5 precooked hamburger patties, thawed and crumbled. Mixed in a large pie
plate with a can of potatoes, can of green beans and can of peas. All
drained and potatoes roughly chopped. Mixed in some brown gravy with a lot
of dried onions, pepper and parsley. Topped with a can of biscuits. Baked
at 400 for 15 minutes. Had to heat a bit more in the microwave to get it
hot through. Would have been okay for me but husband likes his food piping
hot.

Not bad! Would have preferred hamburger gravy over mashed potatoes but
sometimes you've just got to make do.

I plan to do similar with canned chicken on a day when the weather cools.
We are having a week or so of hot weather upcoming.

On Sunday, June 29, 2014 10:11:28 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> 5 precooked hamburger patties, thawed and crumbled. Mixed in a large pie
>
> plate with a can of potatoes, can of green beans and can of peas. All
>
> drained and potatoes roughly chopped. Mixed in some brown gravy with a lot
>
> of dried onions, pepper and parsley. Topped with a can of biscuits. Baked
>
> at 400 for 15 minutes. Had to heat a bit more in the microwave to get it
>
> hot through. Would have been okay for me but husband likes his food piping
>
> hot.
>
>
>
> Not bad! Would have preferred hamburger gravy over mashed potatoes but
>
> sometimes you've just got to make do.
>
>
>
> I plan to do similar with canned chicken on a day when the weather cools.
>
> We are having a week or so of hot weather upcoming.

Gawd, you eat strange food. Canned potatoes are only useful for campers IMHO. Most people wouldn't even have such an item in stock. Most canned chicken is crap as well.

"Roy" > wrote in message
...
> On Sunday, June 29, 2014 10:11:28 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>> 5 precooked hamburger patties, thawed and crumbled. Mixed in a large pie
>>
>> plate with a can of potatoes, can of green beans and can of peas. All
>>
>> drained and potatoes roughly chopped. Mixed in some brown gravy with a
>> lot
>>
>> of dried onions, pepper and parsley. Topped with a can of biscuits.
>> Baked
>>
>> at 400 for 15 minutes. Had to heat a bit more in the microwave to get it
>>
>> hot through. Would have been okay for me but husband likes his food
>> piping
>>
>> hot.
>>
>>
>>
>> Not bad! Would have preferred hamburger gravy over mashed potatoes but
>>
>> sometimes you've just got to make do.
>>
>>
>>
>> I plan to do similar with canned chicken on a day when the weather cools.
>>
>> We are having a week or so of hot weather upcoming.
>
> Gawd, you eat strange food. Canned potatoes are only useful for campers
> IMHO. Most people wouldn't even have such an item in stock. Most canned
> chicken is crap as well.

Disagree. I keep those mainly for the winter in case we get snowed in. But
that hasn't happened in several years so they need to be used up.

On 6/30/2014 3:00 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Roy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sunday, June 29, 2014 10:11:28 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> 5 precooked hamburger patties, thawed and crumbled. Mixed in a large
>>> pie
>>>
>>> plate with a can of potatoes, can of green beans and can of peas. All
>>>
>>> drained and potatoes roughly chopped. Mixed in some brown gravy with
>>> a lot
>>>
>>> of dried onions, pepper and parsley. Topped with a can of biscuits.
>>> Baked
>>>
>>> at 400 for 15 minutes. Had to heat a bit more in the microwave to
>>> get it
>>>
>>> hot through. Would have been okay for me but husband likes his food
>>> piping
>>>
>>> hot.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Not bad! Would have preferred hamburger gravy over mashed potatoes but
>>>
>>> sometimes you've just got to make do.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I plan to do similar with canned chicken on a day when the weather
>>> cools.
>>>
>>> We are having a week or so of hot weather upcoming.
>>
>> Gawd, you eat strange food. Canned potatoes are only useful for
>> campers IMHO. Most people wouldn't even have such an item in stock.
>> Most canned chicken is crap as well.
>
> Disagree. I keep those mainly for the winter in case we get snowed in.
> But that hasn't happened in several years so they need to be used up.

I like canned potatoes also. I grew up spending all vacations at
campgrounds, so I developed a taste for camping food. Canned potatoes
have a waxy texture that I really like.

I haven't had much experience with canned chicken, but I can't believe
that there's anything wrong with it. After all, canned tuna is very popular.

