How long to keep canned goods?
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If the hissing was air going in, that is good. It is coming out, not so good.
rossiski
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yeah in my experience if it smells good and does have anything growing in it you should be good to go. Obviously the seal still needs to be tight when you go to open.
I have an emergency kit in every car . I keep asking my wife to check hers... which of course she never does. I went in yesterday and finally checked myself... of course the batteries in the flash light are long dead. The butane has leaked out of the disposable lighter and I check the mini can of spam at the bottom of the bag. Best if used before 1/13. Can looks good, so for grins and giggles I poped it open. Looked fine. Smelled fine. Cooked it up with breakfast and it was a-ok. SPAM the wonder food. 9 years past the expiration date and no issues.
Unless you breach the can, there is nothing to spoil the food! Even a single bacterium will spoil it in a week or so. Can looks good, smells good, taste and texture good…mmmm, good!!
TheWhiteBuffalo
Not Impressed
I can’t imagine having a can of spam, or any food, stored in a hot car. This cannot be a good thing.
GunBum
Active Member
Cans are stored in non temperature controlled warehouses all the time. How is that worse than being in the trunk of a car?
TheWhiteBuffalo
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A car's trunk can reach 130-172 degrees when parked in sunlight, with an outside temperature range of 80-100.
In my humble opinion, that is significantly hotter than a warehouse. Just my initial thought. If you speak from experience I will most certainly accept that, but those temps would scare me.
Just remember to listen to The Old Man in the Cave.....
GunBum
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You need to spend more time in steel frame warehouses. They can reach (made up temperature range) in the sun with an outside temperature of 80-100. I spend a lot of time going in and out of warehouses. They get hot. Most are metal boxes just like the car.
If you think that is bad, the trucks transporting them also get hot as hell.
Blacksmith101
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- Jun 22, 2012
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That is just Sous Vide in the can.
bratgirllcp
Ultimate Member
There are dates on cans for a reason fellas
Just not the ones you think. And there are different dates.
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The sniff test is better than the "sell by" dates or even the "best used by" dates and sometimes the "expiration" date.
I researched the basis for the dates and meanings of "Best By" and "Sell By" etc., at the USDA website. It's been a few years, but IIRC the guidance phrases used and the dates on the packages are chosen by the food manufacturer with no regulatory guidance coming from USDA.
Maybe I'm too cynical, but I think manufacturers find it advantageous to short-date their products so folk throw out what they have left and buy more, rather than use what's on hand. The more they sell, for any reason, the more they make.
Maybe I'm too cynical, but I think manufacturers find it advantageous to short-date their products so folk throw out what they have left and buy more, rather than use what's on hand. The more they sell, for any reason, the more they make.
GunBum
Active Member
And that reason is so people will throw away perfectly good food and buy more.
And drugs.
Not on home canned stuff there isn't.
jmiller320
Ultimate Member
I had a few cans of Treat. It was like Spam, but made by another company. When I move I found four cans that had fallen behind some stuff in a corner cabinet and the cans were almost as round as a soft ball. I didn't try them.
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