Cold from the can?

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what types
of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?

Canned cream soups

Doesn't get more trailer trash disgusting.... that wallpaper paste is
bad enough reconstituted and heated, but raw, you gotta be kidding.

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Spinach
Cut green beans
Asparagus spears
Baby corns
Black Olives
Green Olives
Any other canned veggie depending on my mood.

I'll eat the black olives as a snack... the rest, blech!

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Canned beans are out tho'. Those have GOT to be warmed up!

Canned cold beans are fine if drained and tossed with a salad dressing.

Now that's not a bad idea.

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I like canned beets.
I like canned creamed corn.

Cold???

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And naturally any kind of canned fish is a treat... tiny sardines,
kipper snacks, smoked oysters, etc... nice with some saltines but not
really necessary.

I'll eat baby smoked canned clams straight out of a can with a toothpick.
Love 'em!

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And cold Spam .... excellent when you have a mess of those Chinese
take-out condiments... hot mustard and duck sauce go well with Hormel
fillet mignon.

Gods.
I used to like spam many years ago but now I can't stand it.
Been eating low sodium for too long!

When I get canned veggies, I get the "no salt added" variety.

Might be why the canned spinach tastes so good. ;-)

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--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what types
of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?

Canned cream soups

Doesn't get more trailer trash disgusting.... that wallpaper paste is
bad enough reconstituted and heated, but raw, you gotta be kidding.

<smooch>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Spinach
Cut green beans
Asparagus spears
Baby corns
Black Olives
Green Olives
Any other canned veggie depending on my mood.

I'll eat the black olives as a snack... the rest, blech!

The baby corn is really not that bad, and commonly found cold on salad
bars.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

Wayne Boatwright said:

On Thu 15 Dec 2005 07:45:50p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
OmManiPadmeOmelet?

Quoted message said:

When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what types
of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?

Canned cream soups
Spinach
Cut green beans
Asparagus spears
Baby corns
Black Olives
Green Olives
Any other canned veggie depending on my mood.

Canned beans are out tho'. Those have GOT to be warmed up!

Bush's Baked Beans
whole kernal corn
sliced beets
3-bean salad
cut green beans
black or green ripe olives
sauerkraut
bean sprouts

Ooh I'd forgotten about 'kraut! :-)
It's good cold also.

I have a helluva time finding canned bean sprouts.
Wish I could! The fresh ones don't keep long. At all!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

King's Crown said:

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what types
of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?

Canned cream soups
Spinach
Cut green beans
Asparagus spears
Baby corns
Black Olives
Green Olives
Any other canned veggie depending on my mood.

Canned beans are out tho'. Those have GOT to be warmed up!
--
Om.

I do like kidney beans on a salad. I imagine you could pour a little salad
dressing on some of those items to make them tastier. What about fruits? I
love pineapple right out of the can.

Lynne

Canned fruits served cold are kind of a given imho. ;-)
I love them too. Pineapple and peaches especially.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

Spitzmaus said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what types
of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?

Canned cream soups
Spinach
Cut green beans
Asparagus spears
Baby corns
Black Olives
Green Olives
Any other canned veggie depending on my mood.

Canned beans are out tho'. Those have GOT to be warmed up!

This thread is flat-out repellent! Gaa!!!

As Patches mentioned earlier, commercially canned foods aren't a happenin'
thing [for me]. I will, however, make an exception for any type of canned
fish; I agree with Sheldon on that point. And as I child, I used to adore
cold canned corned beef on saltines with hot mustard; I seriously doubt I'd
like it these days.

Spitz

So what do you take to work for emergency cold meals? :-)
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Nancy Young said:

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what types
of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?

Canned cream soups
Spinach
Cut green beans
Asparagus spears
Baby corns
Black Olives
Green Olives
Any other canned veggie depending on my mood.

Canned beans are out tho'. Those have GOT to be warmed up!

I have a fondness for canned chick peas, right out of the can, same
with lupini beans. Black/green olives. Of course, tuna. Pineapple
slices.
Diced tomatoes with basil type of thing, that I pour over pasta I
cooked, if that counts. I'd consider those canned potatoes.

NO cold soup out of the can.

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Well, canned fruits are kind of a given. ;-)

In the can? Normally it should be put on a plate.

I just open the can and grab a fork.

nancy

In article <[email hidden]>,

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what types
of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?

