Tinned food

I have a memory of the lower cupboard of an kitchen 'dresser' jammed full of tins in my Granmother's house.... having survived two world wars, she called them her "Iron Rations" . Then upstairs in a bedroom drawer were bags and bags of sugar from some time when there was a shortage of same but not from Wartime. Long before things had dates on them! and she lived on to nearly 90 yrs.

Mine are similar to those eho have posted but I also have chicken in white sauce. Its handy when we're both tired with rice peas mushrooms added.

Dog food (lots)
Tomatoes, whole and chopped
Baked beans
Lentils
Red salmon
Spam (husband)
Corned beef (ditto)
Various soups
Rice pudding
Custard
Fruit
Potatoes for emergency use
Mushrooms (ditto)

I have enough food to last several weeks (rural area, snow etc). Most seems to be in packets and frozen. With no freezer when I was a child Mum used tinned fruit and veg quite a lot when the fresh (grown by Dad) and home-bottled stuff had run out. Does anyone remember tinned sausages in the 50s? I loved them.

Baked beans, soup, ratatouille, stuffed vine leaves.

Hmm... She's getting ready to tell us she's Cocked up trading agreements with just about everyone so tins will be on the menu for the foreseeable future! Ha ha! They must think we're daft!no italian tomatoes,Spanish olives /oil, Portuguese pilchards, etc etc and even if we did get hold of them, who's going to drive the delivery trucks? Pavel and Kristoff have gone home (pushed out) and ou truckers have to pay £1000s to train without gov subsidy.good move Doris!

Many of the things already posted. Apparently tinned fruit and vegetables retain more nutrients than fresh because they are processed as soon as picked.
I remember that during the war we were allowed a tin of peaches at Christmas on our ration books. A real treat.

Tinned items are cooked in the tin from fresh, so nothing escapes, so I've read.
All the vitamins are contained inside.

Gabrielle56

Hmm... She's getting ready to tell us she's Cocked up trading agreements with just about everyone so tins will be on the menu for the foreseeable future! Ha ha! They must think we're daft!no italian tomatoes,Spanish olives /oil, Portuguese pilchards, etc etc and even if we did get hold of them, who's going to drive the delivery trucks? Pavel and Kristoff have gone home (pushed out) and ou truckers have to pay £1000s to train without gov subsidy.good move Doris!

Tinned goods may become scarce because of a shortage of tin - producers of Italian tomatoes are having difficulty canning the produce because of a global shortage of tin sheet.

Callistemon

Gabrielle56

Hmm... She's getting ready to tell us she's Cocked up trading agreements with just about everyone so tins will be on the menu for the foreseeable future! Ha ha! They must think we're daft!no italian tomatoes,Spanish olives /oil, Portuguese pilchards, etc etc and even if we did get hold of them, who's going to drive the delivery trucks? Pavel and Kristoff have gone home (pushed out) and ou truckers have to pay £1000s to train without gov subsidy.good move Doris!

Tinned goods may become scarce because of a shortage of tin - producers of Italian tomatoes are having difficulty canning the produce because of a global shortage of tin sheet.

Don’t spoil an anti Brexit rant by bringing up facts!

My tins are pretty similar to most others except for a tin of condensed milk that I boiled for two hours for banoffe pie, then a tin of ready boiled condensed banoffe filling that I didn’t realise existed. These were bought for a family gathering that was cancelled three times.

My store cupboard is similar but I am not sure what to do with corned beef. I think that I had it years ago in a pie. Any other ideas, please? Great thread, it
seems to have encouraged us to check our stocks. Thank you.

axxliz

My store cupboard is similar but I am not sure what to do with corned beef. I think that I had it years ago in a pie. Any other ideas, please? Great thread, it
seems to have encouraged us to check our stocks. Thank you.

Don’t spoil an anti Brexit rant by bringing up facts!

Oh dear.
In mitigation, I do like a fact or two!

I made a corned beef hash with a tin of corned beef sent as a substitution axxliz
Gently fry a chopped onion in oil until translucent, add diced boiled potatoes, chopped corned beef and frozen peas, heat very thoroughly until piping hot (use a meat thermometer to check).
In fact I did it step by step in the microwave
Easy peasy. Hadn't made one for years.

Surprised so many have tinned sweetcorn. I think it has a strange taste and much prefer frozen!
Do love tinned mandarin oranges though

tuna
salmon
corned beef
(a couple of tins of curry and of stew from You Know Where for when we're too tired to cook)

3 tins of soup

red kidney beans
baked beans
five bean salad
butter beans
green lentils
chickpeas
chick pea dahl
Bombay potatoes
mushy peas
tomatoes
tomato puree
sweetcorn

mandarin segments (that should take you back kitty)
evap (ditto the above)
pineapple chunks
prunes

golden syrup
treacle

mini mixers e.g. cola, tonic

Do you remember tins of fruit salad, for me served with evap at Sunday tea time? Conny onny butty anyone?

Mostly soup, then pasta, beans, corned beef, fruit, rice, custard and suet pudding.

Whole and chopped Tomatoes , Tomato puree, corn, baked beans, various pulses, tuna, fruit, evap milk, custard rice pud, some soups that are easier to buy than make (eg scotch broth).
Other things like mushy peas, chicken in white sauce, tinned chilli (DH!!) as needed.

I've got tinned soups, spaghetti hoops, tomatoes, custard, tapioca, peas, mushrooms and that's about it. I don't use them very often - they're just in case I'm ill and can't be bothered to cook from scratch.

I always have tons of Heinz tomato soup in.
Comfort food.
(And heartburn food, too!)

Oh and gripe water!!!

I have: Baked Beans, Ravioli, Plum Tomatoes, Mushy
Peas, Corned Beef, Tuna (for the cats), and a couple of tins of soup!
I don't do baking, as there are only two of us, and we are both Diabetic (so avoiding the temptation to make cakes, Buns or Biscuits).
I have dried pasta in the shape of spaghetti (wholemeal & plain) and Macaroni.
I also have packet mixes for casseroles, and a selection of dried herbs and spices.

Sorted out the tins' shelf today after OH went shopping. He's bought more! so we now have 8 tins of baked beans, 7 tins of tomatoes, 9 tins of mixed beans and 1 tin each of fruit cocktail, pineapple, soup and sardines ( for the dog)
We use maybe 3 tins a month if that, so I think he's hoarding for whatever reason. I've told him again don't buy any more lol

runnerbean

Oh and gripe water!!!

Windy pops?

Not a great fan of tinned stuffs but the basics such as various types of beans, tomatoes, tuna, salmon (hubby loves it) and peas/sweetcorn.

Tomatoes
Red kidney beans
Chick peas
Cannelloni beans
Baked beans
Sweet corn
Pineapple
Condensed milk
Dulce de Leche
Evaporated milk
Tuna

Several types of vegetables in jars, and many, many types of homemade jams, marmalade’s, chutneys etc.

Mostly the same as everyone else. Got quite a few tins of tuna in spring water for the cat. Jars of fish paste and a tin of golden syrup thats always reminds me of a tin of sunshine when I take the lid off.
My DH loves corned beef hash with fried eggs

No one’s mentioned tinned pears. Great for making pear crumble with either a packet of crumble mix or homemade (quick and easy to make). Served with cream, custard or ice cream and can be baking while you’re eating your dinner. First thought of it with my school mate when we were supposed to make a meal in cookery/domestic science/home economics and we couldn’t be bothered to put much effort into it!