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    That's funny - Me and my sister actually prefer canned green beans over
    fresh (unless they're cooked to death).  And, I prefer canned corn,
    too (not over fresh, though).
    
    Anyway, I've heard that frozen veggies contain more vitamins and
    minerals than canned, unless you use the liquid from the can as well. 
    Anytime veggies are allowed to soak and/or cook in liquid, the vitamins
    and minerals leech out into the liquid.
    
    I've also heard that frozen veggies are more nutritious than *fresh* if
    the fresh veggies have had to travel a long distance to get to your
    store.  This is because frozen veggies are frozen ripe and fresh almost
    immediately after picking.  Most fresh veggies are picked before they
    are ripe, and are allowed to "ripen" during transport.
    
    Helpfully,
    Michelle

    My ex-husband like canned peas.  I don't know if there is any
    nutritional value in the things because I never could stomach them
    myself - the mushier and more overcooked they were the more he liked
    them.  Ycch.  They sure didn't nourish me, because I never thought they
    were worth eating!  I don't use many canned veggies.  Sometimes I use
    vacuum-packed corn, and we do eat canned beans (especially garbanzos).
    Most canned vegetables are awfully overcooked to my taste, and are
    often also oversalted unless you buy the unsalted ones.
    
    /Charlotte

    I confess to liking canned peas (Leseur brand only), which do not taste
    a thing like fresh peas from the garden (the best!). That is probably
    because I grew up eating them. It's those fat, bright green frozen
    peas I can't get down. I think it has to do with Sunday dinners as a
    child. I have met numerous others who feel the same way about Leseur
    brand peas.
    
    Anne

    The ONLY vegetable in fresh / frozen / canned form that I CANNOT stand
    are canned peas - BARF!!! Although I do seem to recall eating the
    Leseur brand a long while back and thinking they were on the edge of
    eatable.

I remember reading in Consumers Reports, albeit 10-12 years ago, that they
could find no measurable difference in vitamin content when comparing 
frozen and canned vegetables.  They attributed this to the then modern
pressure cooking techniques. Interesting huh?

Does anyone have a newer source of information on this subject?



Scott

	Well, I've decided to give in on certain vegetables.  I've agreed
	to serve canned corn and canned green beans.  Actually, I really
	don't like frozen green beans and canned are allright so that is
	fine with me.  Peas and spinach will continue to be the frozen
	variety.

	Re: those big mushy peas.  I can't stand them either but I really
	like tiny peas.  The best is Bird's eye "tender tiny peas".  They
	are kind of sweet and not at all mushy.  Sometimes you can do
	allright with the more generic brands of peas (Food Club) but 
	I prefer to spend the extra $.10 since I know Bird's eye is always
	good.

	Karen

    Well, even if the vitamins are still in them, they don't end up in my
    diet because I never could manage to choke down enough of the sodden,
    mushy canned peas to constitute a 'serving" of them.  Ycch.  I'd rather
    eat stuff that is in-season, like winter squash now, than those things. 
    The frozen peas are pretty good, though, if you avoid the ones that are
    frozen in some kind of sauce.  It was only my ex- who had to have the
    canned peas.  Not sure why.  His mother used to can quite a few
    vegetables (especially stewed tomatoes) at home, but I don't remember
    her canning peas, and her canned veggies tasted good, anyhow.
    
    /Charlotte