Calorie Counting

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Agreed, and canned green beans are the only kind I find edible. I don't make them because I assume they taste good because they have lost all nutritional value (c.f. carrots).

Really? The Claim: Fresh Produce Has More Nutrients Than Canned

[Kepler]

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I don't mind canned green beans, but fresh and canned are almost incomparable. Different textures and taste. I'd almost consider them different vegetables entirely.

Agreed, and canned green beans are the only kind I find edible. I don't make them because I assume they taste good because they have lost all nutritional value (c.f. carrots).

[Spartanforlife4]

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Dr. Mrs. can't stand it but I think you are also right in general. Of all the foods ruined by mid-century modern American food prep, spinach might have been the most extreme. My mother prepared it that way and I loathed it. I only discovered that I actually liked spinach later when I ran into cromulent cooking.

My parents won't eat Brussels sprouts in any form because their parents only boiled them. Still scarred from it.

With very few exceptions (beets, artichoke hearts), canned vegetables are virtually inedible - especially when it comes to green beans and peas. Frozen is acceptable (except for Brussels sprouts, which must be fresh), otherwise fresh is always best. Canned, I'd rather lick pennies.

I don't mind canned green beans, but fresh and canned are almost incomparable. Different textures and taste. I'd almost consider them different vegetables entirely.

[dxmnkd316]

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Frozen is good for corn and maybe a few others. It’s good for the times when you need something and need it quick. I usually keep a bag or two of frozen corn in my freezer.

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With very few exceptions (beets, artichoke hearts), canned vegetables are virtually inedible - especially when it comes to green beans and peas. Frozen is acceptable (except for Brussels sprouts, which must be fresh), otherwise fresh is always best. Canned, I'd rather lick pennies.

[Drew S.]

The greatest generation started their lives with ice boxes and trains to transport food from faraway places.

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Lol, was going to say the same thing.

To DX’s point I never really cared for vegetables until I got older as well. We always had a garden so would have some decent, fresh vegetables, but there was a lot of canned and frozen stuff as well. I definitely prefer raw vegetables instead of cooked.

[walrus]

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The Greatests started it. Boomers started the recovery of vegetables, at least in fancy pants "get a rope" places.

The greatest generation started their lives with ice boxes and trains to transport food from faraway places.

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[Kepler]

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The greatest non-monetary disservice the boomers and gen-X did to millennials was to prepare sh-tty canned vegetables.

The Greatests started it. Boomers started the recovery of vegetables, at least in fancy pants "get a rope" places.

[SonofSouthie]

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This bit of advice might be obvious and not unknown to anyone, but eat slowly and chew!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wmimhqPHkc

[dxmnkd316]

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Dr. Mrs. can't stand it but I think you are also right in general. Of all the foods ruined by mid-century modern American food prep, spinach might have been the most extreme. My mother prepared it that way and I loathed it. I only discovered that I actually liked spinach later when I ran into cromulent cooking.

The greatest non-monetary disservice the boomers and gen-X did to millennials was to prepare sh-tty canned vegetables. Growing up with horrid vegetables turned me off from them. It took me 30-some years to like broccoli. 25-something to like onions. Still don’t like mushrooms. I didn’t like salads until I was in my 20s.

Steak with roasted broccoli? Yes please. A nice midweek salad? Yum.

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This bit of advice might be obvious and not unknown to anyone, but eat slowly and chew!

[Kepler]

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I don't actually know anyone who doesn't like spinach. Seems to me to be a leftover trope from the days when everything was canned or boiled to death.

Dr. Mrs. can't stand it but I think you are also right in general. Of all the foods ruined by mid-century modern American food prep, spinach might have been the most extreme. My mother prepared it that way and I loathed it. I only discovered that I actually liked spinach later when I ran into cromulent cooking.

[Spartanforlife4]

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Haha, I do like spinach myself. Although it took a slightly Thai version of a similar vegetable dish (Pad Pak Boong) to finally get me on board with cooked spinach.

I don't actually know anyone who doesn't like spinach. Seems to me to be a leftover trope from the days when everything was canned or boiled to death.

[Kepler]

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Haha, I do like spinach myself. Although it took a slightly Thai version of a similar vegetable dish (Pad Pak Boong) to finally get me on board with cooked spinach.

I have never had Thai food I didn't like. They could probably rehabilitate a lot of vegetables for me but I'm not sure whether stir fry defeats the whole purpose.

I have a difficult time believing any of the Asian foods I love can be anything but lethal for me. Not that this stops me, you understand.

[Slap Shot]

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I like liverwurst and spinach. :-)

Haha, I do like spinach myself. Although it took a slightly Thai version of a similar vegetable dish (Pad Pak Boong) to finally get me on board with cooked spinach.