A friend and I decided to only eat tinned food for a week.

I saw this wife had posted something on reddit maybe last year or something, where they have a whole month of "pantry clean out", where they try not to buy any groceries at all for a month, and just eat what they have, that inspired me to do something similar.

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KneelAurmstrong@reddit

we call it pantry survivor 😮‍💨

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k_dilluh@reddit

Honestly that sounds way cooler, like a competition.

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RetroSwamp@reddit

Welcome to the low-income menu.

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SillyLittleAngels@reddit

But the value menu is nonexistent. $5 or starve

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RetroSwamp@reddit

You do know there are people out there with less than $5 in their accounts, right? Like I currently have less than 2 dollars in my account right now. All my bills are paid, but it's not like I have spare cash. Hell, I back on bean and rice and if it gets too bad, I will be going to the food bank.

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SillyLittleAngels@reddit

Wow, I mean I know, but I can't afford to be that broke, bc I work too hard. I have to pay $5 a meal just to have food in my stomach to work. I've literally put myself in the hospital twice, for working too hard and not eating enough. And $5 every meal still sucks

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RetroSwamp@reddit

It is crazy, and I am working, which blows my mind. After my bills, I have nothing. I live in a small town where the two main workplaces are a call center and a tire manufacturer. They keep everyone at my job part-time to avoid benefits, and can't afford to even move out of the town. Prices go up, but wages don't. Crazy times

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SillyLittleAngels@reddit

I didn't get last year's taxes but they were "under review" 5 grand. I got both my taxes this year, omg, that shit went to unpaid bills immediately. Crying in poor

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Serious_Mango5@reddit

My refund from last year is STILL under review as well! Fucking bullshit administration, just another example of the wreckage.

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SillyLittleAngels@reddit

My condolences, but the fuck ass government will double it when you least expect it, and then it's gone. May the odds be ever in your favor

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SerRaziel@reddit

Is this low income? You could get at least 2-3 lbs of rice for the price of one can of soup. Of course prices vary on location but... Rice, beans, frozen mixed vegetables are all around the same price here. The amount of sodium you're getting from canned soup is going to cost you in health problems in the long run.

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RetroSwamp@reddit

You don't really get to pick from a food bank. My meals are mostly rice, beans and spices.

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metompkin@reddit

Bewildered American blinking at canned hot dogs...

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Ungodly_Box@reddit

No canned burger?

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veglove@reddit

ok but there's decent canned food and then there is shitty canned food. Eating tinned mushy peas is intentionally choosing the latter.

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SMTRodent@reddit

Tinned mushy peas are great with either mint sauce, malt vinegar, ketchap manis or tinned smoked oysters.

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veglove@reddit

I don't see any of those items in the image though. Just playing along with OP'S challenge to only use the tinned items in the photo

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DaVirus@reddit (OP)

Condensed milk and tinned fruit is a great low cost simple dessert

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bongdropper@reddit

Also that rice pudding is gonna slap.

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veglove@reddit

🤔 ok, I could kinda see that. Do you drain the liquid that the tinned fruit comes in first?

Condensed milk could work in your tea or coffee if you are foregoing fresh milk. It's common in Vietnam.

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sadbeehoppy@reddit

try just condensed milk and hot water (boiling hot, not tap hot lol). makes a lovely sweet hot drink

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DaVirus@reddit (OP)

Yeah, also love condensed milk in coffee

And yes, I drain the liquid. I get the ones in juice and not syrup on purpose so I can drink the juice and the dessert doesn't end up just tasting like sugar lol

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HaggisHunter69@reddit

If you boil an unopened can of condensed milk for between two and three hours, you get a great caramel sauce out of it. make sure its cooled down first before opening though

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veglove@reddit

Yes, I'm aware but didn't suggest it because I didn't see any other foods in this photo that looked like they would be improved with caramel sauce. Maybe the rice pudding. And perhaps ANYTHING would improve the flavor of mushy peas 😆

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Jetstream-Sam@reddit

They're probably having it with the fruit cocktail. My dad said that was dessert at his house once a week, a third of a tin of mushy fruit with a spoonful or two of condensed milk

Although depending on how strict they are on the tins thing, it might go with porridge or something in the morning too

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metompkin@reddit

Can you two check your blood pressure every hour for science?

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nicofdarcyshire@reddit

That carbonara is foul!

Potatoes cut up a bit, fried a little, a bit of corned beef, and some of those peas - nice hash.

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MomsSpagetee@reddit

Looks like parasites on the can 🤢

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jsamuraij@reddit

LOL, it does. Ew. 🪱

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DaVirus@reddit (OP)

Actually just had it for lunch and was OK.

Yes, hash is a plan for sure.

