boiling cans - am I going to die

[Bodach na mara]

It is the way I always did it when I was in the Scouts. We also removed the labels and scraped the glue off the can so that we could make tea with the water. It did make using the cans interesting as there was always the chance you would get Ambrosia rice with your mince or beans with your plum duff. Very few of us are dead. And those that are died of natural causes, not bean-related.

 

[nedmin]

Shall we start a Hairy Boaters kitchen? Might be some money in it,or even Hairy Floaters.

 

[Salty John]

For some reason Hairy Floaters doesn't sound very appetising!

 

[Heckler]

Now, is that sadism or masochism? Do tell!

The thought of VicS bending over whilst someone beats him with a rats whisker!!!!!!
Stu

 

[BlackPig]

Why? Would you use less fuel if you opened the can and put the contents in the pan. or are you trying to save on the washing up.

To save on washing place dishes into string bag and place overboard for the night. Fishes do all the work.

 

[Bosun Higgs]

I always though that things like stew were put into cans at the factory raw and the cans were heated to cook the product thus ensuring no possibility of contamination / going bad. Anyone know if this is correct?

 

[Spyro]

I always though that things like stew were put into cans at the factory raw and the cans were heated to cook the product thus ensuring no possibility of contamination / going bad. Anyone know if this is correct?

There used to be a factory near where I lived (Wilsons foods) made all sorts of cans for the military and supermarkets. Mince, Stew meatballs etc. Thats how they did it there.

 

[Spyro]

No - my missus has been making banoffee pie by boiling cans of condensed milk in such a manner for years - never had a can malfunction yet...

Tell her she can now buy it already carmalised, no near for all that boiling.

 

[Impaler]

Standard military procedure, although it's a bit wimpy to let them cool down before handling and eating.

Should be juggled between gloved hands while wielding can-spanner, it is also traditional to use the hot water for shaving and washing afterwards (this is made easier as compo tins don't have labels).

Correct answer. We were told by the old and bold to give the can a bash to put a dent in and if the dent then popped out it was time to remove from the water, and / or run LF.

 

[clyst]

Shall we start a Hairy Boaters kitchen? Might be some money in it,or even Hairy Floaters.

Or " Hairy Pie"------ I know

 

[NOHOH]

Steamy Business

am I going to die?

Is this more dangerous than bullriding

Dylan

Of course you are going to die Dylan...just like the rest of us......but probably not from exploding cans........

About 950 years ago, one of my student summer jobs was working in a canning factory. The full cans , complete with lids were put inside an `autoclave`....like a giant pressure cooker..and steam heated to some fantastic temperature and pressure...to cook and sterilize the food.......If they can withstand that...they can withstand being put in hot water for 20 mins or so.

Incidentally, we open cans of, say potatoes and carrots just a fraction..without losing any of the water inside.....and then put them in the oven next to a cooking snake and pygmy pie........It uses less gas than cooking them seperatelyand the veg come out perfect at exactly the same time as the pie is done......(best to remove the can labels before you do this)

 

[Twister_Ken]

The after effects of a Dylan Winter high pressure beans boaty supper...

 

[little shack]

bloody great idea just seen this thread can't believe this is not more popular.

I for one will never wash up a pan again.Life should have a little danger.

 

[Bilgediver]

I like it here

much more down to earth

so does that mean that over here I no longer have to wear a life jacket in bed

D

Just a hard hat and visor and bullet proof vest

 

[dylanwinter]

Yessss

bloody great idea just seen this thread can't believe this is not more popular.

I for one will never wash up a pan again.Life should have a little danger.

I love it here on the PBO forum where people live on the edge

- possibly too many qualified yachtmasters on scuttlebutt.

Cast off that life jacket, pop an unopened can into a pan of boiling water, who cares what colour your flappy thing on the back of the boat is.

I feel that I might belong with the propellor heads of PBO.

Now.... anchors

Dylan

 

[Bilgediver]

Now lets think

260 + 40 = 300
300 x 5/9 ≈ 167
167 − 40 = 127 . . . . 260F is 127C so should be safe in boiling water cos bpt of water is somewhere around 100C

Was this what you were looking for


http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/saturated-steam-properties-d_101.html

 

[EuanMcKenzie]

also

simple law of thermodynamics you can't heat the contents hotter than the boiler water as heat doesn't flow backwards. It is also almost impossible to boil the contents as the rate of heat transfer from the boiler water to the can decreases as the temperature approaches so that it takes almost forever fore the two to achieve the same temperature.

Incidently when i used to work in a brewery we had a tunnel to pasteurise the red cans. we used to pour boiling water over them! they heated up at a steady and controllable rate. A bit of experimenting would mean you could save a bit of time and remove the contents at eating temperature rather than waiting on them to cool. The contents are sterile anyway and don't need overheating.

Why do you sleep with your life jacket on. It sounds very uncomfortable. Is that another safety thing i'm supposed to do? sounds silly

 

[dylanwinter]

you mean....

simple law of thermodynamics you can't heat the contents hotter than the boiler water as heat doesn't flow backwards. It is also almost impossible to boil the contents as the rate of heat transfer from the boiler water to the can decreases as the temperature approaches so that it takes almost forever fore the two to achieve the same temperature.

Incidently when i used to work in a brewery we had a tunnel to pasteurise the red cans. we used to pour boiling water over them! they heated up at a steady and controllable rate. A bit of experimenting would mean you could save a bit of time and remove the contents at eating temperature rather than waiting on them to cool. The contents are sterile anyway and don't need overheating.

Why do you sleep with your life jacket on. It sounds very uncomfortable. Is that another safety thing i'm supposed to do? sounds silly

You mean you guys over here don't wear life jackets from the moment you step out of the car ... have you any idea how dangerous that is

you will be telling me soon that some of you go sailing without any qualifications at all...

or that you don't monitor channel 16 24 hours a day

Dylan

Ps

I have just realised that I was told that it was dangerous by non other than James Jermain

not any old James Jermain - but the man himself

he said a friend of his was injured by an exploding can and that I really should not be telling people that it was okay to boil cans

not sure what to make of that

 

[Fire99]

Look, you've been doing it for this bleedin' long without a splattered assortment of Dylan / Slug soup all over the English coast so I can't imagine you'll come to any sudden demise.

Carry on with your Soup-Watchers diet.

 

[dylanwinter]

but I was told by JJ that is was dangerous

Look, you've been doing it for this bleedin' long without a splattered assortment of Dylan / Slug soup all over the English coast so I can't imagine you'll come to any sudden demise.

Carry on with your Soup-Watchers diet.

and that I should not go promulgating such dangerous practices

JJ is a professional yachting journalist -

I always listen when experts tell me stuff

- and then go off to see if they are right.

Not this time it seems.