Among the cans brought over by my neighbor was an unlabeled can. Yes!!! I have been waiting for this! It had "food storage" written on the top in black magic marker. I could not wait to open it. Well, it was peas. Not very exciting.
They tasted like.... canned peas. But these had a tinny flavor to them. Not at first but after a few bites I could taste the tin can flavor. I have no way of knowing how old it was.
My kids have been opening cans and tasting the kid friendly stuff like the Chef Boyardee Macaroni and Cheese in a can or the individual servings of Mac and Cheese in the microwave container. The Chef Boyardee Macaroni and cheese definitely tasted like a tin can. He loves Mac and Cheese in any form but he didn't eat this at all. He didn't like the individual microwavable Mac and Cheese either.
I had no idea that vegetables could pick up the tin can flavor. I just assumed that the canning industry would have figured this out already. I have not used canned vegetables very much except for tomatoes which seem to overwhelm any canned flavor and I use a lot of them. I wonder about the lining used in some of the brand name vegetable cans. The unlabled peas, above, were in a tin can that was not lined. I am wondering if the tin can flavor is diminished if the lining is used or if it picks up other flavors instead. I will have to search my basement for brand name and private label brand cans that are the same age to see if there is a difference in flavor.
In any case, the boxed Mac and Cheese definitely wins over the canned variety.
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