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sputnik · November 30th, 2005, 02:09 PM

corn and peas. i love canned peas more than fresh ones. canned peas with butter is one of my comfort foods.
also chick peas, some canned fruit. though some of it's nasty, like lychees. and i love fresh ones but those slimy canned ones are nasty.

i think you can find really good canned seafood, but you have to know what to get or it tastes like crap. spanish or italian canned tuna (sometimes it comes in jars too) is wonderful, great for pasta. the spanish make great calamars (squid), clams, octopus and all sorts of weird seafood varieties i don't know the names of in english, sometimes in olive oil, but also in other sauces. they're great for tapas, just put out a ton of little dishes with seafood, olives, cheese, and have with wine.

herring from sweden or other nordic countries (they always have that at ikea)

foie gras and other similar patés

tomatoes. peeled or in cubes. and tomato paste

coconut milk

broth. some soups, but most of them taste more like MSG than whatever they're supposed to be.

some canned chili

condensed milk. i love the sweetened kind. i usually can't eat really sweet things, but if i'm PMSing i can eat the stuff with a spoon.

November 30th, 2005, 02:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
sputnik Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: fellow traveller Posts: 19,139	Re: Do you use canned foods? corn and peas. i love canned peas more than fresh ones. canned peas with butter is one of my comfort foods. also chick peas, some canned fruit. though some of it's nasty, like lychees. and i love fresh ones but those slimy canned ones are nasty. i think you can find really good canned seafood, but you have to know what to get or it tastes like crap. spanish or italian canned tuna (sometimes it comes in jars too) is wonderful, great for pasta. the spanish make great calamars (squid), clams, octopus and all sorts of weird seafood varieties i don't know the names of in english, sometimes in olive oil, but also in other sauces. they're great for tapas, just put out a ton of little dishes with seafood, olives, cheese, and have with wine. herring from sweden or other nordic countries (they always have that at ikea) foie gras and other similar patés tomatoes. peeled or in cubes. and tomato paste coconut milk broth. some soups, but most of them taste more like MSG than whatever they're supposed to be. some canned chili condensed milk. i love the sweetened kind. i usually can't eat really sweet things, but if i'm PMSing i can eat the stuff with a spoon.