pltrgyst wrote:

>
> It simply occurred to me that the only canned goods found in our house
> and used regularly happen to be tomatoes, plus the odd can of baked
> beans or jellied cranberry sauce. We're likely to have many more
> things in jars.

Well you have to admit that your previous post didn't exactly make that
clear, and seeing this thread is about can openers......

>
> I am surprised that anyone would be using canned broth, since there
> are so many other packaging options (e.g., cartons)

Maybe in the USA - but where I live, they generally sell fruit juice,
UHT milk/cream and some other products in cartons - but I don't think
I've ever seen broth sold in a carton. But then again, I've never
looked for it. I use the odd bouillon cube in stews occasionally, but
that's about it. If I want soup I make it from scratch because the
canned and/or packaged soups sold here all taste vile to me - but there
are plenty of them available in our supermarkets, so millions of other
people obviously like them...


> these days with contents higher in flavor and lower in sodium.
> And if you have broth, it takes about ten
> minutes to make soup, from opening the carton to eating the result.

Dunno about the low-sodium products being lower in sodium when sold in
cartons, but surely the 'higher in flavor' thing would also be subject
to personal taste?
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