Alpo Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Originally I was just going to ask, "Do you eat your pork and beans cold?" We did, when I was a kid. Mama would make sandwiches or hamburgers or hotdogs, and open a can of pork and beans and just pour 'em in a bowl and put it on the table. I thought that's how you ate pork and beans. It came as a shock to find out that my wife expected them to be heated. My daughter and her family came to visit me over the Fourth, and one night I made chili dogs. I got out a can of beans and asked, "Y'all eat your pork and beans cold, or warm them up?" She said they didn't eat pork and beans. Then I remembered, many years back, visiting them and seeing an open can of green beans sitting on the table. I asked about them, and was told that her husband preferred them cold, straight out of the can. That he had grown up eating them that way. Hmmmm. I have, over the last couple of years, started eating canned corn and canned beets straight out of the can. No need to cook them - they are already cooked. Normally they just need to be heated up. But I've kinda developed a fondness for them at room temperature. Am I the only one? Where are there others they do not warm up their canned food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Soups I always heat. Most things I heat, but I have been known to open a can of chili and eat it cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Hangtree Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Beanie Weenies and sardines are about the only two foods out of a can that I eat without heating them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 I prefer Pork-n-Beans room temperature. Everything else I prefer hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 I'll take green beans or canned corn, open the can, use the lid to hold 'em in, drain 'em, put some dressing on them and eat cold. Sometimes I'll heat them as a side. Canned pork & bean are eaten cold, unless I doctor them up with onions, cut up hot dogs, catsup, mustard, brown sugar, cider vinegar. Then I'll eat them hot that day, and cold as leftovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anvil Al #59168 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Veggies. Heat P&B's cold (room temp) Eat right out of the can sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 One time I did just spoon Spam out of the can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Canned veggies, pork & beans I like heated. And say! While we're on the subject; Why did you Americans keep Bushs Beans a secret from us Canadians?? Once we tried the Original Recipe there was no turning back. Some of the others, Meh1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 4 minutes ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said: And say! While we're on the subject; Why did you Americans keep Bushs Beans a secret from us Canadians?? National security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Pork and beans, and beanee weenies at room temp. Other canned foods, heated. A family peccadillo...eating moderately salt and peppered cottage cheese with pinto beans. Dad loved it, and passed it on to his boys. Never seen anyone else eat it, and I get some seriously repulsive looks when I mention it in polite company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 52 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: One time I did just spoon Spam out of the can. GO TO YOUR ROOM YOUNG MAN!!! No TV for a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 I heat them, but not a whole lot. Usually just enough to melt the butter or cheese I put on them. My mom always heated them up to scalding temperatures. My wife introduced me to the idea that they're fine at room temperature. When I was young, I only ate them at room temp when I was camping or hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Mrs. Lose doesn’t allow canned food in the house so when she ain’t around I pick up some of the canned food that I like. Spam (fried) Dinty Moore beef stew (cooked) Vienna sausages (right from the can) Aunt Ellie’s pickled beets (right out of the jar). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 6 hours ago, LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L said: Pork and beans, and beanee weenies at room temp. Other canned foods, heated. A family peccadillo...eating moderately salt and peppered cottage cheese with pinto beans. Dad loved it, and passed it on to his boys. Never seen anyone else eat it, and I get some seriously repulsive looks when I mention it in polite company. I love cottage cheese with Lowery's Seasoned Salt. Can empty an entire container in no time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Heat'em an eat'em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizPete Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Ewwwwwww, y'all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 I prefer canned veggies warmed! I like baked beans, but don't care for pork with them. In the Air Force, when on a dispatch to a missile site, we would take the canned whatever, puncture the can with our John Wayne opener (aka P-38), and set them on the exhaust manifold of the truck! Tasted great heated, especially when the air temp was about -30! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 We ate our pork and beans cold from the can, but ma always heated up the ice cream. I still do it that way-- when you're raised up that way, it seems normal. By the time you find out it's not, it's too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 When I was a kid in the summer it was pork and beans right out of the can. Nowadays I rarely eat it anything out of a can except the best darned beans in the world. Bush’s Grill’n Beans and I do heat them up. These beans are absotively delishamundo! The Best! I do occasionally eat soup out of a can, heated, of course and about once a year I get a corn and peas craving so I dump a can of each in a pot and heat them up. Try Bush’s Grill’n Beans. You will not be sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 My ancestors discovered fire some time back. I dang well intend to honor their memory by eating hot food! