brooklyn1 wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
> On Apr 14, 8:40 am, Kate Connally > wrote:
>> I never used to think that canned potatoes were a good
>> idea, but I tried some about a year ago and they're not
>> bad. No worse than canned green beans, IMO. And I've been
>> using them in a lot of things lately. I don't think they're
>> overly salty. [snip]
>
> Oh well, I don't like canned green beans at all either. Frozen are so
> much better (and fresh picked from the back yard even more so). You
> said your soup was a little salty; I was just supposing that the
> canned potatoes might have contributed to that.
>
>> Naturally prefer fresh potatoes but I absolutely hate peeling
>> them, so for my daily meals I use the canned ones. I would never
>> use the for company. They're really not bad in soups and stews.
>> The only problem for me is that I prefer russets and these are
>> the waxy type but I can live with that. You could always make
>> my "recipe" using "real" potatoes. ;-)
>
> Sure. Our only disagreement is whether avoiding peeling is enough
> tradeoff for the quality loss. I don't mind prep work so it doesn't
> look like a good deal to me. -aem
>
> I don't mind peeling potatos at all... in fact for the small quantity of
> spuds in a can I can peel a couple of huge ones that equal more as fast as
> you can open that can. I never heard of anyone who says they cook who's
> ascared to pare a few spuds. Canned spuds are awful, they really should be
> outlawed from being labled as a food... they should be sold at Home Depot,
> for quickie wallboard crack filler.

I'm not "ascared" - I just hate doing it. And besides the canned
ones are already cooked so you can just throw them in the soup any
old time and not worry about how much time they need to cook.

There are certain canned foods that are "just awful" - green peas
and lima beans come to mind right away - but I don't think canned
potatoes fall into that category. I used to think that and maybe
they used to be but since I tried them recently I was pleasantly
surprised that they weren't too bad. There have been advances in
canned processes that have improved the quality of some canned foods.
I never used to like canned corn and always used frozen. When Green
Giant came out their canned corn was okay but I still used frozen.
Now I use Delmonte "Fresh Cut". The texture is nice and crisp like
fresh corn. So now I never use frozen any more, which tends to be
a little mushy.

Kate

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Kate Connally
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Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?