6 Canned Foods You Should Buy And 6 You Shouldn't

Sardines galore, spaghetti mush, and mercury tuna — which canned foods are worth keeping and which of your preserved favorites get to hit the road to the dumpster?

#Fruits #Vegetables #Beans

Buy: pumpkin | 0:00
Buy: chickpeas | 1:12
Buy: sardines | 2:26
Buy: tomatoes | 3:27
Buy: corn | 4:31
Buy: artichoke hearts | 5:30
Don't buy: baked beans | 6:21
Don't buy: pre-cooked pasta | 7:37
Don't buy: canned meat | 8:25
Don't buy: fruit in syrup | 9:14
Don't buy: some soups | 10:05
Don't buy: albacore tuna | 11:00

[MashedFood]

Which canned foods do you love and which do you avoid?

[malcolmhenaughan]

Canned whole tomatoes and baked beans been a part of my diet since a teenager, 75 years old now and still running up stairs..

[catwoman]

I'm British, and you can't tell us not to buy baked beans. They're a staple food here and eaten on toast they're delicious.

[janetpingrey]

I love sardines, tuna, pumpkin...but in the winter months or when terribly stressed, I love, love, LOVE Campbell's Tomato soup (made with water) and a grilled cheese sandwich...my go to comfort foods. It is what my mom fixed for me on sad/bad days after my dad left. Thankfully, those sad/bad days are few and far between now, but cold winter days still call for that duo.

[kettch]

While you're correct about the sugar in most types of canned baked beans, canned beans are also sold without any seasoning at all or in savory varieties, like chili beans (not to be confused with chili.) These beans are perfectly fine for most of us to eat and are a good long term storage food. Dried beans also are a good option.

[JohnnyForehead]

The only time I could eat sardines was on canoe trips. It's amazing how you can eat almost anything when you're hungry and it tastes good.

[Mari-lvrd]

I'm having canned white tuna salad now with celery onion and a touch of mayo. I make a flatbread recipe I learned from you tube...no more 5 dollar bags of pita bread! The most expensive thing was the celery...who would think we would come to this? I am so grateful for all the educational videos! Thank you all.

[staceykelly]

As a Florida girl from way back, we call canned beans "hurricane steaks". We stocked them, heavy, during hurricane season along with instant rice and lots of water. We were always prepared to put a kettle on the grill and make beans and rice.

[eckankar]

I can my own pork and beans / baked beans. using pork I smoke on my BBQ, molasses, spices, tomato juice and sweetened with Stevia rather than adding more sugar. Tastes so good. I've home canned my own foods for decades, I know what's in the jar because I put it there and it's shelf stable for years.

[SleepyGC]

Beans and Frank's basically fed me because it was cheep and easy for my mom to make after a 15 hour work shift when I was little. Love you baked beans

[christinerobinson]

We were Irish. We weren’t poor, but my mom grew up poor. She fed us pork and beans over bread with a slice of American cheese on top, then broiled. As expensive as food has become, we might be back to beans. Oh and spam I had it my lunch every day. I love it to this day.

[ZFlyingVLover]

My grandmother was eating sardines, canned corn, canned chickpeas, canned tomatoes all the time and she live well into her 90s. Her son, my father, didn't and he only made it to 76. I guess its time for a slight change in my diet and lose the vienna sausages

[perkitaseaman]

Pork and beans are my favorite thing and I love baked beans with brown sugar and maple smoke seasoning 😋🤤 definitely delicious

[miahconnell]

Sardines being fishy: yep, they are. If you open a can, use the whole thing right away. Fishy-fish are just a part of life, if you grew up eating fishy-fish, you just accept it as one of the basic flavors found in food. But it’s true that if the house or family or situation you grew up in avoided fishy-fish because the cooking process or leftovers made the apartment smelly, you might never acclimate to and and say “yum ! Delicious !” But if you can acclimate to it, it’s healthy and it’s nice to have variety with chicken, beef, fish, sometimes a zero-meat meal. I used to work in the fishing industry in Alaska. I WILL tell y’all to stay away from anything “minced fish, ” such as fish sticks.

[thomasmcd]

You should have added a buy for canned salmon. Nutritious and delicious and healthy.

[terirachelsims]

I LOVE sardines and always keep a lot on hand. I also keep on hand a lot of canned tomato products, especially when I find great deals on organic and/or good brands from Italy. The same goes for jarred artichoke hearts packed in water - I got a whole case when I saw good ones for $1/jar! Various beans (plain) are another staple for me, as well as good canned beets (not pickled).

[kenfrank]

I always put a can of sardines & a few anchovies in tomato sauce with a touch of honey to take out some of the bitterness of the tomatoes.

[aliwantizu]

I only buy canned beans that have no or very little sugar added. I can eat them right out of the can, unheated. I also very rarely buy canned fruit but NOT in syrup (and not the "diet" ones in artificial sugars either.)

[tammyparish]

Life is short. Money is hard to come by. We probably would have starved if it hadn't been for bologna and potted meat. Macaroni and cheese and weiners.

[toolbaggers]

Chickpeas are awesome! But just get dried chickpeas like any other bean or legume for a mere fraction of the price of canned.