There are many prepared foods in cans, jars, and dry packages that make excellent foundations fo meals while on board. On many vessels these provide the bulk of the diet because they avoid the need to provision and prepare multiple ingredients (some of which would be rarely used), as well as the complications and longer preparation and cooking times that many require.
Prepared foods range from cooked meats and fish to soups and ready to vegetables. Some can be served straight from the can with little or no additional ingredients, whereas others are used as ingredients for dishes requiring preparation.
Classic prepared foods provisioned on most vessels include:
*meats--corned beef, roast beef, ham, chicken, canned and dry sausages
*fish--canned tuna, salmon, mackerel, sardines, shrimp, crab
*soups--canned and dry tomato, mushroom, chicken, vegetable
*stews and chili--beef, chili and beans,
Sauces and gravies--pasta sauce, pesto sauce, tomato, white and dark gravy
*vegetables--canned peas, green beans, corn, spinach, asparagus, tomatos