"Travis McGee" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/30/2014 3:00 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Roy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sunday, June 29, 2014 10:11:28 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> 5 precooked hamburger patties, thawed and crumbled. Mixed in a large
>>>> pie
>>>>
>>>> plate with a can of potatoes, can of green beans and can of peas. All
>>>>
>>>> drained and potatoes roughly chopped. Mixed in some brown gravy with
>>>> a lot
>>>>
>>>> of dried onions, pepper and parsley. Topped with a can of biscuits.
>>>> Baked
>>>>
>>>> at 400 for 15 minutes. Had to heat a bit more in the microwave to
>>>> get it
>>>>
>>>> hot through. Would have been okay for me but husband likes his food
>>>> piping
>>>>
>>>> hot.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not bad! Would have preferred hamburger gravy over mashed potatoes but
>>>>
>>>> sometimes you've just got to make do.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I plan to do similar with canned chicken on a day when the weather
>>>> cools.
>>>>
>>>> We are having a week or so of hot weather upcoming.
>>>
>>> Gawd, you eat strange food. Canned potatoes are only useful for
>>> campers IMHO. Most people wouldn't even have such an item in stock.
>>> Most canned chicken is crap as well.
>>
>> Disagree. I keep those mainly for the winter in case we get snowed in.
>> But that hasn't happened in several years so they need to be used up.
>
> I like canned potatoes also. I grew up spending all vacations at
> campgrounds, so I developed a taste for camping food. Canned potatoes have
> a waxy texture that I really like.
>
> I haven't had much experience with canned chicken, but I can't believe
> that there's anything wrong with it. After all, canned tuna is very
> popular.

It's just as good as the tuna.

In article >,
says...
>
> On Sunday, June 29, 2014 10:11:28 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:


> > 5 precooked hamburger patties, thawed and crumbled. Mixed in a large pie
> >
> > plate with a can of potatoes, can of green beans and can of peas. All
> >
> > drained and potatoes roughly chopped. Mixed in some brown gravy with a lot
> >
> > of dried onions, pepper and parsley. Topped with a can of biscuits. Baked
> >
> > at 400 for 15 minutes.
> >
> > I plan to do similar with canned chicken on a day when the weather cools.

>
> Gawd, you eat strange food. Canned potatoes are only useful for campers IMHO. Most people wouldn't even have such an item in stock. Most canned chicken is crap as well.

So much for "I am a very good cook".

She's good with a can opener.

Janet UK

"Roy" > wrote in message news:b8a8c1d8-042d-4a32-908f-

> Gawd, you eat strange food. Canned potatoes are only useful for campers
> IMHO. Most people wouldn't even have such an item in stock. Most canned
> chicken is crap as well.

Individual preference.

Cheri

"Travis McGee" > wrote in message
...

> I like canned potatoes also. I grew up spending all vacations at
> campgrounds, so I developed a taste for camping food. Canned potatoes have
> a waxy texture that I really like.
>
> I haven't had much experience with canned chicken, but I can't believe
> that there's anything wrong with it. After all, canned tuna is very
> popular.

My dh likes the canned potatoes a lot, and also the canned chicken which he
often prefers to tuna on a sandwich for lunch.

Cheri

On 6/30/2014 2:26 AM, Roy wrote:
> On Sunday, June 29, 2014 10:11:28 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>> 5 precooked hamburger patties, thawed and crumbled. Mixed in a large pie
>> plate with a can of potatoes, can of green beans and can of peas. All
>> drained and potatoes roughly chopped. Mixed in some brown gravy with a lot
>> of dried onions, pepper and parsley. Topped with a can of biscuits. Baked
>> at 400 for 15 minutes. Had to heat a bit more in the microwave to get it
>> hot through. Would have been okay for me but husband likes his food piping
>> hot.
>>
>
> Gawd, you eat strange food.

Sounds pretty strange to me. I'd have left out the potatoes if putting
canned biscuits on top. (No, I'm not low-carbing but I'm also not
diabetic. Wait for it, next she'll say she didn't eat it after saying
it was Not Bad!)

Pre-cooked hamburger patties sound nasty. It would have taken all of 10
minutes to cook some actual ground beef, drain it and proceed. But
don't forget, she's cooking for the dinner-on-demand man.

> Canned potatoes are only useful for campers IMHO.
> Most people wouldn't even have such an item in stock. Most canned chicken is
> crap as well.
>
I keep a couple of cans of potatoes in the pantry along with some other
canned vegetables as part of my emergency supplies. I don't generally
like canned vegetables (there are a few exceptions).

Canned peas would top the list of my disliked canned vegetables. I
never knew I liked peas until I was an adult. All my mother ever served
us was canned peas. Oh, occasionally she'd buy frozen Green Giant®
boil-n-bag peas in "butter sauce" (whatever the hell that is). I'd eat
them, that didn't mean I liked them. I had no idea what peas really
tasted like.

Canned asparagus is pretty nasty, too. I ate it because mom served it,
but I don't buy it. My middle brother was in his forties before he ever
tasted fresh asparagus. Due to the canned stuff he thought all
asparagus must be nasty so he avoided it like the plague. Imagine his
surprise!

Canned biscuits are something I never buy. (Frozen raw biscuits, yes.
I baked some yesterday. Despite my many efforts over the last 30 years
I acknowledge I cannot make good biscuits.) Canned biscuits are nasty.
FFS don't buy the "buttery" ones. That is *not* butter.

