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Old 24-01-2008, 05:55
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Which do you buy/will you eat, and which won't you?

Carrots - no
peas - I only buy mushy peas but will eat them all if served them
potatoes - only as a stock cupboard emergency item, & will only eat them fried in seasoned flour!
sweetcorn - yes
mixed veg - no
beans & pulses - yes
mushrooms - no
asparagus - no
tomatoes - yes, but only chopped ones for spag bol etc.
spinach - never tried it tinned
fried onions - never tried them, wouldn't want to
Ratatouille - cant stand it!
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Old 24-01-2008, 09:18
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Yes to: chopped tinned tomatoes, sweetcorn, kidney beans, and other pulses, mushy peas (occasionally)
No to everything else

I have some tiny broad beans (the size of petit pois) from Spain still in my cupboard and they are delicious as tapas, - hamon et habas but not broad beans from UK as I prefer them fresh
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Old 24-01-2008, 09:22
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Lazy Onions - very tasty tinned
Spinach- fantastic tinnned
Mushrooms-gorgeous tinned
Chickpeas-great tinned
Broad beans-good tinned
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Old 24-01-2008, 09:39
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What do you use lazy onions for? I am intrigued
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Old 24-01-2008, 10:24
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Sweetcorn
Chopped tomatoes
Chick peas
Beans of many kinds

Only organic though.
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Old 24-01-2008, 10:26
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What do you use lazy onions for? I am intrigued
When you want to make something with onions and can't be fagged to chop them up. They are also neater than I do it.

I also buy chopped onion in ASDA as they chop it neater than my dyspraxic right hand can chop.
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Old 24-01-2008, 10:29
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I use Tinned tomatos and the occassional tin of sweetcorn.

That's it!
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Old 24-01-2008, 12:39
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Tinned mushrooms are totally fabulous in stews. They seem to have a fuller flavour and keep their shape better too. Fresh mushrooms for stroganoff and cooked breakfast though.
I also use tinned beans and tomatoes.
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Old 24-01-2008, 12:56
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peas
sweetcorn
kidney beans
canellini beans
chick peas
baked beans
tomatoes
heinz spaghetti - This is my guilty pleasure, I LOVE it on toast
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Old 24-01-2008, 13:04
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Beans & Pulses
Tomatoes
Corn

I much prefer my Veg frozen & tinned Potatoes are just awful.
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Old 24-01-2008, 13:07
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tomatoes
peas
baked beans
kidney beans
butter beans
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Old 24-01-2008, 13:10
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tomatoes
sweetcorn
kidneybeans
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Old 24-01-2008, 13:18
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I buy tins of:
tomatoes - only good quality
sweetcorn
kidney beans
baked beans
lentils & pulses (for emergency use)
artichokes (Tesco's are really good, honest!)
coconut milk
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Old 24-01-2008, 13:20
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Oh yes forgot baked beans, and also water chestnuts, and bamboo shoots
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Old 24-01-2008, 15:07
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OK, here's mine -

Carrots - No
Peas - Tesco Petit Pois or Sainsbury's Garden Peas only.
Potatoes - Only if they have the skin left on.
Sweetcorn - Yes
Mixed Veg - No
Beans & Pulses - Occasionally.
Mushrooms - Never - something's aren't meant to be tinned.
Asparagus - Never tried it, too expensive.
Tomatoes - No - I don't like tomatoes like that. I'll buy tinned Tomato Puree though.
Spinach - No - I'm allergic.
Fried Onions - Tried once. Convenient, but a bit greasy.
Ratatouille - Tried once or twice, didn't really like it.
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Old 24-01-2008, 16:02
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tinned veg are apparently more healthier than fresh
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Old 24-01-2008, 16:13
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Various beans - butter, kidney, borlotti, haricot and baked. Chick peas, mushrooms, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, mushy peas, marrowfat peas, beansprouts and tomatoes of course.

Tinned asparagus is a bit overcooked by the time its been warmed up.

I used to like tinned potatoes many years ago, but they taste funny these days, even if you put mint sauce on them.
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Old 24-01-2008, 22:27
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tinned chopped tomatos and sweetcorn, thats it, i wont buy any other tinned veg.
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Old 25-01-2008, 10:59
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None, about the only things I get in tins are beans, chopped tomatoes and tuna. Its either all fresh or frozen veg in our house.
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Old 25-01-2008, 17:10
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I always think that anything other than tinned sweetcorn tastes soggy and plastic. Can't see the appeal at all.
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Old 25-01-2008, 21:47
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Tinned spinach is horrendous, IMO. Tinned tomatoes, chick peas, kidney beans etc are fine, as are mushy peas. Sharwoods creamed mushrooms are fine with baked potatoes or noodles.
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Old 27-01-2008, 18:57
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I only really but tinned peas or sweetcorn. Everything else I buy fresh.

EDIT: forgot tomatoes and kidney beans
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Old 27-01-2008, 19:47
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I use tinned tomatoes and kidney beans, and that's it - everything else I have either fresh or frozen.
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Old 27-01-2008, 22:29
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Years ago when I was student, my idea of fine dining was to empty a tin of a stewed steak, a tin of new potatoes and a tin of baked beans all into a saucepan and heat it up.
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Old 27-01-2008, 22:32
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Tomatoes, sweetcorn, tinned pulses and beans.
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