Dave wrote on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:14:48 -0400:

??>>> (I was lucky growing up. About the only canned vegetable
??>>> we ate was corn.)
??>>
??>> You sure were. I had to eat canned peas. YUCK, yuck,
??>> yuck....phooey.

Even while growing up, I was not given many canned vegetables to
eat. We did sometimes have the very strange-tasting canned peas
and I still eat baked beans. In fact, most beans, including
garbanzos, that I use are canned and I do sometimes buy canned
palm hearts for salads.

I've come across something from England called "mushy" in
import stores that I think is peas overcooked until the name is
correct but I've never tried them.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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