Jill

On 6/30/2014 10:02 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "Travis McGee" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> I like canned potatoes also. I grew up spending all vacations at
>> campgrounds, so I developed a taste for camping food. Canned potatoes
>> have a waxy texture that I really like.
>>
>> I haven't had much experience with canned chicken, but I can't believe
>> that there's anything wrong with it. After all, canned tuna is very
>> popular.
>
> My dh likes the canned potatoes a lot, and also the canned chicken which
> he often prefers to tuna on a sandwich for lunch.
>
> Cheri

My mom used to buy canned potatoes and deep fry them. This was when I
was a teenager. She had one of those Fry-baby things. That brings back
some memories.

Jill

On 6/30/2014 10:00 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "Roy" > wrote in message news:b8a8c1d8-042d-4a32-908f-
>
>> Gawd, you eat strange food. Canned potatoes are only useful for
>> campers IMHO. Most people wouldn't even have such an item in stock.
>> Most canned chicken is crap as well.
>
> Individual preference.
>
> Cheri

People eat canned tuna, why not canned chicken? My SO uses it for
making chicken salad sandwiches. Neither is my cup of tea but I'm not
the one eating it.

Jill

On 2014-06-30 10:02 AM, Cheri wrote:

>> I haven't had much experience with canned chicken, but I can't believe
>> that there's anything wrong with it. After all, canned tuna is very
>> popular.
>
> My dh likes the canned potatoes a lot, and also the canned chicken which
> he often prefers to tuna on a sandwich for lunch.
>

We had a friend who loved canned potatoes. She used them for roasting.
Maybe it was the uniformity of size and shape that appealed to here. I
have to admit they were tasty.

On 2014-06-30 10:09 AM, jmcquown wrote:

>
> Canned peas would top the list of my disliked canned vegetables. I
> never knew I liked peas until I was an adult. All my mother ever served
> us was canned peas. Oh, occasionally she'd buy frozen Green Giant®
> boil-n-bag peas in "butter sauce" (whatever the hell that is). I'd eat
> them, that didn't mean I liked them. I had no idea what peas really
> tasted like.
>

I have to confess that I don't mind canned peas. I think they taste
more like fresh peas than the frozen ones do, though the texture sort of
sucks.

> Canned asparagus is pretty nasty, too. I ate it because mom served it,
> but I don't buy it. My middle brother was in his forties before he ever
> tasted fresh asparagus. Due to the canned stuff he thought all
> asparagus must be nasty so he avoided it like the plague. Imagine his
> surprise!

I don't remember ever having canned asparagus. My wife detests beets and
thinks it is because she had had canned beets so many times as a kid.
That is another thing I haven ever had from a can.

Canned corn is pretty good. Canned garbonzas and black beans aren't bad.
There is nowhere near as much canned produce available now as there was
50 years ago. When I was a kid people did not have big freezers and
there were relatively few frozen foods available. Fresh fruit and
vegetables were hard to get and expensive in the winter months. Most of
the fruit and vegetables were canned. A lot of people did their own
canning. We had a fruit cellar and my mother used to put up peaches,
pears, apricots, cherries etc.

>

On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:09:02 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:
snip
>
>Canned asparagus is pretty nasty, too. I ate it because mom served it,
>but I don't buy it. My middle brother was in his forties before he ever
>tasted fresh asparagus. Due to the canned stuff he thought all
>asparagus must be nasty so he avoided it like the plague. Imagine his
>surprise!
>
>Canned biscuits are something I never buy. (Frozen raw biscuits, yes.
>I baked some yesterday. Despite my many efforts over the last 30 years
>I acknowledge I cannot make good biscuits.) Canned biscuits are nasty.
> FFS don't buy the "buttery" ones. That is *not* butter.
>
>Jill
Canned asparagus is something I like. I do a sandwich, a casserole
and a salad. I hardly ever buy it though because it is pretty
expensive. My husband loves the casserole so we have it at least once
a winter. I love the sandwich. It's something I copied from a local
sandwich place years ago.
I don't care for any other canned vegetables other than beans (kidney,
et. al.) and various kinds of canned tomatoes. I don't know that any
of the canned veggies reach the nasty bar on my taste bud meter, but
they come darn close.

Janet US

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2014-06-30 10:02 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
>>> I haven't had much experience with canned chicken, but I can't believe
>>> that there's anything wrong with it. After all, canned tuna is very
>>> popular.
>>
>> My dh likes the canned potatoes a lot, and also the canned chicken which
>> he often prefers to tuna on a sandwich for lunch.
>>
>
> We had a friend who loved canned potatoes. She used them for roasting.
> Maybe it was the uniformity of size and shape that appealed to here. I
> have to admit they were tasty.

Yes, they seem to work well for roasting. Dh likes them pan fried until
crispy on the outside. I don't do it often because it seems to take forever
to get them crispy, but sometimes I will.

