Another reason to look down our long blue noses at Paula Deen

[Warpy]

I mean, really! http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/english-peas-recipe/reviews/index.html

Even my food wrecker mother moved on to frozen peas as soon as they came out. I'm surprised the canned peas still sell. They must be for finicky kids and old folks who've never tasted anything fresh or frozen.

[GoCubsGo]

1. That has to be a joke.

Or, are people really so stupid that they couldn't figure out how to add canned peas to melted butter and heat them up?

[trud]

2. so I looked her up in Wikipedia

To see how old she is, because I was thinking her stuff must be an unhealthy as is imaginable, and I found this quote about her:

"You tell kids to have cheesecake for breakfast. You tell them to have chocolate cake and meatloaf for lunch. And french fries. Doesn't it bother you that you're adding to this?"

This has some bizarre appeal to the evil side of my nature.

[canetoad]

3. There's something you need to know....

I didn't read the linked recipe as I'm not a subscriber, but there is a place in the world for tinned peas.

In Britain a dish called mushy peas is an old favourite and part of the culture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushy_peas I often make them from scratch with blue boiler peas, sometimes buy a can when the gang come over for fish and chips on a Friday.

In this instructional video you can see mushy peas being served in traditional Yorkshire style at about 1:15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VLYpKGVBUg

[trud]

12. mushy peas

That actually sounds worth trying (skipping the color additives.) I love pea soup, and without meat since I'm a vegetarian.

[EFerrari]

4. As I kid, I never willingly ate a vegetable until Mom could buy frozen.

I can taste the can in two notes. Yuck, might as well chew on some foil.

[Warpy]

6. The cans are now coated

so you don't taste the steel, but then you're treated to the slimy, overcooked veg in all their flaccid, army surplus green glory.

[no_hypocrisy]

15. The lining is BPA and is dangerous to your health.

[no_hypocrisy]

16. BPA

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1179049

[Warpy]

17. Uh, my best guess is that people who eat canned vegetables

aren't particularly concerned with their health.

[ejpoeta]

19. or maybe they can't afford something more expensive? canned vegetables are cheaper than frozen or

fresh. and they can be stored so if you have a power outage you have something to eat too.

[Warpy]

20. I live in a very poor part of town

and I mostly see people shopping the way I had to: bulk beans and rice, squash, chiles, and whatever is on sale or in season. It's a boring diet but it will not only keep you alive, it will keep you healthy.

Here they supplement it with the occasional bag of masa.

Old white folks are the only ones I see stocking up on canned veg and that's only when they're on sale.

[kestrel91316]

9. Canned spinach and canned asparagus are childhood food memories of

mine that rank up there with the worst of nightmares.......

If she could have found canned brussels sprouts Mom would have served them, too.

[EFerrari]

10. My grandmother never set foot in a kitchen until she came to this country.

And you know, it didn't turn out well. lol

[yellerpup]

5. She must be paid by the recipe

and have NO ONE to edit her. Ridiculous.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. I have a confession to make. When I was a kid and my mom served peas for dinner,

she would open 2 cans and drain the juice from one of them before heating them. Instead of discarding it, she would divvy it up into a couple of small glasses for me and my sister. I loved the stuff and to this day, I will occasionally buy a can of Le Seur peas to use in a pasta salad just so I can drink the juice when I drain them.

[kestrel91316]

8. What is really frightening is that people apparently need a recipe to

heat up a can of peas with some butter thrown in.

[TreasonousBastard]

11. The comments are far better than the "recipe"...

"I didn't have these exotic peas in my pantry, but I did have English muffins. Also saw I was low on butter but had some bags of butter lovers microwave popcorn. I put the muffins and the popcorn in the pot over med heat and served. WOW!! The flavor was splendid, though the texture was undesirable. For dessert I took 6 chocolate bars and warmed them slowly in a pan. I then poured the contents into bowl and let cool to room temp. LOL everyone thought they were eating chocolate bars. So yummy!! Thought I'd share one back Paula. Thank You!!"

<...>

"This recipe was really tricky to master, but once I figured it out, it was divine!
The secret is to NOT use a cardboard pan to heat the peas.
Apparently this is a common problem people have so I wanted to share my expertise.
Cardboard pans only work for Bulgarian pea recipes."

[Paper Roses]

13. Nothing worse than canned peas and canned spinach.

As a kid, this was all we had, no frozen foods yet available. To make the peas a little more palatable, Mom bought the tiny ones. Still tasted like the can they came in. To make matters worse, one or the other seemed to frequently turn up in our school cafeteria lunches. No-one in the house would eat canned asparagus. That was just going too far.

[EFerrari]

14. Canned spinach is child abuse. lol

[ejpoeta]

18. i detest canned peas. yech! canned most anything except maybe tomatoes.

i love frozen vegetables. and my kids love them too. except the peas. they don't like peas. but they love broccoli. and green beans. and a lot of other things. canned may be cheaper. but it tastes gross.

[Warpy]

21. Sweet corn and mushrooms survive the canning process

almost as well as Muir Glen tomatoes do. Nothing else seems to although I guess it was a lot better than eating nothing but sauerkraut and root cellar turnips, potatoes and carrots for at least 6 months out of the year.

[kestrel91316]

22. Canned corn, mushrooms, tomatoes, and green beans are fine with me.

Anything else, not likely.