"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" wrote in message news >
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> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>> I have a bunch of canned corn from Costco. They were probably cheap but I
>> have to start eating that stuff! I vow to use at least one can tomorrow
>> but using it all up is going to be tough!
>>
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>> I am sure you can find some recipe to use them in
>
> I grew up eating canned tomatoes and I think they're fine as a side
> vegetable but the other two that live here are less than thrilled with
> them
> like that. So when I do use them, it's mainly for something like macaroni,
> beef and tomatoes which I don't make often because I ate too much of it as
> a
> child and because again, the other two are not thrilled with it. Or in a
> soup.
>
> But... Fresh tomatoes are something I almost always keep in the house. And
> if they look like they're starting to go bad, I will put them in a soup.
> Now
> it is rare these days that I have leftover cooked vegetables in the
> fridge.
> I used to when Angela was smaller and ate less. So I could easily do a
> small
> batch of soup with just leftover stuff and perhaps some added onion and
> celery. Or even a leftover dish such as chicken and rice or pot roast. If
> there was only a little left, it was easy to add some other things to make
> a
> soup. So I found not much need for canned tomatoes. I do still buy them
> but
> now it's more like one or two cans a year. Not a whole case.
>
> ==
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> Corn is the only canned food we like which I am not interested in cooking
> from scratch.
>
> I don't use too many canned tomatoes because I grow plum tomatoes, but
> they are very handy.

I rarely buy fresh corn. Angela and I like it raw but nobody else in the
family will eat it that way. I'm just not a big fan of it. Okay if it's in
something like a casserole or soup but as a side dish, I only eat a couple
of bites.