Canned cream soups
Spinach
Cut green beans
Asparagus spears
Baby corns
Black Olives
Green Olives
Any other canned veggie depending on my mood.

Canned beans are out tho'. Those have GOT to be warmed up!

None. It takes all of two minutes to dump a can of food into a bowl and
nuke it. If your job gets so busy that you do not have even two minutes
to prepare something for lunch is the day you should start looking for
another job!

In article <[email hidden]>,

Nancy Young said:

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Well, canned fruits are kind of a given. ;-)

In the can? Normally it should be put on a plate.

I just open the can and grab a fork.

nancy

I'm willing to bet that most canned fruit never makes it into a bowl. <G>
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

Rhonda Anderson said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet <[email hidden]> wrote in news:Omelet-
[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what types
of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?

Canned cream soups
Spinach
Cut green beans
Asparagus spears
Baby corns
Black Olives
Green Olives
Any other canned veggie depending on my mood.

Canned beans are out tho'. Those have GOT to be warmed up!

My main quick canned standby for work lunches is tuna. We have these
little single serve cans of flavoured tunas - tomato and basil, lemon
pepper etc. Those I'll happily eat out of the can, though I usually have
time to toast some bread to put the tuna on.

I can't think of anything normally served hot that I willingly eat cold
from the can..

Actually, I just ate two tiny cans of tuna on a pair of english muffins
for lunch today in my office. I bought some oddball brand of tuna from
the Chelsea Market when I was there with Margaret and Sue one day last
spring, I took the cans to work and I promptly forgot about them until
now.

As it happens, I have to pack up all my stuff at work so my office can
be renovated. When I was going through a pile of stuff on one of my
desks, I found those tuna cans, so I ate two today for lunch. I did not
do this due to a lack of time though and the tuna was quite good!

I have some cans of soup that I need to polish off too. I will be damned
if I eat those cans of soup cold. Nothing in my life is so important
that it can't wait a couple of minutes for me to heat up a can of soup.

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote, in part:

Quoted message said:

When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what types
of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?

Pickled beets, baked beans and Vienna Sausage!
PickyJaz

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what
types of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?

About the only thing I might eat out of the can would be chilli man
chili.

Usually if I'm in a rush I eat cold cereal.

Brian

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won't shut up.
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OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what types
of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?

Canned cream soups

Doesn't get more trailer trash disgusting.... that wallpaper paste is
bad enough reconstituted and heated, but raw, you gotta be kidding.

Quoted message said:

Spinach
Cut green beans
Asparagus spears
Baby corns
Black Olives
Green Olives
Any other canned veggie depending on my mood.

I'll eat the black olives as a snack... the rest, blech!

Quoted message said:

Canned beans are out tho'. Those have GOT to be warmed up!

Canned cold beans are fine if drained and tossed with a salad dressing.

Now that's not a bad idea.

For a nice cold summer salad I'll often have iceberg lettuce with tomatoes,
onions, etc. and add chilled canned beans, peas, and corn...the slightly
mooshy textures of the canned stuff contrast nicely with the crisper
ingredients...in fact it's substantial enough to be a whole meal.

--
Best
Greg

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Spitzmaus said:

Quoted message said:

>When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what types
>of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?
>
>Canned cream soups
>Spinach
>Cut green beans
>Asparagus spears
>Baby corns
>Black Olives
>Green Olives
>Any other canned veggie depending on my mood.
>
>Canned beans are out tho'. Those have GOT to be warmed up!

This thread is flat-out repellent! Gaa!!!

As Patches mentioned earlier, commercially canned foods aren't a happenin'
thing [for me]. I will, however, make an exception for any type of canned
fish; I agree with Sheldon on that point. And as I child, I used to adore
cold canned corned beef on saltines with hot mustard; I seriously doubt I'd
like it these days.

Spitz

So what do you take to work for emergency cold meals? :-)

For cold meals away from home, I tend to go with sandwiches, wraps or
salads along with a couple of pieces of cheese and fresh fruit. Hard
boiled eggs are good too. I have a nice thermos though so I can take
along hot homemade soups if I choose. Personally, I can do quite nicely
without commercially canned foods 🙂

JeanineAlyse said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote, in part:

Quoted message said:

When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what types
of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?

Quoted message said:

Pickled beets, baked beans and Vienna Sausage!

And I bet you eat them all together...GAWD...!!!

