPost Impact](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/19/toxic-jerky-treats-dog-deaths-fda_n_5353462.html) While I wouldn’t have a wholesale fear of products made in China (not Asia generically, but specifically China), it’s also not completely ludicrous to be cautious. They are hardly doing it on purpose to poison us, but their oversight seems shoddy at best. In fact, Chinese citizens themselves seem to prefer American brands over their own, for safety reasons. The recent Heinz recall of baby food in parts of China illustrated this point. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004/68 "2014-08-21T18:41:34Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Eating canned peas is irrational, regardless of where they originated. Fresh peas – yummy. Frozen peas – good. Canned peas – revolting. You’re right, she should totally see if the food pantry has any fresh peas available. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004/69 "2014-08-21T19:15:06Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > You’re right, she should totally see if the food pantry has any fresh peas available. Organically grown, locally sourced, and sustainably produced ONLY, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004/70 "2014-08-21T19:36:16Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Well, maybe her food processor is broken, and she’s upset that she can’t have Whirled Peas. > > … Thanks for using that one. I debated which quip to use so I’m glad the whirled peas did not go to waste. ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004/71 "2014-08-21T19:44:53Z")
> [@AnaMen](#): > > What a wasteful way to distribute food. You can’t go through the bag at the food pantry and leave what you don’t want? I’ll bet half the food in the mystery bags gets tossed. Food pantries don’t have warehouses of food available. Sometimes they have just a shelf or two, and that goes quickly. Chinese peas may have been all that was available when she went. Food distribution is perilous. Besides, what’s the number one people donate? These cheap-ass cans of peas! If she goes to a shelter, the choices become even less. A sandwich and a piece of fruit, maybe. She won’t get to pick what kind of sandwich, because of a need to make sandwiches in bulk and save resources, and the limited options of donated food. So there she’ll get Chinese ham. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004/72 "2014-08-21T19:48:25Z")
> [@Lorene89095](#): > > Ah - Thank you… I’ll do that… My blood pressure is so high my ears are ringing… See,this pushes all my buttons. Our farms and ranches are being bulldozed, paved and made into ugly housing "developments. Soon the US will not be able to feed ourselves. Our supply lines are too long and unstable… You’ve never been to Iowa have you? ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004/73 "2014-08-21T21:33:32Z")
> [@LibrarySpy](#): > > Food pantries don’t have warehouses of food available. Sometimes they have just a shelf or two, and that goes quickly. Chinese peas may have been all that was available when she went. Food distribution is perilous. > > Besides, what’s the number one people donate? These cheap-ass cans of peas! > > If she goes to a shelter, the choices become even less. A sandwich and a piece of fruit, maybe. She won’t get to pick what kind of sandwich, because of a need to make sandwiches in bulk and save resources, and the limited options of donated food. So there she’ll get Chinese ham. I don’t care if peas are actually the only thing there. She still has a choice for each item: “yes please” or “no thank you.” No need to bring food home and throw it away like a jackass. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004/74 "2014-08-21T22:23:49Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Maybe you aren’t as much as a foodie as me, but toothpaste and painted toys aren’t at the top of the list of things I would eat. Hmm. The toothpaste tube usually says to use a pea-sized amount for children. **Coincidence?!** Yes, I think so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-green-peas/696004.md?page=3)