Food canned vegetable recommendatons
- Thread starter nomifyle
- Start date
phloydius
Veteran Member
I keep canned:
Green beans, corn, peas, diced potatoes, and tomatoes of many varieties (including sauce).
Do pickles count?
Not a lot of variety for me. I only store the plan vegetables (not the pre-spiced ones) for people's allergy concerns. I do get some that are low salt, but most are regular salt.
I don't use them now, but am considering adding canned cut sweet potatoes.
Probably not all that helpful, sorry.
Edited to add: Refried beans.
Green beans, corn, peas, diced potatoes, and tomatoes of many varieties (including sauce).
Do pickles count?
Not a lot of variety for me. I only store the plan vegetables (not the pre-spiced ones) for people's allergy concerns. I do get some that are low salt, but most are regular salt.
I don't use them now, but am considering adding canned cut sweet potatoes.
Probably not all that helpful, sorry.
Edited to add: Refried beans.
Last edited:
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Whole kernel corn, cream style corn, sweet peas, butter beans, lima beans, purple hull peas, green beans, cabbage, squash, diced potatoes, mixed vegetables, pinto beans, baked beans, black-eyed peas, kidney beans, mustard greens, kraut, rotel tomatoes, diced and whole tomatoes. That's my inventory........I can't think of any other canned veggie that we like, or I would have that, too. That doesn't include things like tomato sauces, etc.
Last edited:
phloydius
Veteran Member
Have you been able to find any that is not spiced nor flavored? (other than salt)
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
No. I buy Margaret Holme's brand.
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
I think Margaret Holmes has a canned cabbage that is not seasoned, or rather they did have
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
The only kind I've seen has been seasoned. That's the brand I always buy.
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
I've actually seen and may have some of that brand that is not seasoned. I'll have to look.
phloydius
Veteran Member
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
I looked on line and even on MH's website, no unseasoned cabbage to be had. I still have to look around in my pantry.
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
I did no know that green beans are not considered a vegetable. and corn is a starchTrue, but neither are peas, corn, green beans, tomatoes, nor squash.
phloydius
Veteran Member
Although there is a lot of debate about what corn is...
"Corn, Zea mays, belongs to the Poaceae family, and while eaten sometimes as a
vegetable and sometimes as a grain, it is actually classified by botanists as a
fruit, as are tomatoes, green peppers, cucumbers, zucchini and other squashes."
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
Didn't really know much of that, although I did know that tomatoes are classified as a fruit, and I do know that corn is not something one should eat very often.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
So, when someone says they're growing a vegetable garden, what does it consist of exactly in order to be correct? When I think of canned veggies, I think of everything on the canned veggie aisle at any grocery store.
phloydius
Veteran Member
The easy answer, which is not 100% correct in all cases, is this: It is a fruit if it came from the flower. All other parts of the plant are considered vegetables. A grain is a fruit that has a hard shell and is in the grass family.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Thanks. I just didn't know how technical we needed to be about what a true vegetable was.
phloydius
Veteran Member
In discussions about food storage for SHTF, I think we can call pretty much any thing edible a vegetable. Because all we'll probably care about is "can I eat it" and "is it safe". But if we are playing keyboard warrior and couch prepper, then we can debate it all day long.
That reminds me, I need to go get started on canning my next batch of beef stock.
ioujc
MARANTHA!! Even so, come LORD JESUS!!!
I keep a good stock of each of the following:
Home canned green beans and Italian green beans, pork and beans, kidney beans, navy beans, refried beans, Lima beans, butter beans and barbequed beans.
As far as other vegetables I also keep a good supply of carrots, early small peas, sauerkraut, corn, both whole kernel and cream style, beets, pickled beets, pickled onions and peppers (home made), dehydrated onions and garlic, potatoes, tomatoes and tomatoes juice and sauce...mostly home canned, but some store bought, and a few cans of mixed vegetables.
Also have him made picked and pickled okra.
Also planting MORE of each of these for my garden......so I can share with my church when I have all I need.
Home canned green beans and Italian green beans, pork and beans, kidney beans, navy beans, refried beans, Lima beans, butter beans and barbequed beans.
As far as other vegetables I also keep a good supply of carrots, early small peas, sauerkraut, corn, both whole kernel and cream style, beets, pickled beets, pickled onions and peppers (home made), dehydrated onions and garlic, potatoes, tomatoes and tomatoes juice and sauce...mostly home canned, but some store bought, and a few cans of mixed vegetables.
Also have him made picked and pickled okra.
Also planting MORE of each of these for my garden......so I can share with my church when I have all I need.
medic38572
TB Fanatic
What ever you can buy NOW!
I home can green beans, pork 'n beans, ham and bean soup, carrots, tomatoes, etc... I do buy canned hominy; and also keep a couple of cases of canned mixed veggies on hand for casseroles and soup - I rotate/replace those out. I still freeze sweet corn; okra, and some other veggies - I'll have to can or dry what is in the freezer if the power goes down for a lengthy period of time.
JasmineAndLace
Senior Member
I keep dehydrated cabbage. It only takes a few minutes to rehydrate, then you can cook and season any way you want. Dehydrated veggies don't take up a lot of space and vacuum sealed in glass jars will stay good on the shelf for a long time.
phloydius
Veteran Member
How is the texture/color when you rehydrate it? Specifically for things like fried cabbage or coleslaw.
JasmineAndLace
Senior Member
It seems to work best in cooked dishes. The color is the lighter, somewhat faded color of cooked or fried cabbage. Have never used it for coleslaw--just don't think the crispy texture would be there. But then neither would canned cabbage have that texture.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
In discussions about food storage for SHTF, I think we can call pretty much any thing edible a vegetable. Because all we'll probably care about is "can I eat it" and "is it safe". But if we are playing keyboard warrior and couch prepper, then we can debate it all day long.
That reminds me, I need to go get started on canning my next batch of beef stock.
Exactly. I wasn't interested in debating what was a vegetable and what was not. If it's canned in the vegetable section at the grocery store, I call it a vegetable.
nomifyle
TB Fanatic
Sorry i didn't mean to cause a debate, I forget that I look at things differently than most and speak before I think about it. I do have a supply of all things that have been mentioned.
lonestar09
Veteran Member
I keep several jars of salsa in stock. Now stocking sauerkraut since my son likes it alot now. Pretty much the other vegetables mentioned. Also ranch style beans.
Orion Commander
Veteran Member
Pe was on a canning group. We discovered canned Cole slaw. The recipe was a simple syrup with a LOT of sugar. We were able to cut the sugar significantly. It can be drained and use a mayonnaise dressing. It still had some crunch when eaten.
This was a decade ago so I can't give exact details.
This was a decade ago so I can't give exact details.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Corn
Carrots
Butter beans
Lima beans
Waxed beans,
green beans
Italian green beans
Black beans
Canelli beans
Red beans
Kidney beans
Pink beans
Pinto beans
Black eyed peas
Cow peas
And about ten types of lentils and six types of Dahl.
Fermented black aka soy beans
Yellow split peas
Green split peas
And I’m pretty sure I missed something.. I have these in canned and dried form.
Carrots
Butter beans
Lima beans
Waxed beans,
green beans
Italian green beans
Black beans
Canelli beans
Red beans
Kidney beans
Pink beans
Pinto beans
Black eyed peas
Cow peas
And about ten types of lentils and six types of Dahl.
Fermented black aka soy beans
Yellow split peas
Green split peas
And I’m pretty sure I missed something.. I have these in canned and dried form.