Caned peas are an abomination.
(How’s THAT for mundane and pointless?!)
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Nuggan? Is that you? And how do you cane a pea?
Mercotans are an abomination unto Nuggan. 
I tried a thought experiement, but I ended up visualizing whirled peas.
What about whipped peas? How about peas all tied up and blindfolded?
Have you tried the canned LeSueur baby peas?
All we are saying is give peas a chance.
Kythy, you got some ‘splainin’ to do…
OK I have to admit that’s one of the funniest typo’s I’ve ever made.
Yes, and all I can say is that I can’t wait for freakin’ spring
Then you probably want to stay away from mushy peas (given that they’re British they may well cane them to get them that way).
All canned vegetables, with exception of tomatoes (which some would argue is a fruit), suck. Tasteless over-salted abominations swimming in their own filth. And don’t get me started on canned creamed corn.
AMEN!
I humbly submit for your approval the only other plant matter which is acceptible from a can:
Sauerkraut
Say what you will, a can is the only place I can get passable sauerkraut around here.
So that makes the list;
- Tomatos
- Sauerkraut
- [not gonna do it]
That’s one short list.
Oh and “Won’t someone PEAS think of the CHILDREN!” :dubious:
Canned sliced beets are not too bad.
I would argue that there are some veggies that are good pickled (beets, carrots, gherkins). So things in glass might be ok, but cans are just wrong for food. Brimming over with wrongness.
Zoid, if your need for veggies is growing faster than the approach of spring, try some of the frozen veggies at the Trader Joe’s in Chicago. They’ve got peas and artichokes and asparagus that are not so bad. Frozen food has improved greatly since I was a child (yes, that was quite a while ago).
Thanks TDG!
I actually find frozen veggies passable in most cases.
Canned however are just vile. In a moment of insanity I thought “hey peas, in a can, that’s kind of convenient.”
Little did I know of the betrayal I was about to be victim to.
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Mushy peas are great. But only with chips (ahem fries).
If you can’t find decent (NOT canned) sauerkraut in Chicago, fer chrissakes, you must not be looking very hard.
Here in Brooklyn, hardly a major gathering place of the Germanic Peoples, I can buy excellent sauerkraut out of the damn barrel just fifteen blocks from my place. If I don’t want to walk that far, I can get acceptable B&G or Boar’s Head brand kraut sealed in plastic bags at any supermarket or small grocery.
That canned stuff tastes like…cans.
I have to admit that I am not in Chicago proper but in a near west suburb (Oak Park) and I would kill for a good eastern European meal, dear Og how I long for some roast duck, pork butt, sauerkraut and dumplings smothered in gravy with some chewy rye bread….- and oddly enough, I’m Sicilian.
HOW THE HELL did we get this off topic?!
I also will nominate frozen green beans as fit only for pigs and canned-pea eaters. Concerning beets - purple food is just unnatural, and beets are the most unnaturalist of all. Nasssssty.
ERxcept in borscht. I found a wonderful recipe for borscht in The Victory Garden Cookbook and it’s worth all the effort. YUM.
Actually, if you don’t mind earing violently red-colored food, grated beets added to grated carrots and thin-sliced onions that have been sauteed just limp will give you a wonderful bed for braising meat or chicken.