# Fresh, Frozen, or Canned? How do you buy your food? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 20, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-frozen-or-canned-how-do-you-buy-your-food/749655 "2016-03-20T16:27:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dizzee\_dee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@dizzee\_dee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dizzee_dee)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-frozen-or-canned-how-do-you-buy-your-food/749655/21 "2016-03-21T15:52:36Z")
Growing up, it was mostly home canned. So we had a lot of fresh in the summer, and canned in the winter. I never tried frozen til I was on my own. I prefer fresh, but it can be a challenge. I just moved in with a roommate who also likes veggies so I suspect we will have lots more fresh now. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-frozen-or-canned-how-do-you-buy-your-food/749655/22 "2016-03-21T17:47:13Z")
Mostly fresh, but I keep cans of corn, green beans, and wax beans for occasional convenience in making dinner. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-frozen-or-canned-how-do-you-buy-your-food/749655/24 "2016-03-21T19:23:16Z")
I grew up with fresh and frozen. My wife grew up with canned. So we do both: Canned: green beans, wax beans, corn, beets Frozen: corn, peas, lima beans, broccoli, spinach, brussel sprouts fresh: corn, broccoli, spinach, carrots. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-frozen-or-canned-how-do-you-buy-your-food/749655.md?page=1)