As mentioned earlier, canned fruit, as far as I am concerned, I feel that the taste of all kinds of canned fruits is similar, especially the sugar water inside, which is sweet and greasy, and only when you eat different pulps, there is a slight difference.
Canned vegetables are relatively better than canned fruits in terms of taste, taste, aroma, etc.: the taste difference is obvious, the taste is different, and the use is more extensive.
1. The origin of canned vegetables.
Since the birth of canned food in the early 19th century, canned fruit, canned vegetables, and canned meat have been the three main contents of canned food, covering the vitamins, minerals and other essential nutrients that human beings need in daily (or urgent) time.
2. Types of canned vegetables.
(1) Canned vegetables: Fresh vegetables and dehydrated vegetables suitable for canning are made of raw materials, common lotus seeds, broad beans and peas, which is the most canned vegetable product. It is characterized by the ability to basically maintain the form, color and flavor of various vegetables, such as shimizu shoots, shimizu water, clear water cauliflower, beans, mushrooms and original juice whole tomatoes.
(2) Canned vinegar-stained vegetables: made of fresh or salted vegetables, and filled with an appropriate amount of fennel, bay leaves, peppers, peppers and garlic and other spice ingredients according to the requirements of product standards, and then add a mixture of acetic acid and salt. Some canned vinegar-stained vegetables are not filled with spices such as fennel, pepper and bay leaves, but instead add spiced water made of sugar, cloves, cinnamon, pepper and bay leaves to the vinegar salt mixture.
Such cans generally have acetic acid content and salt content to meet the relevant requirements, and most of them use glass jars. There are also tinplate cans with acid-resistant coatings as containers, such as military supplies. Due to its high acid content, after the can is sealed, boiling water or pasteurization is generally used. Vegetables suitable for canned vinegar are garlic, bell peppers, gherkins, lettuce, lettuce, shallots, cauliflower and carrots.
(3) Canned seasoned vegetables: fresh vegetables and other seasonings are canned with ingredients, such as braised bamboo shoots in oil, eight treasures, vegetable leaf rolls and soybeans with tomato juice. In addition, tomato sauce is made by washing, crushing, preheating, beating and concentrating tomatoes, as well as canned salted or sauced vegetables, such as coriander hearts and four-color pickles. This canned seasoned vegetable can be used as an accessory or seasoning, or eaten separately.
3, the association of canned vegetables.
Every time I buy some canned vegetables, I think of the various sauerkraut and pickles that I pickle at home. My feeling is that canned vegetables are just large-scale production of homemade pickles, kimchi, etc., which are larger and easier to produce.
4. Canned production and consumption in our country.
Our country is not only the world's largest producer of canned food, but also the world's largest exporter of canned food, in recent years, the average annual export volume of about 5 million tons, more than 70 varieties. Among them, the largest export volume of canned asparagus and canned oranges account for 70% and 80% of the world's canned sales, respectively.
Although our country is the world's largest producer and exporter of canned food, the consumption of canned food by the people of our country is the lowest in the world. In the United States and the major developed countries in Europe, the per capita annual consumption of various types of canned food is about 50-70 kg, while our country is about 1 kg per capita.
The reason is also very simple, our country's food culture lasts for thousands of years, pay attention to "the people to eat the sky, food to fresh first", you small partners in eating and drinking, most of them still first think of fresh, seasonal and taste are different. Some small partners joked: You see, the more industrially developed countries, the more they like to eat canned food. The more "lazy" I look at the country, the more I like to eat canned food: when I come home from work, all kinds of cans are spelled out, and when the microwave is turned, it is a dinner. The thickness of food culture and the emphasis on eating and drinking, who are we to give up?
After the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in 2020, the US costco supermarket launched a "doomsday survival can", the largest one is enough for 4 people to eat for a whole year, this theme can includes: more than 600 cans, more than 20 barrels of food and milk, rice, oats and other freeze-dried foods, a total of 36,000 food, shelf life of up to 25-30 years, priced at 6,000 US dollars, equivalent to 40,000 yuan. The package is also dubbed the "doomsday food kits" by overseas media.
5, your family has been making all kinds of pickled pickles, in fact, it is also "canned".
From childhood to adulthood, our family will make some pickles and pickles every year, such as kohlrabi, spicy cabbage, sour cucumber, sherry, cowpeas, sugar garlic, sauce, etc., the taste and taste are very different, and the aroma is also obviously different. Compared with canned fruits with similar taste, various kinds of canned vegetables (including pickling, brewing, etc.) are obviously different. I think that even if I am interested in making canned fruit, I will not make my own canned vegetables, which is not as good as the various old altars and sauce pots at home, making pickles, pickles and sauerkraut, which are much more delicious than some canned food, and are not easy to break.