Cheri

On 6/30/2014 12:05 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> I don't care for any other canned vegetables other than beans (kidney,
> et. al.) and various kinds of canned tomatoes. I don't know that any
> of the canned veggies reach the nasty bar on my taste bud meter, but
> they come darn close.
>
> Janet US

Canned beans are a different animal (so to speak). Those are among the
few canned vegetables I keep on hand. Kidney beans, black beans,
garbonzos (chick peas), occasionally pintos. It takes entirely too long
to even with the quick soak method to cook most dried beans. Unless
you've planned ahead. I do use dried navy beans when I make a big pot
of my dad's Navy Bean soup. I don't make it very often. It was one of
the few things he cooked. He always managed to cut his finger while
slicing the onions.

Here's the recipe, which I've adjusted over the years. This was posted
in 2000.

Dad's Navy Bean Soup

1 lb. dried navy beans (soaked per package directions)
2 meaty ham hocks or ham bone, or 1 lb. salt pork
1 bay leaf
1 clove garlic, chopped
1/4 c. chopped onion
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. salt
8 cups water

Place soaked beans in stock pot. Cover well with 8 cups water. Add bay
leaf, garlic, onion, pepper and pork. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to
low; cover and simmer about 3 hours, stirring occasionally. Remove
meat and cut into bite-sized pieces; add back to soup. Add more water
if needed.

Every time I visit them, Dad has this waiting for me. It's delicious!
I make cornbread to serve with it.
**************
My Notes: Whenever I've made this tasty soup I used a lot more water,
more garlic, more bay leaves, more onion. Let the beans cook down slow
but you want there to be liquid. Lightly smash some of the beans to
thicken it.

I haven't looked for salt-pork in a looong time. Ditto ham hocks.
Thick cut cooked bacon works.

Jill

I've heard a cooking program say that canned potatoes are good to mix in with real ones when you've making a large batch of mashed, to save you the trouble of peeling and boiling to some degree.

Personally, I prefer frozen vegetables to canned ones.

On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:14:15 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 6/30/2014 12:05 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> I don't care for any other canned vegetables other than beans (kidney,
>> et. al.) and various kinds of canned tomatoes. I don't know that any
>> of the canned veggies reach the nasty bar on my taste bud meter, but
>> they come darn close.
>>
>> Janet US
>
>Canned beans are a different animal (so to speak). Those are among the
>few canned vegetables I keep on hand. Kidney beans, black beans,
>garbonzos (chick peas), occasionally pintos. It takes entirely too long
>to even with the quick soak method to cook most dried beans. Unless
>you've planned ahead. I do use dried navy beans when I make a big pot
>of my dad's Navy Bean soup. I don't make it very often. It was one of
>the few things he cooked. He always managed to cut his finger while
>slicing the onions.
>
>Here's the recipe, which I've adjusted over the years. This was posted
>in 2000.
>
>Dad's Navy Bean Soup
>
>1 lb. dried navy beans (soaked per package directions)
>2 meaty ham hocks or ham bone, or 1 lb. salt pork
>1 bay leaf
>1 clove garlic, chopped
>1/4 c. chopped onion
>1/2 tsp. pepper
>1/2 tsp. salt
>8 cups water
>
>Place soaked beans in stock pot. Cover well with 8 cups water. Add bay
>leaf, garlic, onion, pepper and pork. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to
>low; cover and simmer about 3 hours, stirring occasionally. Remove
>meat and cut into bite-sized pieces; add back to soup. Add more water
>if needed.
>
>Every time I visit them, Dad has this waiting for me. It's delicious!
>I make cornbread to serve with it.
>**************
>My Notes: Whenever I've made this tasty soup I used a lot more water,
>more garlic, more bay leaves, more onion. Let the beans cook down slow
>but you want there to be liquid. Lightly smash some of the beans to
>thicken it.
>
>I haven't looked for salt-pork in a looong time. Ditto ham hocks.
>Thick cut cooked bacon works.
>
>Jill

I always have plenty of hammy stuff in the freezer -- saved from when
we had ham. I actually prefer bacon flavor in soups and beans rather
than ham hocks and other ham stuff. It is hard to get actual 'ham'
hocks. Swift or somebody cryovacs smoked pork parts and tries to pass
it off as just as good. It isn't the same at all and is, IMO, a waste
of money.
Janet US

On 6/30/2014 11:50 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-06-30 10:09 AM, jmcquown wrote:

>> Canned asparagus is pretty nasty, too. I ate it because mom served it,
>> but I don't buy it. My middle brother was in his forties before he ever
>> tasted fresh asparagus. Due to the canned stuff he thought all
>> asparagus must be nasty so he avoided it like the plague. Imagine his
>> surprise!
>
> I don't remember ever having canned asparagus. My wife detests beets and
> thinks it is because she had had canned beets so many times as a kid.
> That is another thing I haven ever had from a can.

It's horrible. Soggy and pale. It was trotted out every
Thanksgiving with the mashed turnips. Yikes.

