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What canned items do you keep in your pantry?

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Re: What canned items do you keep in your pantry?

by Larry Greenly » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:44 am

Robin Garr wrote:
Larry Greenly wrote:Try Muir Glen tomatoes; they're great.


Muir Glen tomatoes are good, and they're widely available here. They're more expensive than Red Gold, though, and in side-by-side tasting I find better tomato flavor with Red Gold, so it's an easy choice for me.


Ah, but I picked up a bunch at a dollar store: 2/$1. I couldn't pass them up at 1/3 of the price.
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Re: What canned items do you keep in your pantry?

by Bob Ross » Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:27 am

Couple others I've been buying recently:

Coffee beans -- we grind them as they are used and purchase seven ounce containers from Cafe La Semeuse.

Tea, especially the loose leaves. Not sure why tea bags aren't packed that way.
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Re: What canned items do you keep in your pantry?

by John Tomasso » Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:32 am

Our anchovies are in a jar, not in a can, and I keep them in the fridge.
Off the top of my head, the pantry has canned beans; canillini, black beans, and red kidneys and garbanzos. Some small cans of button mushrooms A dozen cans of Genova tuna I picked up on Arthur Ave last month. Canned plum tomatoes, one can of paste, and some Del Monte sauce. Plenty of fancy feast cat food.
Cindy has half a dozen cans of various soups, which I never go near. She finds comfort in them when she doesn't feel well. Whatever.
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Re: What canned items do you keep in your pantry?

by Thomas » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:22 am

John Tomasso wrote: A dozen cans of Genova tuna I picked up on Arthur Ave last month.


That's where my mother landed direct from Ellis I.
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Re: What canned items do you keep in your pantry?

by Maria Samms » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:23 am

Let's see...I never know half the time what I have in my pantry...LOL!

-Tuna
-Salmon
-Chopped Clams
-Sardines in Tomato sauce
-Garbonzo Beans
-Lentils
-Black Beans
-Heinz Vegetarian Baked Beans (Yes...the UK version...just like Peter's pic, they now carry it at my local grocery store!)
-Various soups (chicken noodle, tomato, Chunky soups [for my hubby when I can't cook...lol]cream of celery, veggie beef)
Canned tomatoes of all kinds (crushed, pureed, sauce, chopped, whole, paste)
-Coconut milk
-Olives
-Pineapples
-Mandarin Oranges
-Fruit Cocktail (Sheesh...I wonder how old this is?)
-Condensed milk

I think that's it for canned goods.
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Re: What canned items do you keep in your pantry?

by Jenise » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:14 pm

Gary Barlettano wrote:Chopped, steamed okra
Gabuzell
Head cheese
Natural sausage casings
Tapioca
Tripe


Canned tripe? And what's gabuzell?


Bob--a little like black eyed peas? That's what the picture on the can looks like, garbanzo shaped, black eyed pea color. But it's not a very good picture. Do you think they'd make a good bean salsa, the way black eyed peas do?
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Re: What canned items do you keep in your pantry?

by Max Hauser » Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:25 pm

Amazing coincidence: Before logging in and seeing this thread, I'd prepared a posting giving an unusually successful use for canned Brazilian beef.

See under title "Meats in wine-rosemary juices," Here.
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Re: What canned items do you keep in your pantry?

by RichardAtkinson » Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:45 pm

Canned Goods? Lets see…

Chicken stock, Beef broth, Cannelini beans, all kinds of canned tomatoes, corn, green beans, black olives, chili, green chiles

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Re: What canned items do you keep in your pantry?

by Paul Winalski » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:30 pm

chicken broth
coconut milk
sliced bamboo shoots
water chestnuts
chipotles in adobo
Sichuan preserved vegetable

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Re: What canned items do you keep in your pantry?

by alex metags » Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:28 am

Tuna.
That's it right now. I don't eat it often so the same 10 cans from Trader Joe's have been sitting there a while.

At other times: condensed milk, Yeo's Singapore Curry Gravy, tomato paste.

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