Now I might have said it before and I might not but given this talk of prepping I would like to inform folks based upon my own experience of canned goods.
Modern cans oft identified by the ring pull method of opening aren't what they were, for they appear to be made of thinner material one can easily dent with finger pressure and some foods and yes I have experienced this some foods, acidic foods can eat their own way out of the can long before the two year best before date and the first one knows about leakage is by the mess leakage makes or the pong from decaying food stuffs.
Thus far my experience with this phenomena is with tinned fruit in fruit juice and also tinned tomatoes.
Of source the climatic conditions of storage might influence this as can potentially rough handling, evidence of which you can't see so as to create weak metal seams acidic food stuffs can work upon. The climatic conditions of my can storage was cold and dry, for I used to keep my stash under my kitchen floor cupboard after I'd removed the kick boards (and put back after to hide what's there )
So what am I doing these days why coz I mainly eat from cans to be a canned fish eater, it's easy, just get extra to the tune of 14 days and rotate as I eat. in fact am prepping for 14 days. But in addition am currently investigating the rather excellent book ' Eating For Victory ' of which is a collection of pamphlets issued during WW2 describing what can be done with wartime rations, to be modifying my diet to rely on what was available that still is available and keeps.
Modern cans oft identified by the ring pull method of opening aren't what they were, for they appear to be made of thinner material one can easily dent with finger pressure and some foods and yes I have experienced this some foods, acidic foods can eat their own way out of the can long before the two year best before date and the first one knows about leakage is by the mess leakage makes or the pong from decaying food stuffs.
Thus far my experience with this phenomena is with tinned fruit in fruit juice and also tinned tomatoes.
Of source the climatic conditions of storage might influence this as can potentially rough handling, evidence of which you can't see so as to create weak metal seams acidic food stuffs can work upon. The climatic conditions of my can storage was cold and dry, for I used to keep my stash under my kitchen floor cupboard after I'd removed the kick boards (and put back after to hide what's there )
So what am I doing these days why coz I mainly eat from cans to be a canned fish eater, it's easy, just get extra to the tune of 14 days and rotate as I eat. in fact am prepping for 14 days. But in addition am currently investigating the rather excellent book ' Eating For Victory ' of which is a collection of pamphlets issued during WW2 describing what can be done with wartime rations, to be modifying my diet to rely on what was available that still is available and keeps.
