Canned fruit

[spiderplanet]

Canned fruit, in order of most edible to most gross

1.  Blueberries
2.  Cherries
3.  Pineapple
4.  Mandarin oranges
5.  Pears
6.  Apricots
7.  Peaches

Comments

[quadong]

I love canned peaches, but my children agree with you.

Canned blueberries? That sounds amazing. I don't think I've ever seen such a thing. I haven't grocery shopped myself for months and months now, but I keep sending Kelly into the store with the instruction "buy one of every canned fruit".

[spiderplanet]

I am convinced that canned peaches taste like 20th Century American poverty. I'm not yet sure which food embodies modern American poverty, maybe it's a banana and mayonnaise sandwich.

Canned blueberries are a "top shelf" item, and I have not found them to be in stock since March. They make excellent blueberry pancakes and are acceptable in salads. Here is a picture of what the can looks like.

[quadong]

I don't have any association between canned peaches and poverty. We had a lot in our house when I was growing up, and I know that we weren't overflowing with cash when I was young, but I don't think we were ever poor. Were they the only canned fruit available in poor neighborhoods or something?

[spiderplanet]

I seem to remember hearing that they were almost always available in food shelves. It's also one of the foods I remember being advised against when I was a young parent. Kids who don't get access to fresh fruit tend to think it tastes 'weird' if they're only used to canned.

All of that 'heavy syrup' fruit tastes like a picture of fruit with sugar added to me.

[quadong]

Yeah, I don't understand why fruit is packed in something that could be described as "heavy syrup". Oh, wait, I bet I do. It's because the syrup is cheaper than the fruit, right?

[spiderplanet]

I suspect you're right, but I don't actually know.

[dreamshark]

8. Fruit cocktail

[spiderplanet]

YES. The only thing worse than canned peaches is other fruit mixed with canned peaches.

[quility]

I agree about fruit cocktail. But I love canned peaches. We were somewhat poor growing up. So maybe I liked the taste of fruit poverty bc it's familiar.
I'm apprehensive about canned blueberries. But I'd try them. :)

[spiderplanet]

The reason they're so difficult to find is because they're they're so desirable.

So I think you're saying you'd put peaches somewhere higher, but you'd still keep 'fruit cocktail' at #8. I can accept it as long as we all agree that fruit cocktail is gross. Is it because it's the institutional fruit?

I haven't yet tried canned jackfruit, it's supposed to be an excellent substitute for pork.

[laramie]

I disagree on the position of peaches. I like canned peaches. I would not be interested at all in canned apricots, but other fruits would accept in the form of fruit salad, or cooked into something like cobbler or upside-down cake.