Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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!
> >
> > ===
> >
> > 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.

Oh, I'm still using a lot of canned tomatoes here but i am selective on
brands. I need the low sodium types. Oddly, the lowest sodium ones
are not marked 'low sodium' and the main brands like Hunts, Heinz,
Contadina are the highest sodium.

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