Good think my mother's stuffing was so good. Heh. Once you got down
those two things, the rest was good.

> Canned corn is pretty good. Canned garbonzas and black beans aren't bad.
> There is nowhere near as much canned produce available now as there was
> 50 years ago. When I was a kid people did not have big freezers and
> there were relatively few frozen foods available.

I don't know if it's because all our food came from the commissary,
but all vegetables, seems like, came from a can. Shopping, day,
my job was lining up the cans by vegetable.

> Fresh fruit and
> vegetables were hard to get and expensive in the winter months. Most of
> the fruit and vegetables were canned.

My relatives from Ireland would serve canned fruit cocktail.
one cherry piece per dish. Funny.

nancy

On 6/30/2014 4:21 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 6/30/2014 11:50 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-06-30 10:09 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>>> Canned asparagus is pretty nasty, too. I ate it because mom served it,
>>> but I don't buy it. My middle brother was in his forties before he ever
>>> tasted fresh asparagus. Due to the canned stuff he thought all
>>> asparagus must be nasty so he avoided it like the plague. Imagine his
>>> surprise!
>>
>> I don't remember ever having canned asparagus. My wife detests beets and
>> thinks it is because she had had canned beets so many times as a kid.
>> That is another thing I haven ever had from a can.
>
> It's horrible. Soggy and pale. It was trotted out every
> Thanksgiving with the mashed turnips. Yikes.
>
> Good think my mother's stuffing was so good. Heh. Once you got down
> those two things, the rest was good.
>
>> Canned corn is pretty good. Canned garbonzas and black beans aren't bad.
>> There is nowhere near as much canned produce available now as there was
>> 50 years ago. When I was a kid people did not have big freezers and
>> there were relatively few frozen foods available.
>
> I don't know if it's because all our food came from the commissary,
> but all vegetables, seems like, came from a can. Shopping, day,
> my job was lining up the cans by vegetable.
>
>> Fresh fruit and
>> vegetables were hard to get and expensive in the winter months. Most of
>> the fruit and vegetables were canned.
>
> My relatives from Ireland would serve canned fruit cocktail.
> one cherry piece per dish. Funny.
>
> nancy

The only canned vegetables that I will willingly eat are various sorts
of beans, including baked beans and chick peas (garbanzos). I can never
be bothered to soak dried beans.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

On 6/30/2014 5:07 PM, James Silverton wrote:
> On 6/30/2014 4:21 PM, Nancy Young wrote:

>> I don't know if it's because all our food came from the commissary,
>> but all vegetables, seems like, came from a can. Shopping, day,
>> my job was lining up the cans by vegetable.

> The only canned vegetables that I will willingly eat are various sorts
> of beans, including baked beans and chick peas (garbanzos). I can never
> be bothered to soak dried beans.

I have tried dried beans but I never really had success with
them. I haven't put in the effort to figure out how to get
consistent results.

I also use canned tomato products. Maybe I'm forgetting
something but I think that covers what canned vegetables
I use.

nancy

On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:11:28 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>5 precooked hamburger patties, thawed and crumbled. Mixed in a large pie
>plate with a can of potatoes, can of green beans and can of peas. All
>drained and potatoes roughly chopped. Mixed in some brown gravy with a lot
>of dried onions, pepper and parsley. Topped with a can of biscuits.

There it is. I knew the potatoes wouldnt provide enough starch for
you... was wondering how you would remedy it
Is that brown gravy what I think it is?

On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:10:51 -0700 (PDT), Terrence Crimmins
> wrote:

>I've heard a cooking program say that canned potatoes are good to mix in with real ones when you've making a large batch of mashed, to save you the trouble of peeling and boiling to some degree.
>
>Personally, I prefer frozen vegetables to canned ones.

I prefer the ones out of my garden.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/30/2014 2:26 AM, Roy wrote:
>> On Sunday, June 29, 2014 10:11:28 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> 5 precooked hamburger patties, thawed and crumbled. Mixed in a large
>>> pie
>>> plate with a can of potatoes, can of green beans and can of peas. All
>>> drained and potatoes roughly chopped. Mixed in some brown gravy with a
>>> lot
>>> of dried onions, pepper and parsley. Topped with a can of biscuits.
>>> Baked
>>> at 400 for 15 minutes. Had to heat a bit more in the microwave to get
>>> it
>>> hot through. Would have been okay for me but husband likes his food
>>> piping
>>> hot.
>>>
>>
>> Gawd, you eat strange food.
>
> Sounds pretty strange to me. I'd have left out the potatoes if putting
> canned biscuits on top. (No, I'm not low-carbing but I'm also not
> diabetic. Wait for it, next she'll say she didn't eat it after saying it
> was Not Bad!)
>

I did eat it. It wasn't a lot of carbs and my blood sugar was fine after
eating. The biscuits were the cheap, tiny ones and the potatoes were sliced
and there weren't a lot of slices in the can.