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Howdy, I like food hot. Even canned corn. Pork an beans in pan, add a dash of mustard, ketchup brown sugar and maybe a dash of chopped onion. Always room for variation. Last time I added a bit of bbq. Real left over bacon is great on the rare occasions I have any. Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 I like cold beets or pickled beets on a salad with home-made 1000 Island Dressing. I could eat cold Original Bush's beans. I'd have to be starving to eat any of the following, hot or cold: green beans, peas. About the only canned vegetables I buy are kidney, black or Bush's beans and three-bean salad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G W Wade Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 29 minutes ago, Chili Ron said: Real left over bacon is great on the rare occasions I have any. What is left over bacon, never seen any GW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Jack Calder Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 11 hours ago, LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L said: A family peccadillo...eating moderately salt and peppered cottage cheese with pinto beans. Dad loved it, and passed it on to his boys. Never seen anyone else eat it, and I get some seriously repulsive looks when I mention it in polite company. Mom used to pepper the cottage cheese. I like it that way ( no salt for BP issues). My better half thinks I am crazy, but she salts her’s. We heat P&B, don’t use other canned veggies. Either fresh or frozen, they need to be cooked, or they are too crunchy. CJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 When you've eaten cold C-Rations, the rest of it is pretty tame. I generally prefer my food hot. My wife, however, eats Spaghetti-Os cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Mosby Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 I love Bush's Country Style baked beans straight out of the can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 I don't eat much in the way of canned food. As a kid camping, I would have pork and beans straight from the can sometimes, because it meant being able to get back to doing those things you go camping for that much faster. Baked beans and vienna sausage are also meant to be eaten cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 12 hours ago, G W Wade said: What is left over bacon, never seen any GW That is an event that has to seriously be planned for. You need to decide how much bacon you will require to be “left over” or saved for later. It is physically and mentally impossible to make the needed amount to be “left over” so one must make a calculation. In order to end up with the proper “left over” quantity one should double the quantity needed and make that. It is quite common to go ahead and double that quantity again...just in case. Once you have finished cooking the bacon. No one but an absolute lunatic would eat uncooked bacon, even out of a can...Once you’re finished cooking immediately take 1/4 of what you cooked and put it under armed guard to cool. Eat the rest. Later I will explain the process for selecting bacon guards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 33 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Later I will explain the process for selecting bacon guards I would suggest Orthodox Jews, but according to Fran Dressler, bacon is NOT non-kosher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 20 hours ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said: Heat'em an eat'em! I used to do that. Then I was told that the stuff that seals the lids will leech into the food and it's poisonous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 7 minutes ago, Ramblin Gambler said: I used to do that. Then I was told that the stuff that seals the lids will leech into the food and it's poisonous. For Napoleon’s army yes, it was lead. Now no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 I try not to eat em at all. (except for Bush’s Bourbon and Brown Sugar grilling Beans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 7 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: That is an event that has to seriously be planned for. You need to decide how much bacon you will require to be “left over” or saved for later. It is physically and mentally impossible to make the needed amount to be “left over” so one must make a calculation. In order to end up with the proper “left over” quantity one should double the quantity needed and make that. It is quite common to go ahead and double that quantity again...just in case. Once you have finished cooking the bacon. No one but an absolute lunatic would eat uncooked bacon, even out of a can...Once you’re finished cooking immediately take 1/4 of what you cooked and put it under armed guard to cool. Eat the rest. Later I will explain the process for selecting bacon guards. Don’t use dogs. Trust me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 3 hours ago, Ramblin Gambler said: I used to do that. Then I was told that the stuff that seals the lids will leech into the food and it's poisonous. It melts the plastic liner. Not healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Are vegetable cans lined with plastic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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