Do you check the good till date on cans?

[Halo]

Good advice.  I used to think stuff like canned goods lasted forever.  Duh.  Now I check expiration dates on everything, including at the supermarkets where often expiration dates a week apart are stocked side by side. 

[DiabloTX]

No dount.  I was in my favorite super market week before last perusing the Mrs. Freshly's baked goods looking for my red velvet twinkies when I found an entire shelf with products that expired at the end of March/beginning of April.  WTF?

[JB88]

red velvet twinkies?



what a homo.


 

[DiabloTX]

Dude, seriously, what's with all of the homo and noodle references lately?

[hubsonfire]

The red velvet twinkies are pretty badass, even though they don't taste much like velvet...

[JB88]

Dude, seriously, what's with all of the homo and noodle references lately?

dunno.

it's probably my turrets acting up again.

dickweed.

see?

gah!

(shakes head)

(slaps forhead)

 

[wrongwayric]

I suspect the noodles and stuff were fine, it was the chicken parts that were probably bad.

Remember back in the old days, 70's and such where you could buy cans that had been dented or lost there labels, for like 50% off? My mom used to buy them, with 9 kids you got to save money where you can. She had bought some cans of cornbeef hash i think it was that had the labels taped back on. 1 of them turned out to be alpo dog food.

[Jackal1]

I suspect the noodles and stuff were fine, it was the chicken parts that were probably bad.

Remember back in the old days, 70's and such where you could buy cans that had been dented or lost there labels, for like 50% off?

You still can.

[ROX]

It's a concern with pretty much any product containing meat.

Outside of that, canned goods can be stored almost indefinitely.

Anything with meat is a red flag more than a few months past expiration.

Hope you are feeling better, dude!



ROX

[wrongwayric]

You still can.

Dented cans yes, cans that have lost there labels, not sure? I think my state has a law against that now? I buy dented cans once in awhile but not more than i can eat in a week or so. IMO the pull top cans aren't as good as the totally sealed ones.
I feel fine today, was actually sorting and packing to move while munching on a ham sandwich.

[Nwbie]

More important - do you check the packaging location on the label?
Try to find a can of mushrooms that wasn't packed in China - and imagine what that water those mushrooms are floating in consist of.....


I rarely buy canned foods anymore - but if we do ... we always look to see if packaged in the USA... atleast there is some chance the FDA was watching for a little while...

NwBie

 

[wrongwayric]

  Nwbie that's funny as heck for this reason. I live in illinois, right about the middle of the state, and there are 5 mushroom growing plants within 60 miles of my house.

[Nwbie]

Nwbie that's funny as heck for this reason. I live in illinois, right about the middle of the state, and there are 5 mushroom growing plants within 60 miles of my house.

Is it a cannery - or do they package for the vegetable section in a grocery?

[Fulmar]

How did it taste?

[ODBAL]

No dount.  I was in my favorite super market week before last perusing the Mrs. Freshly's baked goods looking for my red velvet twinkies when I found an entire shelf with products that expired at the end of March/beginning of April.  WTF?

Red Velvet Twinkies are god like