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Independent_Loan9806@reddit

food desert simulator

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Born_Class_6599@reddit

RIP toilets..

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IrisSmartAss@reddit

More likely constipated.

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RawChickenButt@reddit

My tins were dented and compromised.

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IrisSmartAss@reddit

Quit throwing them at people. 😁

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Occidentally20@reddit

I thought you wrote dessert for a minute and now I really want some tinned fruit salad in syrup.

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Useful-Character-772@reddit

Where did you find Canned Hot Dogs!

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failtuna@reddit

Make sure you drink plenty of water, lots of high salt foods there and you'll feel like shit if you don't hydrate to compensate.

Those tinned potatoes make excellent roast potatoes in the air fryer though, drain them, dry them, toss in flour (optional) and seasoning, 200°c air fryer 12-15 minutes.

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veglove@reddit

I wonder if the potassium present in the fruits & vegetables would moderate this effect though. People focus on high sodium as being problematic, and it can be, but if you're also consuming high levels of potasium, my understanding is that you're fine. The cells in our body need both potassium and sodium to function, as long as they're in roughly equal proportions.

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toomuchtv987@reddit

And salt is not generally too much of a problem for people who don’t already have high BP or kidney trouble.

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Occidentally20@reddit

Do they?!

I'll have to try this - I live somewhere that makes it very difficult to get decent roast potatoes so if that works I'm definitely getting on it.

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failtuna@reddit

Yeah they're excellent, if you have time do them in a good oven tray with some kind of fat/oil, takes a bit longer than air fryer though.

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Occidentally20@reddit

I was particularly excited about the air fryer part - ovens here are few and far between, and fresh potatoes are almost all the wrong varieties for roasties.

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failtuna@reddit

Air fryer is almost just as good, can still use oils just involves more cleanup.

Most important bit is drying them off if air frying though

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SMTRodent@reddit

I do know that tinned potatoes are good sliced and fried, so the recipe given above sounds pretty promising to me.

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jadbronson@reddit

Hey I appreciate this. It can totally be done as long as no one has a sensitivity to high sodium. One day, years ago, I had a can of beenie weenies, a can of baked beans, and a can of sardines all the same day and my lips blistered up and my hands itched really bad. Oh, my hands also swelled up. I was only like 20 . It's never happened again since then and I've never eaten that much canned stuff in a day either.

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toomuchtv987@reddit

They offer so many low-sodium or no salt added canned food options now! My husband has a temporary ileostomy and can only eat vegetables that have been cooked to death, so I’ve been keeping a lot of canned no-salt-added stuff in the pantry. (He also has weird appetite stuff from chemo, so I have to be ready to serve up what sounds good to him RIGHT THEN.)

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sohcordohc@reddit

Ugh canned hot dogs? And pork? You’re either going to lose a ton of weight or blow up from the salt content. Good luck 👍🏽

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SMTRodent@reddit

You're missing out on tinned smoked oysters, but the rest looks pretty solid, so far as brand new forays into the world of tinned food go.

Personally I stick to frozen veg for everything except any type of bean.

Fry the tinned potatoes. Or air roast them. Don't make yourself eat them boiled, that's just asking for soggy tin-flavoured ugh.

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Specialist_Mode_6423@reddit

Compartenos tu experiencia al terminar, cambios físicos, cómo te sentiste. Encuentro interesante está prueba. Saludos.

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turkeyvulturebreast@reddit

Enjoy that single half of cherry that won’t even taste like a cherry in each can of fruit cocktail, lol.

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gigglinggoofygoober@reddit

Beans dawg, beans!

Not enough beans!

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DaVirus@reddit (OP)

See, beans are already a staple and the cupboard always has some. So I am trying not to default to beans lol

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gigglinggoofygoober@reddit

Good, gotta have the beans brotha!

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ChefAsstastic@reddit

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BeerLosiphor@reddit

Y tho

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DaVirus@reddit (OP)

Live a little

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AMcMack@reddit

I believe it's in the Mexican aisle but there's canned tamales that are pretty good too ...

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gaping_granny@reddit

I can feel my kidneys shriveling up just thinking about all that salt.

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HotdawgSizzle@reddit

Some canned meals are actually pretty good.

Chunky was my go to before it became $2.50 a can.

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maxru85@reddit

I tried canned ravioli once. They weren’t terrible bit I wouldn’t buy them again.

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experiencedkiller@reddit

Kind of reminds me of the one time a guy brought up a disgusting fridge challenge for a party. Everyone had to get from the grocery store one item of food they found absolutely disgusting. No one was allowed to leave the apartment until all the food was consumed. There was a lot of alcohol involved too

I'm looking forward to the update at the end of the week!! Please!!

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