What lurks in your tin cupboard?

Cher_Alumni
Cher_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,714 Championing
edited January 2023 in Coffee lounge

The 19th of January was National Tin Can Day, a day dedicated to the humble tinned can that stores everything from baked beans to mackerel. To mark the day, we are talking all things tin, and asking what lurks in your tin cupboard? 


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Invented in the early 19th century, by Englishman Peter Durand, the tin can was initially made of wrought iron and prised open with whatever people had to hand (health and safety klaxon!). 

Now thankfully, tin opener invented, they have gone on to provide a relatively cheap and convenient alternative to fresh food, becoming commonplace in British homes.

Speaking more of tins, tell us: 

  • What lurks in your tinned cupboard?  

  • In your opinion, do own brands beat named brands?

  • Do you check the use by date of tinned food or risk it?

  • And what is your favourite, perhaps guilty, tinned pleasure?  

A quick poll of the OC staff found ravioli, hotdogs, custard, and Frey Bentos pies* were tinned hits. Why not spill about yours in the comments below?! 

 *Other pie brands are available 

Comments

  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 14,991 Championing
    Maybe I shouldn't say this because it might give burglars some ideas.

    But about 20 years ago we acquired some fake tins that you are meant to put money and valuables in and leave in your tin cupboard. They are surprisingly realistic. The idea is if you are burgled that is the last place they will think to look!

    We don't use them, however. :D 
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 62,640 Championing
    Hmm what's lurking in mine lol, tinned i have tomatoes,  beans, tuna,  chickpeas that I'm using today. 
  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 13,621 Championing
    Beans 
    tea
    Coffee 
    Redbush
    bananas
    slow cooker
    toastie maker
    sourdough bread
    blackcurrent juice
    orange squash  
  • LisaMitch1985
    LisaMitch1985 Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
    edited January 2023
    Rice pudding and custard are my tinned guilty pleasures! But not together 😂
  • Teigr
    Teigr Online Community Member Posts: 4,898 Championing
    Not much in all honesty;a couple of tins of tomatoes,kidney beans and mushy peas.

    We don't buy a lot of tinned stuff.
  • Imadethis18
    Imadethis18 Scope Member Posts: 2 Connected
    Rice pudding, soup, mackerel, tomatoes, meal supplement, sweetcorn, Fraybentos pie, and steak and kidney pudding.
  • ShirleyW
    ShirleyW Online Community Member Posts: 353 Empowering
    edited January 2023
    I have tins of:
    Soups
    Beans
    Beans'n'sausage (for grandson)
    Tuna 
    Salmon 
    Hot dog sausages 
    Ham
    Baby carrots and peas
    Corned beef
    Water chestnuts
    Bamboo shoots
    Sweetcorn 
    Potatoes 
    Tomatoes 
    Condensed milk (guilty pleasure)

    Also in the same cupboard are jars of:
    Jam (home made)
    Honey
    Chutney (home made)
    Different sauces 
    Pickles

    I do check the use by dates and rotate them.  

    I also have a big cupboard upstairs which acts as a pantry. 
    I fill that up with things we eat that are on offer.
    Then I move it downstairs as the smaller cupboard runs out of stuff.
  • Hannah_Alumni
    Hannah_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,866 Championing
    I may be an adult, but I still loved the Disney shaped tinned spaghettis  :D  
  • TraceyFalcon
    TraceyFalcon Online Community Member Posts: 38 Contributor
    TINNED TOMATOES ARE MY MOST USED TINS

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