On Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 5:32:11 PM UTC-6, wrote:
> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >
> >> On Monday, November 30, 2020 at 6:08:43 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> > On 2020-11-30 6:56 p.m., cshenk wrote:
> >> > > Dave Smith wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >> I have had canned chili. I bought it once and I learned from my
> >> > >> experience. Besides, I am on a low sodium diet these days so
> >> > prepared >> foods are out, especially canned.
> >> > >
> >> > > Not all canned foods are out, just learn t read the labels and
> >> > > selct the versions with acceptable sodium. Generall speaking, the
> >> > > more 'name brand' it is, the less acceptable sodium wise per
> >> > > serving. Hunts, Heinz, Contadina tomato products for example are
> >> > > horrible.
> >> > >
> >> > The dietitian stressed the importance of checking the labels for
> >> > the nutrients list. There are a number of "blue menu" products with
> >> > little or no salt. The amount of salt varies a lot for the same
> >> > products from different companies. When I was stocking up on beans
> >> > last week I found that those being billed as organic had the
> >> > highest salt content.
> >>
> >> We only use canned beans when I don't have time or motivation to cook
> >> dried beans in the pressure cooker, like when I get home from work
> >> wiped out. I swear, if we had a Canadian style, single payer health
> >> care system, my sixty year-old ass wouldn't continue to work full
> >> time for the employer subsidized health insurance.
> >>
> >> Dave, do you monitor your BP several times a day? Persons who have
> >> high BP vary widely as to the effect that dietary sodium has on their
> >> BP. It's not one-size-fits-all.
> >>
> >> --Bryan
> >
> > I have some canned beans but only a few types and more the frills like
> > black ones. I think I have 3 cans of them now? 1 is a black bean and
> > 2 are refried pintos. Agree with you that it's not a one-size-fits-all
> > deal on the sodium. Doctors will always blame salt intake as it frees
> > them of litigation.
>
> I tend to have low sodium so I have to eat more salt. I don't have to pay
> attention to sodium, counts.
>
> That being said... I made a meal the other day that was very hard for me to
> eat! These are things my daughter sometimes eat, but I had never tried them.
> They were purchased at the start of the pandemic. The foods I normally
> bought were not available.
>
> I can't remember the brand now but it was some kind of frozen, batter dipped
> chicken tenders or strips. They were slightly expired so I air fried the
> whole pkg. Plenty of batter. Not much meat.
>
> The other was a pouch of Idahoan instant mashed potatoes and cheese. Just
> add water.
>
> I served these with canned peas. I happily ate the peas, but the chicken and
> potatoes were such salt bombs. Blech! Thankfully, Justin ate the rest of the
> chicken. I finished off the potatoes the following day.

Instant mashed potatoes with canned peas sounds like prison food in a
prison with a sadistic warden.
>
> I think Angela may be getting some potato packets for Christmas!

I guess that out of a concern for climate change, that's what Santa is leaving
naughty folks instead of coal.
>
--Bryan