Tinned food

BLUEBIE

Hi

I am going away soon and cooking facilities will be minimal. I was looking along the supermarket aisles at the tinned food available, i.e princes stew, curry etc but have never tried any.

Has anyone tried anything they can recommend that actually tastes like real food?

Thanks

RAS

Will you have access to a kettle?

Voyager2002

Presuming there will be shops there, buy fresh food when you need it rather than tins.

scheming_gypsy

To be honest it's all hit and miss, some is edible, some can be nice and some should be avoided.
Anything Heinz is usually going to be ok, especially sketti 'oops!! everybody loves sketti 'oops.
Just avoid the own brand stuff

Voyager2002 wrote: »

Presuming there will be shops there, buy fresh food when you need it rather than tins.

they still won't have the cooking facilities.

Dunroamin

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

To be honest it's all hit and miss, some is edible, some can be nice and some should be avoided.
Anything Heinz is usually going to be ok, especially sketti 'oops!! everybody loves sketti 'oops.
Just avoid the own brand stuff




they still won't have the cooking facilities.

If you have the facilities to heat up a can, you can fry a chop or make a one pot meal.

WillowCat

I'm assuming the OP won't have access to fresh food, and may be without a fridge, hence needing canned food.

M&S do lovely tinned curries, though not very MSE.

Getting in tinned toms, and making a pasta sauce with fresh onions, garlic and perhaps some olives from a jar or packet works well. If you are unable/impractical to bake potatoes then making mash and having your normal spud topping is also good.

So don't just think of meals already prepared in a tin, but ingredients in a tin which can be easily transformed into a meal.

I once menu planned for 8 weeks with no fridge and no shops..... only to find several hundred miles from land that the tomato based dishes I was relying on played havoc with my seasickness. I lost a lot of weight that trip!

aileth

Marks & Spencers chicken in white sauce I always enjoy

McKneff

Just how limited are the cooking facilities please.

Mr_Toad

I keep a store cupboard of tinned food on the boat for when I can't fresh food. Ignoring the staples like baked beans, tomatoes, soup etc. I have been pleasantly surprised by how good some of it is.

The last tin I used was a lamb curry which I had with a jacket potato and it was really nice. I've also had a tinned chilli that I did with a boil in the bag rice and that was fine as well.

Until I got the boat I never really looked at tinned food and was surprised at the range of stuff on offer. It's never going to be gourmet but it isn't bad.

ostrichnomore_2

Tinned stewed beef in gravy is quite nice. OK, it looks like dog food when it first comes out of the can but once the gravy melts and it all gets heated up, it looks a lot more palatable. And usually tastes pretty good.

I like most tinned fish. Tinned meat (spam, ham etc, not so much, although I think corned beef is the best of the bunch there).

Beans with sausages in, isn't a bad standby. Canned hot dogs are ok. I like tinned spaghetti hoops. Tinned potatoes are nothing like fresh potatoes but I quite like their odd taste, just think of them as something completely different. Tinned sweetcorn is ok. Tinned peas/carrots/mushrooms are vile (IMO).

Tinned soups?

Any

Assuming OP is going on holiday or something and will not want to spend a lot of time cooking, but cannot afford to/not possible to eat out a lot.
That is why the question about tinned food. She wants to know which one is nice, not how to best avoid it..
Or is it just me that reads that question in the post?

Buying fresh, organic, cooking from scratch or what ever is all very well and good, but sometimes, just sometimes one wants/needs time out.

I like Bentos pies, if there is a mini oven. I put in peas at the end of cooking to get some veg in to it too:-)
Ditto M&S tinned food, only had a couple but they were quite nice and edible. They occassionaly have offers on them here and there I think, just buy what ever is on offer 1 off to try out.