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Canned Food Gone Bad
Ferfal Blog Spot ^ | 3/29/14

Posted on 03/31/2014 4:34:48 PM PDT by Kartographer

Now that’s theory and it does apply but as we know sometimes things just don’t work out as well. Today my wife was opening a can of chopped tomatoes and as soon as the can was pierced the contents burst out in all directions. While there was no swelling, pressure had clearly built up inside, a clear sign of decomposition. The food inside didn’t smell awfully bad, but it didn’t smell good either.

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To: JoeProBono

Um, that’s what happens AFTER you eat the soup. I like it on chopped spinach, no water added.


21 posted on 03/31/2014 5:13:15 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: Kartographer
THANKS!

I started writing it in 2007...

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22 posted on 03/31/2014 5:16:06 PM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: Kartographer

Similar story, of 115 year old meat from the 1845 expedition to the arctic, that was opened and fed to rats with no ill effects:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2293&dat=19390430&id=Yc4mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bwIGAAAAIBAJ&pg=988,2417216


23 posted on 03/31/2014 5:16:30 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Kartographer

Oops, that was the 1824 expedition, not 1845.


24 posted on 03/31/2014 5:17:03 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Kartographer

Man, that is a problem.

I was convinced that Spam had an extremely long shelf life, like decades, and I have kept it for 5 6 7 years without even thinking about it, but I had a case of the low sodium swell on me recently (maybe 2012) well under the best use by date, and it has bothered me ever since.

Hormel paid me back, but I was hoping that it was a freak occurrence from a compromised batch, and possible related to being low sodium.

I have been trying not to mention it here although it really bugs me, and it contradicts advice that I have been giving people for at least 25 years, I do think that I brought it up here once but I’m annoyed enough that I have been tempted to harp on it.

I’ve been meaning to write them and see if I can get an honest answer from them, a large portion of preppers believe Spam to be one of the best ultra long term storage foods, and we need some answers from Hormel.


25 posted on 03/31/2014 5:22:59 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
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To: Nifster
Surströmming is a canned product known to expand a the ends of cans, and still be good.

That is, if you like that type of stuff. People in the general vicinity of a fresh...er, newly opened can have reported hazardous material leaking.

26 posted on 03/31/2014 5:40:41 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Kartographer

Yeah, but who wants to be the first one to sample them ?


27 posted on 03/31/2014 5:43:00 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Kartographer

28 posted on 03/31/2014 5:43:45 PM PDT by Godzilla (3/7/77)
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To: ansel12
ansel12:".. Spam to be one of the best ultra long term storage foods, and we need some answers from Hormel."

I agree we need some kind of resonse.
Many people are counting on Spam for meat/ protein to supplement their storage program .

29 posted on 03/31/2014 5:44:03 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: inpajamas

With your guns?


30 posted on 03/31/2014 5:49:39 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob ("The Pen" has a nice ring to it, kind of like "Graybar Hotel")
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To: Jane Long

Thanks for the link. I’ve got a new dehydrator, but haven’t used it yet.


31 posted on 03/31/2014 5:53:24 PM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: Godzilla; yarddog

I’m sure it was because of the mayo in the potato salad.


32 posted on 03/31/2014 5:53:26 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Kartographer

It was probably filled with botulism, so rub the contents into your wrinkles.

Jk.


33 posted on 03/31/2014 5:54:45 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: PistolPaknMama

You’re welcome. Which dehydrator do you have? I have a small, round type, but I’d love to have the Excalibur.


34 posted on 03/31/2014 5:56:09 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: FreedomPoster

I remember President Eisenhower got sick at some function from something he ate. This was back in the 50s. I am pretty sure it was potato salad.


35 posted on 03/31/2014 5:59:24 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

I sure have been counting on Spam, one thing I still trust, is canned tuna, I’m still eating from my “best by 2003” stocks of that.


36 posted on 03/31/2014 6:00:42 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
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To: Kartographer

At training camp for officers before WWI, my Great Grandfather noticed that the canned foods looked familiar from his experience in the Spanish American War (and they hadn’t been new then), so he got some guys to load up a belt fed machine gun (Colt Potato Digger?) and proceed to the nearby wetlands where he proceeded to hose down about 500 ducks at dawn.


37 posted on 03/31/2014 6:03:27 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Calvin Locke

“According to a Japanese study, a newly opened can of surströmming has one of the most putrid food smells in the world, even more so than similarly fermented ...”


38 posted on 03/31/2014 6:03:55 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

TR claimed his men got tainted canned army beef in Cuba. If they then kept it until 1917 then it really would have been bad.


39 posted on 03/31/2014 6:08:27 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: ansel12
ansel12 :"..one thing I still trust, is canned tuna, I’m still eating from my “best by 2003” stocks of that."

Thanks to you , I started going through my mini-pantry.
Among many things ,I found a can of tomatoes dated 2/2001 that I was going to use for Chili
No bulges , no rust on the can , .. but why risk it due to the high acidity ? So out it goes .
I would store tuna , but mayonaise doesnt store well, especially un-refridgerated .

40 posted on 03/31/2014 6:18:18 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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