is stuff in a can good forever?

[OrganizedChaos]

i'm in the mood for a can of soup but the only can around expired in 2003.

will it be yucky?

 

[JDrake]

probably
EDIT: (as in yucky)

 

[NanoStuff]

It will be fine until 3000. The expiration date is just there for show.

 

[Shame]

If the can isn't dented, I'd eat it.

Or it could end up like the cans in the movie "Ghostship".

One of the two...

 

[jlee]

IIRC, by the time it's "expired," the nutritional value no longer meets what is stated on the can..hence the expiration date. It's probably fine.

Originally posted by: Shame
If the can isn't dented, I'd eat it.

Or it could end up like the cans in the movie "Ghostship".

One of the two...

I've eaten out of many dented cans..it's the bulging ones you want to look out for.

 

[thelanx]

Just check for botulism first.

 

[JonnyStarks]

Originally posted by: Shame
If the can isn't dented, I'd eat it.

Or it could end up like the cans in the movie "Ghostship".

One of the two...

yeah I think you're looking for dents or bulges in the can. Otherwise if it smells fine dig in.

 

[shimsham]

i ate some cans of expired, by 1.5yrs, corn and ravioli during hurricane ivan. didnt bother me at all, and was glad to have it.

 

[RallyMaster]

Have a person you hate test it first, if they live (you don't want this to happen), then you can eat it as well.

 

[So]

I remember reading somewhere about a can of food from the 1820's being fed to a cat in the 1930s -- yes, 110 years later, with no apparrent ill effects to the cat. YMMV.

 

[sunase]

I've eaten from expired cans. I draw the line at ones that are suspiciously misshapen/bulging, though.

 

[Manuwell]

RMA

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Shame
If the can isn't dented, I'd eat it.

Because if the can was dented, that would ruin the food inside?

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: sunase
I've eaten from expired cans. I draw the line at ones that are suspiciously misshapen/bulging, though.

Damn, that's a waste. I give it to the food bank.

 

[blue1friday2]

Just eat it! I would. Well I mean, look at it first and see what you think but I'm sure it's probably fine.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Shame
If the can isn't dented, I'd eat it.

Because if the can was dented, that would ruin the food inside?

A dent may = a microscopic breach == toxic bacteria in the can. Dent free == sealed == beacteria free. It's basic canned food wisdom.

 

[Mucho]

Just eat it if no updates we would then get the picture.

 

[deftron]

Do they not have stores around you?


Go buy another can

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Shame
If the can isn't dented, I'd eat it.

Because if the can was dented, that would ruin the food inside?

A dent may = a microscopic breach == toxic bacteria in the can. Dent free == sealed == beacteria free. It's basic canned food wisdom.

Yeah, if it was a dent with a pickaxe, i can see that.