Spaghetti O’s straight out of the can?

[Redfive]

Asking for a friend.

[dbt1949]

If you're down to eating can food like Spaghetti Os your past dinner plates.

[Jaymann]

That's right, don't even heat them up!

It makes the transition to dog food much smoother.

[GreenGoo]

I can almost but not quite eat mini-ravioli's out of a can, not that I've ever tried.

The rest of it (spaghetti O's, beefaroni, other products that I can't remember edit: Alphagetti's) is even farther away from possible.

[$iljanus]

I ate various Chef Boyardee flavors out of the can in college, ravioli being the favorite. It's all pre-cooked so have at!

[LordMortis]

Have done while young and camping with a friend. There are worse things, but it will never be a go to choice. But then I might my Chef Boyardee products once every so many years when they are on a crazy good sale and then eat them months later because I'm rotating food and I don't want it to eventually go bad. Even if they weren't crap food, the product line is just too sweet to actually taste pasta like. So I think I mostly outgrew the taste by my pre-teen years. Even so, I end up buying five cans or so a couple of time a decade.

[pr0ner]

I ate various Chef Boyardee flavors out of the can in college, ravioli being the favorite. It's all pre-cooked so have at!

This.

[Archinerd]

No. With an exception for camping, but only one meal per camping trip. Or prison.
Same restriction for canned vienna sausages.

[coopasonic]

In college, I had beefaroni straight out of the can on more than one occasion. I have grown past that (I think).

[GreenGoo]

In college, I had beefaroni straight out of the can on more than one occasion. I have grown past that (I think).

Even if I did this as a kid (I didn't. Not that I remember anyway) as an adult, the microwave is *right* there. You're adding 60 seconds and a dirty dish (that most of you have dishwashers for) and keeping your pride (well, more so than can eating anyway).

[LawBeefaroni]

All the canned pasta delights are best cooked on the stove top with a sprinkle of mozzarella or romano.

Microwave works in a pinch but come on, be good to yourself and use the stove. Cold? No. Spaghetti-Os in particular are not good because you get that tinny can taste when cold. Os with franks mitigate this aftertaste somewhat but then you have the issue of cold franks.

[em2nought]

Ravioli cold out straight out of a can, but not O's period. Campbell's Chili Mac soup straight out of a can with sriracha ketchup squeezed in.

[Redfive]

Buncha' high brows in this forum. My friend is disappointed.

[Archinerd]

This is nothing compared to bagels.

[LawBeefaroni]

This is nothing compared to bagels.

Spaghetti-Os are just tiny bagels in tomato sauce.

[Scuzz]

canned vienna sausages.

I believe I did this in my youth while camping.

[GreenGoo]

Buncha' high brows in this forum. My friend is disappointed.

Hah!

We're not all highbrows. Some of us even named ourselves somethingsomethingbeefaroni.

Tell your friend he can be high brow too if he scraped it into a bowl and microwaved it for 60 seconds.

Such an increase in social status from so little effort. He'll be rubbing elbows with the Rockefellers soon enough.

Edit: for the record I'm with lawbeef. Chances are if I'm eating it I'm heating it on the stove first.

I mostly don't eat it anymore though. Not a fan of most of it and never was.

Clarke's stew is another matter entirely. I don't eat it any longer either, but not because I don't like it.

[gameoverman]

If you're down to eating can food like Spaghetti Os your past dinner plates.

I see it slightly differently. If I'm going to eat a can of beef raviolis, do I really want to go to the trouble of getting a plate or bowl, heating them up, then need to wash dishes after? Just for raviolis? I don't think so. The can serves well as a container.

[GreenGoo]

If you're down to eating can food like Spaghetti Os your past dinner plates.

I see it slightly differently. If I'm going to eat a can of beef raviolis, do I really want to go to the trouble of getting a plate or bowl, heating them up, then need to wash dishes after? Just for raviolis? I don't think so. The can serves well as a container.

The only thing missing is an edible container!

Listen. No one is lazier than I am when it comes to feeding myself. I'm still not digging into a can of congealed, overcooked pasta and cheap, mass produced tomato sauce mixed together without heating it up first, and I don't even have a dishwasher!

I might eat it out of the pot though.

[Jeff V]

Don't they sell that crap in microwavable containers like they do soup?

[gameoverman]

Don't they sell that crap in microwavable containers like they do soup?

I don't think raviolis should be elevated to 'serve in microwavable container' status, these aren't instant noodles we're talking about.

[Isgrimnur]

[GreenGoo]

Great for snacking! I had forgotten about that. Let me rush out and buy some chips and a couple of cans of ravioli.

Vaguely related, I asked my wife to pick up some mini-ravioli because nostalgia and yadda yadda yadda about 2 months ago. They didn't stock the big can so she bought 2 little ones. I ate both. They were...not good. I think the regular size ravioli would have been slightly better, as the pasta to meat-like paste ratio would be different. The tomato-ish sauce was ok though. About as good as I remember.

Also, Chef Boyardee products give me wickedly terrible gas. Like, room clearing. Which is particularly odd for me as I'm not known to be smelly in this regard (see my "my shit don't stink" post somewhere on these forums, from some time ago. Even I don't know where to find it now).

