> one can that has gone bad spew stuff into the pantry <
Interesting (and messy). I’ve read that cans without the pull-ring top last longer than the ones with such a top - I think I got that right. Do you recall what kind of top that can had?
Oh, and I do keep my canned goods in the basement. It’s always cool and dark down there, even in the middle of the summer. That should help.
“Do you recall what kind of top that can had?”
they were non-pull-tab cans ...