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I am allergic to raw mushrooms, can't eat anything that has been cross contaminated with it. I ate some fresh veggies that had a few flecks of mushroom in it that I didn’t see and within 5 minutes it had triggered my asthma, my mouth swelled up and the lips, tongue and all the rest of the symptoms that go with it. I can eat them when they are cooked though and I now love canned mushroom, since I can’t eat the raw thing anymore. I can’t even handle raw ones (my husband hates mushrooms) so I can’t eat them freshly cooked unless I go out.

I have found that since I have given birth to my twins 3 years ago that my allergies and asthma have gotten exponentially worse. I can’t even be in the same room with cats, dogs, any animal with hair. My allergies to the great outdoors have had the same consequence. I also have developed an allergy to Celery, I have the same reactions as I have to mushrooms but I stopped eating it, so I haven’t found out if it gets worse with every exposure.

My main concern right now is that I have a reaction when I eat in combination tomatoes and bread. I can eat bread alone and tomatoes but when they are eaten in the same meal I get an overwhelming reaction to throw up. It can be as mild as a slight queasiness or I can start to throw up. I have looked and looked but I can’t find anything anywhere that mentions allergies when foods are combined. Since the birth of my twins the tomato and bread reaction has gotten worse as well. I have never cared for pizza because it always left me feeling sick afterwards which I just thought that it was the grease in it.

I feel like an idiot when I say anything about the t&b thing....I know it is not in my head but nobody has heard of it and people just think I am being picky. Since I was about 13 apples have made me feel the same way. Sometimes the reaction is worse than other so I will every once and a while eat a bit of an apple but never a whole one. The T&B reaction is worse than the apple one though because my mildest reaction to T&B is the worst I have had to apples.

Canned Green Beans
Canned Pumpkin (I eat it EVERY SINGLE DAY!)
Canned Chicken Breast (Surprisingly delicious!)
Canned Sardines & Mackerel in Olive Oil

McNormal:

pumpkin - fresh pumpkin just doesn't work for pies, I think this is because most pumpkins for sale are not grown to eat, but to carve and display

@ Gator Pam - I have only had the Campbell's Select wedding soup, which is also heat and serve, and it is very good, delicious meatballs.

Ooo...
black olives
water chestnuts
bamboo shoots
and coconut milk.
Four canned ingredients I forgot that I definitely use.
...and my guilty pleasure is LeSeur baby peas.

Now don't get me started on jarred items, such as creamed herring. That list would go on forever.

@hungrychristel
Ba-Tampte
Boar's Head
Hebrew National and Krisp Kraut sells it in the bag as well, but I couldn't find any photos.

@listener I've had Campbell's condensed wedding soup, and I'll just say...it doesn't compare to
Progresso's

I will be frank and admit this is comparing apples to oranges. The only Campbell's brand of wedding soup I have tried is the traditional red and white label condensed soup, whereas the Progresso is heat-and-serve. So if any of Campbell's non-condensed brands is what you are talking about, you will have to make the comparison for yourself.

But, I love the spinach, pasta, and meatballs in the Progresso version.

tomato paste - totally underrated ingredient, and impossible to make yourself
pineapple - takes to canning better than any other fruit
tuna - solid white in oil please, not water
pumpkin - fresh pumpkin just doesn't work for pies, I think this is because most pumpkins for sale are not grown to eat, but to carve and display
evaporated milk - key ingredient in certain indian dishes, and I don't mean the sweetened condensed stuff
chiles chipotles en adobo
coconut milk
thai curry paste, red or green
bamboo shoots

@ Gator Pam - i didnt know progresso made wedding soup, i usually eat Campbells wedding soup. how is it? wedding soup is my absolute favorite!!

RAW/FROM CAN:
-Mushrooms
-Smoked fishes (yes, various as per marvindog. I love smoked mussels, smoked oysters, sardines and I love jarred pickled herring *drewl*)
-Peaches (topped with fresh cream)

PREPARED FROM CAN:
- Beeferoni (thank heavens for Chef boyardee!)
- Campbells herb and wild rice/chicken soup
- Habitat Pea Soup (I like to add extra ham to mine and fresh herbage)
- Im ashamed to say I like canned cream spinach :p

...other than that you'd really have to pay me to eat from the can :p

@pooch: what's your can brand of puppy chow? I just wanted to attempt to sway you AWAY from Iams as a brand. Poor corporate and humanity values

Mostly beans and tomatoes. But when I'm sick, I can totally deal with a can of Progresso Chicarina or Tomato Soup.

Canned green beans are so much better than frozen..... Pineapple in a can is better than fresh.....and harvard beets in a jar are the very best!

tomatoes, sometimes beans, sardines, tuna .... DOGFOOD.

I weirdly like canned peas....I obvs like fresh or frozen more, but there's something about the grey-green mushiness that I've always loved

pineapple chunks in juice
fruit cocktail
solid white albacore tuna (bumblebee select gold label or Costco Kirkman brand)
Progresso soup, especially "Italian-style Wedding Soup"
whole unpeeled tomatoes with basil
tomato paste
whole kernal corn niblets
sardines in tomato sauce
Margaret Holmes seasoned greens (various types)
Heinz pork and beans (for me)
Bush's beans (for the family)
sweetened condensed milk for home made key lime pie
evaporated milk for white sauce
V-8 juice in the individual serve cans
As a kid, I loved Sacramento tomato juice, haven't seen it in years though
Number 10 cans of chocolate pudding (don't know the brand and only buy it when there will be a houseful of guests)

I think that's about it.

@jay27: I wish I could do sauerkraut from a can, it is so much cheaper than the bagged sauerkraut generally. But I find it gets a really strong tannin taste, or something. Bagged sauerkraut is awesome though.