[Isgrimnur]

Also, Chef Boyardee products give me wickedly terrible gas. Like, room clearing. Which is particularly odd for me as I'm not known to be smelly in this regard (see my "my shit don't stink" post somewhere on these forums, from some time ago. Even I don't know where to find it now).

I got you.

[Jeff V]

A couple of years ago, I was trying to find something easy to make that my picky son would eat. He was ok with spaghetti, but hated that he lacked the skill to effectively twirl it onto a fork. He preferred using a spoon, and that required chopping everything into tiny pieces. I recalled liking Spaghetti-os well enough as a kid into my teenage years. I bought some, he refused to eat it. So ate some...and it was pretty awful. I expect the rest of that canned pasta line to be equally abysmal and never tried to foist it upon him again.

[Smoove_B]

Buncha' high brows in this forum. My friend is disappointed.

You know...even when I was at my financial lowest (i.e. college) it never occurred to me to load up on the veritable feast that would have been Chef Boyardee (hot, cold, in the can or otherwise). If I ever invent a time machine, that's on my list of things to go and tell myself.

I also think these food items were on the "no-fly" list when I was in Boy Scouts for the very reason you've identified - they wanted us to cook food and not eat out of cans.

[GreenGoo]

Also, Chef Boyardee products give me wickedly terrible gas. Like, room clearing. Which is particularly odd for me as I'm not known to be smelly in this regard (see my "my shit don't stink" post somewhere on these forums, from some time ago. Even I don't know where to find it now).

I got you.

I was much more creative than I expected. 8 years has caused more atrophy than I would have thought.

[Blackhawk]

Had you said 'canned pasta', sure. Spaghetti-Os? Gah, no! That stuff is godawful at any temperature. The canned ravioli, lasagna, and so forth is fine out of the can, though. Also Campbell's soups. It used to be if I was busy and didn't have time to eat, I'd grab a can of chicken noodle (the condensed kind) and chug it like a big, salty shot.

[LawBeefaroni]

Vaguely related, I asked my wife to pick up some mini-ravioli because nostalgia and yadda yadda yadda about 2 months ago. They didn't stock the big can so she bought 2 little ones. I ate both. They were...not good. I think the regular size ravioli would have been slightly better, as the pasta to meat-like paste ratio would be different. The tomato-ish sauce was ok though. About as good as I remember.

You, sir, need a throwback.

Feeling nostalgic? Enjoy your favorite pastas made with throwback recipes.

[Z-Corn]

I got a free can of the Beef-a-roni a couple weeks ago. It was good. But I heated it up. I'm not a savage.

[dbt1949]

My stepson made some meat sauce a couple of years back and even tho he used a pound of hamburger there was absolutely no chunks of meat in there.
1) How in the hell does someone do that?
2) Why bother putting meat in there if it's going to be just 'sauce'?

[GreenGoo]

You, sir, need a throwback.

Cool, thanks. I'll see if anyone stocks it up here.

[The Meal]

My stepson made some meat sauce a couple of years back and even tho he used a pound of hamburger there was absolutely no chunks of meat in there.
1) How in the hell does someone do that?
2) Why bother putting meat in there if it's going to be just 'sauce'?

Don't know why they call it Hamburger Helper. It does just fine all by itself, Clark.

[em2nought]

You, sir, need a throwback.

Cool, thanks. I'll see if anyone stocks it up here.

Or if you want something that tastes almost like it should from the start

It actually looks like the picture on the label too!

[Daehawk]

Dislike chilimac.

Love the mini ravioli over normal...usually.

Plan to pick up some off brand O's tomorrow.

[em2nought]

Dislike chilimac.

It was the best thing the USN served followed by wabbit.

[EvilHomer3k]

Vaguely related, I asked my wife to pick up some mini-ravioli because nostalgia and yadda yadda yadda about 2 months ago. They didn't stock the big can so she bought 2 little ones. I ate both. They were...not good. I think the regular size ravioli would have been slightly better, as the pasta to meat-like paste ratio would be different. The tomato-ish sauce was ok though. About as good as I remember.

You, sir, need a throwback.

Feeling nostalgic? Enjoy your favorite pastas made with throwback recipes.

Saw a can of this today at the store. I bought it. Will likely eat it tomorrow for lunch. I'll put it in a bowl to heat up but leave two pieces in the can to eat while I'm waiting for it to be heated up.

[Daehawk]

Picked up 2 cans of Del Pino Mini O's today. I passed on the one with meatballs.

[GreenGoo]

Saw a can of this today at the store. I bought it. Will likely eat it tomorrow for lunch. I'll put it in a bowl to heat up but leave two pieces in the can to eat while I'm waiting for it to be heated up.

You are the bridge between two worlds!

[LawBeefaroni]

Saw a can of this today at the store. I bought it. Will likely eat it tomorrow for lunch. I'll put it in a bowl to heat up but leave two pieces in the can to eat while I'm waiting for it to be heated up.

That sound of the spoon scraping over the can ribbing as you corral the last ravioli or two is the signal that a great treat is coming. It's the washboard solo in God's own
bluegrass band of comfort food.

*Brrbrbrbrbrbtt*
*Drool*
*Bliss*