> Pre-cooked hamburger patties sound nasty. It would have taken all of 10
> minutes to cook some actual ground beef, drain it and proceed. But don't
> forget, she's cooking for the dinner-on-demand man.

I didn't have any ground beef which is why I used these. Sometimes I cook
them myself but Costco sells the Quick'N eat. They're very good and ready
in only 2 minutes. Sometims I have cooked ground beef in the freezer and I
do now but it is seasoned for tacos. And I didn't cook this meal for him.
I cooked it for me. I was going to give him the leftover tuna casserole but
he smelled this and wanted it. He liked it so much he ate two servings.
>
>> Canned potatoes are only useful for campers IMHO.
>> Most people wouldn't even have such an item in stock. Most canned chicken
>> is
>> crap as well.
>>
> I keep a couple of cans of potatoes in the pantry along with some other
> canned vegetables as part of my emergency supplies. I don't generally
> like canned vegetables (there are a few exceptions).

I grew up eating canned potatoes and I like them. When mixed in with
something like this, you can't tell them from fresh potatoes. But eaten on
their own? They do taste different. My favorite way to serve them as a
child was with margarine (because we never had butter) and parsley.
>
> Canned peas would top the list of my disliked canned vegetables. I never
> knew I liked peas until I was an adult. All my mother ever served us was
> canned peas. Oh, occasionally she'd buy frozen Green Giant® boil-n-bag
> peas in "butter sauce" (whatever the hell that is). I'd eat them, that
> didn't mean I liked them. I had no idea what peas really tasted like.

We all love canned peas so no problem.
>
> Canned asparagus is pretty nasty, too. I ate it because mom served it,
> but I don't buy it. My middle brother was in his forties before he ever
> tasted fresh asparagus. Due to the canned stuff he thought all asparagus
> must be nasty so he avoided it like the plague. Imagine his surprise!

Agree with you there. That has got to be one of the worst foods on the face
of the earth. Why don't people can broccoli? Probably for the same reason
they shouldn't can asparagus!
>
> Canned biscuits are something I never buy. (Frozen raw biscuits, yes. I
> baked some yesterday. Despite my many efforts over the last 30 years I
> acknowledge I cannot make good biscuits.) Canned biscuits are nasty. FFS
> don't buy the "buttery" ones. That is *not* butter.

I rarely buy them. These were an off brand. No dairy in them and bear no
resemblance to real biscuits. They were so small that the 10 in the package
didn't even come close to covering the pie plate. Didn't even come close to
touching each other when placed around the edge. And then there was the one
sad, lone one in the middle. Next time I make something like this I will
buy 2 cans. The recipe that I used for bake time only called for the bigger
ones like Pillsbury.

"James Silverton" > wrote in message
...

> The only canned vegetables that I will willingly eat are various sorts of
> beans, including baked beans and chick peas (garbanzos). I can never be
> bothered to soak dried beans.

I keep both canned and dried beans. The canned are usually used to add to
some sort of soup at the last minute, to put on a salad, in tacos or
burritos or eaten as is. If I am making a bean soup, then I will usually
use the dried. I will be cooking dried soon to make my favorite baked beans
for the 4th. I put tons of caramelized onions and bacon in them to help
lessen the carb count. I love them. And my nephew loves them. But the
rest of the family prefers pretty much any kind of prepared canned baked so
they will get those.

I will also make from scratch coleslaw using the Just Mayo. Will get a
large container of that potato salad from Costco. And I might make a sugar
free berry pie. Or I might not. We don't really need the pie. That will
be our meal unless they want something else. Like a sandwich or burger.

"Janet" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On Sunday, June 29, 2014 10:11:28 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>
>> > 5 precooked hamburger patties, thawed and crumbled. Mixed in a large
>> > pie
>> >
>> > plate with a can of potatoes, can of green beans and can of peas. All
>> >
>> > drained and potatoes roughly chopped. Mixed in some brown gravy with a
>> > lot
>> >
>> > of dried onions, pepper and parsley. Topped with a can of biscuits.
>> > Baked
>> >
>> > at 400 for 15 minutes.
>> >
>> > I plan to do similar with canned chicken on a day when the weather
>> > cools.
>
>>
>> Gawd, you eat strange food. Canned potatoes are only useful for campers
>> IMHO. Most people wouldn't even have such an item in stock. Most canned
>> chicken is crap as well.
>
> So much for "I am a very good cook".
>
> She's good with a can opener.
>
> Janet UK

I certainly can cook. Did I cook that? No. Did I say that I did? No.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Roy" > wrote in message news:b8a8c1d8-042d-4a32-908f-
>
>> Gawd, you eat strange food. Canned potatoes are only useful for campers
>> IMHO. Most people wouldn't even have such an item in stock. Most canned
>> chicken is crap as well.
>
> Individual preference.

