Canned foods

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I didn't know pears or apricots could be fresh when I was a kid.  We ONLY had

the mushy canned fruit, soaked in sugary syrup.  (Don't even mention canned

" fruit cocktail " !)  After getting out on my own, I ventured to try FRESH pears,

then, much later, fresh apricots--OH MY!!!!  THOSE are so, SOO good, especially

the apricots!  I got some last week from our Farmers' Market--only to learn from

the vendor that " These are almost the last ones of this season! "   They don't

last long (at least, the locally-grown ones), and they are usually expensive if

not locally grown, but I just LOVE them so much!

 

Before I learned to eat canned ( " store-bought " ) pears and peaches, I remember in

my EARLY childhood, that we got home-canned fruit from my grandparents: APPLES

(in a sugared liquid)--which were really soggy and bland, but it was all we knew

and only ate them in the winter-time, usually with cinnamon on the halved,

peeled " canned " apples.

My Grandmother and my mom also home-canned some peaches, sour cherries (only for

pies!) and occasionally some pears.  Not the most tasty, I think now, but I

guess my mom pased it on to us, as she grew up with all that home-canning of

fruit and vegetables every summer.

 

I like canned pineapple (though NOW I know FRESH is better-tasting!)--and I like

to mix a can of pineapple (in juice ONLY) tid-bits and a can of mandarin

oranges...maybe with a few

slices of banana added, or not, depending on what else I have--to make a quick

" fruit cup " to go with a meal.

 

This " canned stuff " has been a very interesting thread here!

 

Good wishes for your week!

--Laura B., in Illinois

 

 

 

I love canned apricots and mandarin oranges, too. Had too much of peaches

and pears growing up.