--
Best
Greg

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what types
of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?

Canned cream soups
Spinach
Cut green beans
Asparagus spears
Baby corns
Black Olives
Green Olives
Any other canned veggie depending on my mood.

Canned beans are out tho'. Those have GOT to be warmed up!
--

Canned Tuna, sardines, spam, 3 bean salad, pickled beets, sugar peas, canned
Kids Pasta. most Progresso soups.

Dimitri

JeanineAlyse said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote, in part:

Quoted message said:

When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what types
of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?

Pickled beets, baked beans and Vienna Sausage!
PickyJaz

Pickled beets are beet pickles, and thus would not often, if ever, be
eaten warm.

N.

Nancy1 said:

JeanineAlyse said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote, in part:

Quoted message said:

When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what types
of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?

Pickled beets, baked beans and Vienna Sausage!
PickyJaz

Pickled beets are beet pickles, and thus would not often, if ever, be
eaten warm.

N.

Right you are, and I do love pickled beets. I think the closest to
pickled beets that you would eat warm would be harvard beets. I really
like those too.

Greg said:

For a nice cold summer salad I'll often have iceberg lettuce with
tomatoes, onions, etc. and add chilled canned beans, peas, and corn...the
slightly mooshy textures of the canned stuff contrast nicely with the
crisper ingredients...in fact it's substantial enough to be a whole meal.

Amazing, Greg and I agree on something! My summer salads almost always
include some kind of beans: Lima beans, black beans, garbanzo beans, green
beans, or kidney beans are the most favored. I also frequently put peas
into potato salad or pasta salad.

The _Chopstix_ cookbook has the following recipe for "Crunchy Baja Salad"
which I like to augment with a can of kidney beans:

Crunchy Baja Salad

SALAD
3 ears sweet corn, husked
1 avocado
5 ounces jicama
2 vine-ripened tomatoes
1 sweet red pepper
4 cups bite-sized pieces mixed salad greens
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 cups blue corn tortilla strips

DRESSING
2 tablespoons finely minced ginger
3 tablespoons chopped cilantro
1 bunch chives
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
2 teaspoons light soy sauce
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon Sriracha
1/2 teaspoon grated or finely minced orange peel
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

ADVANCE PREPARATION AND SERVING

1. Stand the ears of corn on their ends and cut off the kernels. Seed,
peel, and thinly slice the avocado. Peel the jicama and cut into thin
bite-sized rectangles. Seed the tomatoes, then cut just the outside
sections into 1/2-inch chunks. Seed and stem the pepper, then cut into
1/2-inch cubes. Toss salad greens with the olive oil. Set aside the
tortilla strips.

2. Mince the ginger in a food processor. Add the cilantro and chives and
mince again. Add the remaining dressing ingredients, then process for 20
seconds.

3. Arrange the greens on salad plates (2 as a main course, 4 as a salad
course). Sprinkle the tortilla strips over the greens. In a bowl, place the
corn, avocado, jicama, tomatoes, and peppers; add the dressing and toss.
Spoon onto center of the greens and serve at once.

BOB'S NOTES:

ALEPH) As I mentioned, I like to add a can of kidney beans to this; it goes
into
the bowl with the avocado/corn mixture.

BETH) I only add half the dressing to the mixture in the bowl; I serve the
rest
of the side.

Bob

Nancy1 said:

JeanineAlyse said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote, in part:

Quoted message said:

When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what types
of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?

Pickled beets, baked beans and Vienna Sausage!
PickyJaz

Pickled beets are beet pickles, and thus would not often, if ever, be
eaten warm.

Nope... hot pickled beets are eaten as often as cold, maybe moreso...
and ain't ya ever had hot harvards.

~patches~ said:

Nancy1 said:

JeanineAlyse said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote, in part:

>When rushed and hungry, (generally at work when it's busy), what types
>of foods can or do you eat right out of the can, cold?

Pickled beets, baked beans and Vienna Sausage!
PickyJaz

Pickled beets are beet pickles, and thus would not often, if ever, be
eaten warm.

N.

Right you are, and I do love pickled beets. I think the closest to
pickled beets that you would eat warm would be harvard beets. I really
like those too.

Pickled beets are typically sold in jars (same brand as red pickled
cabbage - Loehmann's?), it's recommended to heat. I think pickled
beets are better heated, but typically I marinate them in the fridge
and they rarely get to the pot.