Yep. It was cheap and quick and we liked it.
>

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/30/2014 10:00 AM, Cheri wrote:
>>
>> "Roy" > wrote in message
>> news:b8a8c1d8-042d-4a32-908f-
>>
>>> Gawd, you eat strange food. Canned potatoes are only useful for
>>> campers IMHO. Most people wouldn't even have such an item in stock.
>>> Most canned chicken is crap as well.
>>
>> Individual preference.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> People eat canned tuna, why not canned chicken? My SO uses it for making
> chicken salad sandwiches. Neither is my cup of tea but I'm not the one
> eating it.

When I ate chicken, I didn't mind it. I was never a fan of chicken though.
It's perfectly fine in a casserole or chicken soup or made into a salad.
Not so fine to eat straight from the can. We did try that once.

"Terrence Crimmins" > wrote in message
...
> I've heard a cooking program say that canned potatoes are good to mix in
> with real ones when you've making a large batch of mashed, to save you the
> trouble of peeling and boiling to some degree.
>
> Personally, I prefer frozen vegetables to canned ones.

I don't care for frozen ones. Perhaps because we never had them when I was
growing up. I do buy them and I will put small amounts in a casserole or
soup when I only need small amounts but want a variety of things. But just
to eat as a side dish? No thanks.

On 6/30/2014 7:10 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Janet" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In article >,
>> says...
>>>
>>> On Sunday, June 29, 2014 10:11:28 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>
>>> > 5 precooked hamburger patties, thawed and crumbled. Mixed in a
>>> large > pie
>>> >
>>> > plate with a can of potatoes, can of green beans and can of peas. All
>>> >
>>> > drained and potatoes roughly chopped. Mixed in some brown gravy
>>> with a > lot
>>> >
>>> > of dried onions, pepper and parsley. Topped with a can of
>>> biscuits. > Baked
>>> >
>>> > at 400 for 15 minutes.
>>> >
>>> > I plan to do similar with canned chicken on a day when the weather
>>> > cools.
>>
>>>
>>> Gawd, you eat strange food. Canned potatoes are only useful for
>>> campers IMHO. Most people wouldn't even have such an item in stock.
>>> Most canned chicken is crap as well.
>>
>> So much for "I am a very good cook".
>>
>> She's good with a can opener.
>>
>> Janet UK
>
> I certainly can cook. Did I cook that? No. Did I say that I did? No.

So who assembled the ingredients (such as they are) and put it in the
400 degree oven for 15 minutes, then into the microwave? We *know* it
was not your husband or daughter.

Jill

On 6/30/2014 5:35 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 6/30/2014 5:07 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>> On 6/30/2014 4:21 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> I don't know if it's because all our food came from the commissary,
>>> but all vegetables, seems like, came from a can. Shopping, day,
>>> my job was lining up the cans by vegetable.
>
>> The only canned vegetables that I will willingly eat are various sorts
>> of beans, including baked beans and chick peas (garbanzos). I can never
>> be bothered to soak dried beans.
>
> I have tried dried beans but I never really had success with
> them. I haven't put in the effort to figure out how to get
> consistent results.
>
> I also use canned tomato products. Maybe I'm forgetting
> something but I think that covers what canned vegetables
> I use.
>
> nancy
>
Yep, I also keep canned tomato products on hand.

Jill

On 6/30/2014 5:51 PM, Jeßus wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:11:28 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> 5 precooked hamburger patties, thawed and crumbled. Mixed in a large pie
>> plate with a can of potatoes, can of green beans and can of peas. All
>> drained and potatoes roughly chopped. Mixed in some brown gravy with a lot
>> of dried onions, pepper and parsley. Topped with a can of biscuits.
>
> There it is. I knew the potatoes wouldnt provide enough starch for
> you... was wondering how you would remedy it
> Is that brown gravy what I think it is?
>
Now now, Jebus.

Jill

On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:23:56 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 6/30/2014 5:51 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:11:28 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> 5 precooked hamburger patties, thawed and crumbled. Mixed in a large pie
>>> plate with a can of potatoes, can of green beans and can of peas. All
>>> drained and potatoes roughly chopped. Mixed in some brown gravy with a lot
>>> of dried onions, pepper and parsley. Topped with a can of biscuits.
>>
>> There it is. I knew the potatoes wouldnt provide enough starch for
>> you... was wondering how you would remedy it
>> Is that brown gravy what I think it is?
>>
>Now now, Jebus.

