Magic
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mmmm rice pudding!
If you put a spoonful of jam in it it cancells any nasty things.
If you put a spoonful of jam in it it cancells any nasty things.
Dates on Tinned Food (My last post?)
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Peppermint
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Re:Living on RAF compo rations
some years ago my favorite tin was lamb stew. I was eating the stuff in 1969 and it had been canned in 1948. Sell by dates are a sales gimmick. If the cans not dented, blown or rusted till it bubbles, the contents will be fine.
some years ago my favorite tin was lamb stew. I was eating the stuff in 1969 and it had been canned in 1948. Sell by dates are a sales gimmick. If the cans not dented, blown or rusted till it bubbles, the contents will be fine.
Stemar
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There never used to be best before dates in tins. If the tin's not blown, the contents either are sterile or had so little nutritional value to start with that the bugs can't survive anyway.
Round about 1990 I was working for a charity. We were given a whole lorryload of tinned stuff that was literally a few days old, but couldn't be sold 'cos it didn't have a best before date. (the EU reg had come in the previous week) /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
Round about 1990 I was working for a charity. We were given a whole lorryload of tinned stuff that was literally a few days old, but couldn't be sold 'cos it didn't have a best before date. (the EU reg had come in the previous week) /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
abraxus
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I'm sure it'll be fine, but have a look at this video. Make sure you watch right to the very end:
Tinned Gherkin
Tinned Gherkin
Micky
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I remember once, digging out an old air-raid shelter at one of our bosses homes. We found several tins of bully beef + hoards of other stuff all put there if ever needed in emergency.
The foreman, much older then us was delighted, said it reminded him of the hard times everyone went through.
We made comments on how old it must be, about 35 years said the foreman and as good as new.
With that, he then opened a tin and sat and ate it for his lunch. He enjoyed every bit and had no signs of any illness. We loaded his car boot with the rest and he took it all home and as far as we know he eventually ate the lot. The old boy lived until 79 and got run over by a car, later dying from Pneumonia
The foreman, much older then us was delighted, said it reminded him of the hard times everyone went through.
We made comments on how old it must be, about 35 years said the foreman and as good as new.
With that, he then opened a tin and sat and ate it for his lunch. He enjoyed every bit and had no signs of any illness. We loaded his car boot with the rest and he took it all home and as far as we know he eventually ate the lot. The old boy lived until 79 and got run over by a car, later dying from Pneumonia
ChrisE
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Re: Hm, not so sure
Well, with the smell that follows you around you wouldn't notice whether the food was off! Who asked you anyway?
Well, with the smell that follows you around you wouldn't notice whether the food was off! Who asked you anyway?
ex-Gladys
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Re: Hm, not so sure
...Sellby date is only a litigation protector for manufacturer... They will have tested the product over that time but not longer....
...Sellby date is only a litigation protector for manufacturer... They will have tested the product over that time but not longer....
ChrisE
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Re: Hm, not so sure
I'm sure that you are right from a 'suing the socks off them' perspective. My obsevations were just based on personal experience, eg, we were still drinking the UHT milk we bought in 1996 with sell-by of 1997 last year.
Come think of it I'm drinking whisky that is well over 20 yrs old with no obvious problems /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I'm sure that you are right from a 'suing the socks off them' perspective. My obsevations were just based on personal experience, eg, we were still drinking the UHT milk we bought in 1996 with sell-by of 1997 last year.
Come think of it I'm drinking whisky that is well over 20 yrs old with no obvious problems /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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As a Surveyor in Saudi ... I had the terrible job of Inspecting 30 tons of Prime Irish Beef that had been imported to SA ...
Saudi rules stipulate Halul slaughtered and labeled as such. THis consignment had entered without the correct labeling and was therefore condemned by the Saudi Authorities as non Halul product.
No samples were allowed to be taken ... it was all incinerated - not even allowed to be sent back !! Criminal waste of some of the finest Beef ever ...
As a Surveyor in Saudi ... I had the terrible job of Inspecting 30 tons of Prime Irish Beef that had been imported to SA ...
Saudi rules stipulate Halul slaughtered and labeled as such. THis consignment had entered without the correct labeling and was therefore condemned by the Saudi Authorities as non Halul product.
No samples were allowed to be taken ... it was all incinerated - not even allowed to be sent back !! Criminal waste of some of the finest Beef ever ...
jimi
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Cannery Row?
Steinbeck hits a grand note here
Steinbeck hits a grand note here
Clive_Rigden
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I remember the tinned compo army rations which used to have a hole drilled in the tins after 9 years to check the contents. If all right, they were then soldered up and re-isuued. A friend of mine was taken off an exercise and had half his stomach removed after being poisoned by a tin of compo pears . . . /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
StugeronSteve
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Pears were probably ok, bet it was the solder flux that got him.