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Post by Moose on Apr 13, 2013 16:21:27 GMT
Say you had to make a three course meal for a bunch of people, using stuff entirely out of tins. Do you think you could make anything edible and if so, what would it be?
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Post by Alvamiga on Apr 13, 2013 16:38:14 GMT
Treacle sponge, Treacle sponge and Treacle sponge.  |
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Post by madmadeline on Apr 13, 2013 16:38:26 GMT
Hm...
Well the soup course would be easy. A couple of cans of good broth, some tomatoes, mushrooms, baby corn, whichever other veggies you like that aren't gross when canned, voila!
You could also have a nice appetizer plate with various kinds of olives and pickles and maybe some smoked oysters or mackerel.
I'd avoid tinned meat for the main course because that tends to be pretty obviously "from a can" tasting, but maybe something with seafood? You can get tinned lobster in the freezer section, does that count? But you still have tuna, salmon, oysters, shrimp etc .. I sort of enjoy chinese vegetables in tins, bamboo shoots and water chestnuts, for example, are quite tasty and really very crunchy still. You could make a seafood stir-fry quite easily.
And what about doing something with the good, thick, quality kinds of canned chocolate syrup and a couple of tins of black cherry pie filling for dessert?
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Post by Alvamiga on Apr 13, 2013 16:54:03 GMT
Treacle sponge, Treacle sponge and Custard?  |
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Post by madmadeline on Apr 13, 2013 16:55:43 GMT
oh man. That sounds GOOD! Rot-your-teeth-keep-you-up-hyper-all-night-NO nutrients but sugar good!
Can I change my answer?
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Post by Moose on Apr 13, 2013 17:05:53 GMT
I hadn't remembered tinned fish ... yeah you can get good quality tinned salmon, I suppose, and maybe some other types.
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Post by Alvamiga on Apr 13, 2013 17:07:35 GMT
I could probably make something to eat if I had to, but I'm more of a freezer storage person. Canned goods are mostly for post-apocalypse purposes. |
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Post by madmadeline on Apr 13, 2013 17:09:16 GMT
Is this an exercise in thinking or is it for some other reason? And if so, is there any reason why it MUST be ingredients from a tin (zombie apocalypse, maybe?) or are other non-perishables allowed? Dry pasta, for example?
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Post by Moose on Apr 13, 2013 17:51:07 GMT
No reason, was just wondering But yeah it's gotta be out of a tin  |
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Post by Mari on Apr 13, 2013 21:19:49 GMT
soup, ravioli with green veg and for desert they used to have these nice little ricepuddings in tins. Not sure about now though.
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Post by bill on Apr 14, 2013 21:16:49 GMT
Scotch Broth, tinned salmon with potatoes and some kind of green veg or maybe carrots and tinned peaches.
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Post by madmadeline on Apr 14, 2013 23:20:09 GMT
Has anyone been able to find a palatable tinned potato?
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Post by tangent on Apr 14, 2013 23:25:16 GMT
 A tin of french fries is the closest I can get to palatable potatoes in a tin. |
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Post by madmadeline on Apr 14, 2013 23:26:12 GMT
OMG. Want.
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Post by Shake on Apr 16, 2013 0:17:56 GMT
Can't believe no one has said...
SPAM SPAM SPAM ......
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Post by madmadeline on Apr 16, 2013 1:48:11 GMT
BLEEEEECCCCCK!
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Post by Shake on Apr 16, 2013 2:06:35 GMT
"What do you mean, 'BLEEEEECCCCCK!'?" "I don't like Spam!" ... and so on. Seriously though, I think I'd have to agree with tangent's post above! |
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Post by jayme on Apr 16, 2013 2:37:47 GMT
Am going to the spam museum next month. So excited! www.spam.com/spam-101/the-spam-museumI think my favorite canned dish ever is green bean casserole: A couple cans of green beans mixed with a can of mushroom soup, topped with a can of french fried onions. Yummeh! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2013 9:23:37 GMT
We just get beans from tins and tomatoes for sauce or pizza. And corn.
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Post by tangent on Apr 16, 2013 9:26:27 GMT
Ah, yes, both good foods.
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Post by madmadeline on Apr 16, 2013 11:33:46 GMT
I tend to find that once a conversation degenerates to Monty Python, it never comes back. So I try and limit my Pythonism to one derailment a day. (and I already spent mine on the dead parrot sketch yesterday!) Though... ...today *is* a new day! So... Have you got anything without spam? |
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Post by bill on Apr 16, 2013 12:41:42 GMT
Has anyone been able to find a palatable tinned potato? Never had one. It just sounded alright for a three course meal. |
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Post by madmadeline on Apr 16, 2013 13:35:12 GMT
oh. darn! Thought you might have "the secret!"
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Post by bill on Apr 16, 2013 13:53:02 GMT
oh. darn! Thought you might have "the secret!" Uh uh. |
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Post by Alvamiga on Apr 16, 2013 18:32:50 GMT
Tinned potatoes tend to be very waterlogged, in my experience. It warns on the can to not put them in a deep fryer, but I'd be interested to see what happened. |
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Post by bill on Apr 16, 2013 22:16:48 GMT
Tinned potatoes tend to be very waterlogged, in my experience. It warns on the can to not put them in a deep fryer, but I'd be interested to see what happened. I expect that they would explode! |
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Post by Alvamiga on Apr 17, 2013 7:47:57 GMT
Well, that's the raison d'etre of Mythbusters a lot of the time... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2013 8:08:07 GMT
Tinned potatoes tend to be very waterlogged, in my experience. It warns on the can to not put them in a deep fryer, but I'd be interested to see what happened. I expect that they would explode! I don't think I've ever seen tinned potatoes! |
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Post by tangent on Apr 17, 2013 12:49:57 GMT
I've eaten tinned potatoes and there is a distinctive pall to their taste.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2013 12:59:18 GMT
I've eaten tinned potatoes and there is a distinctive pall to their taste. I don't think I'd like to try them. |
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