Ruh-roh... I'm in trouble again

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/30/2014 7:10 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Janet" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> In article >,
>>> says...
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, June 29, 2014 10:11:28 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> > 5 precooked hamburger patties, thawed and crumbled. Mixed in a
>>>> large > pie
>>>> >
>>>> > plate with a can of potatoes, can of green beans and can of peas.
>>>> > All
>>>> >
>>>> > drained and potatoes roughly chopped. Mixed in some brown gravy
>>>> with a > lot
>>>> >
>>>> > of dried onions, pepper and parsley. Topped with a can of
>>>> biscuits. > Baked
>>>> >
>>>> > at 400 for 15 minutes.
>>>> >
>>>> > I plan to do similar with canned chicken on a day when the weather
>>>> > cools.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gawd, you eat strange food. Canned potatoes are only useful for
>>>> campers IMHO. Most people wouldn't even have such an item in stock.
>>>> Most canned chicken is crap as well.
>>>
>>> So much for "I am a very good cook".
>>>
>>> She's good with a can opener.
>>>
>>> Janet UK
>>
>> I certainly can cook. Did I cook that? No. Did I say that I did? No.
>
> So who assembled the ingredients (such as they are) and put it in the 400
> degree oven for 15 minutes, then into the microwave? We *know* it was not
> your husband or daughter.

Yes. I did all of that. Would I call that cooking? No. I would not.
Everything in it was either precooked or instant.

Canned:

beans/legumes - many varieties
tomatoes - many forms - diced, crushed, Ro-tel, etc.
water chestnuts
creamed corn to make corn casserole
pumpkin for pie
Someone at school heats Glory greens in a Crockpot for our soul food
lunch and they are delicious.
I know I'm forgetting plenty.

Tara

On 6/30/2014 7:20 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 6/30/2014 5:35 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 6/30/2014 5:07 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>>> On 6/30/2014 4:21 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>>> I don't know if it's because all our food came from the commissary,
>>>> but all vegetables, seems like, came from a can. Shopping, day,
>>>> my job was lining up the cans by vegetable.
>>
>>> The only canned vegetables that I will willingly eat are various sorts
>>> of beans, including baked beans and chick peas (garbanzos). I can never
>>> be bothered to soak dried beans.
>>
>> I have tried dried beans but I never really had success with
>> them. I haven't put in the effort to figure out how to get
>> consistent results.
>>
>> I also use canned tomato products. Maybe I'm forgetting
>> something but I think that covers what canned vegetables
>> I use.
>>
>> nancy
>>
> Yep, I also keep canned tomato products on hand.
>
> Jill

I'd forgotten about canned tomatoes and I do use them in chilli and
spaghetti sources sometimes.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

On 6/30/2014 9:11 PM, Tara wrote:
> Canned:
>
> beans/legumes - many varieties
> tomatoes - many forms - diced, crushed, Ro-tel, etc.
> water chestnuts
> creamed corn to make corn casserole
> pumpkin for pie
> Someone at school heats Glory greens in a Crockpot for our soul food
> lunch and they are delicious.
> I know I'm forgetting plenty.
>

Canned water chestnuts are nothing like fresh ones. I don't use water
chestnuts unless I can buy fresh ones. The same applies to bamboo shoots.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

"James Silverton" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/30/2014 7:20 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 6/30/2014 5:35 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> On 6/30/2014 5:07 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>>>> On 6/30/2014 4:21 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I don't know if it's because all our food came from the commissary,
>>>>> but all vegetables, seems like, came from a can. Shopping, day,
>>>>> my job was lining up the cans by vegetable.
>>>
>>>> The only canned vegetables that I will willingly eat are various sorts
>>>> of beans, including baked beans and chick peas (garbanzos). I can never
>>>> be bothered to soak dried beans.
>>>
>>> I have tried dried beans but I never really had success with
>>> them. I haven't put in the effort to figure out how to get
>>> consistent results.
>>>
>>> I also use canned tomato products. Maybe I'm forgetting
>>> something but I think that covers what canned vegetables
>>> I use.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>>
>> Yep, I also keep canned tomato products on hand.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I'd forgotten about canned tomatoes and I do use them in chilli and
> spaghetti sources sometimes.

Only canned tomatoes and sweet corn for me.

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"Jeßus" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:10:51 -0700 (PDT), Terrence Crimmins
> > wrote:
>
>>I've heard a cooking program say that canned potatoes are good to mix in
>>with real ones when you've making a large batch of mashed, to save you the
>>trouble of peeling and boiling to some degree.
>>
>>Personally, I prefer frozen vegetables to canned ones.
>
> I prefer the ones out of my garden.

Don't we all ?)) When I have none I buy fresh from the store and I will
buy frozen peas.



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"Jeßus" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:23:56 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>>On 6/30/2014 5:51 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>>> On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:11:28 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> 5 precooked hamburger patties, thawed and crumbled. Mixed in a large
>>>> pie
>>>> plate with a can of potatoes, can of green beans and can of peas. All
>>>> drained and potatoes roughly chopped. Mixed in some brown gravy with a
>>>> lot
>>>> of dried onions, pepper and parsley. Topped with a can of biscuits.
>>>
>>> There it is. I knew the potatoes wouldnt provide enough starch for
>>> you... was wondering how you would remedy it
>>> Is that brown gravy what I think it is?
>>>
>>Now now, Jebus.
>
> Ruh-roh... I'm in trouble again

And today is different ... how?

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