Out of date cans and packets

mummybearx

I say they will be fine to eat, I had a tin of bbe June 2006 peaches the other week, they were still delicious :rotfl:

yorkieorchid

I would have thought that food would lose its nutritional value if sat in a tin for years on end. I wouldn't eat it. Go buy a fresh tin from the bargain shop.

Oliver14

As long as it's not a ridiculous amount of time. I'd open them and use them as long as the integrity of the tins isn't compromised.

If it's more than the odd tin (the term lots in your post rings a few alarm bells) you obviously have a bit of a problem so What I would do if I was you is chuck the lot and organise to get a rotation system in your tin cupboard so the oldest stuff gets used first.

You can't though beat fresh potatoes and if stored properly they last.

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny

Cook it, and if you do not return here telling us all of your continued good health, we will remember you dearly.

And take heed from your OP, and never again touch anything that is out of date.

Stop Thread.

Tinned tatties, fry em! Toms, put them in the pan. Add eggs and bacon and no one will ever know.

sonastin

"Best before" is very often in relation to the integrity of the packaging than the aging of the goods inside. With tins open them up, tip the contents into a pan or bowl, have a look inside the tin. If it is all intact and good-as-it-always-was, the contents of the tin will be fine. If it shows rust spots or delamination or discolouration or anything, the food might have come to some harm so best to be thrown. Until you open the tins, you won't be able to tell.

I've had tins which were (accidentally) kept in a damp area. The outsides started to rust. Opened them up when I needed them and the corrosion hadn't gone all the way through yet so carried on regardless. Still here to tell the tale with no noticable side effects.

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open em up give a good sniff and if it smells ok then it probably is I have eaten stuff well past its sell by date and I'm still here. The pots I would have rised under cold water and then sliced and fried up with bacon and mushrooms .You will soon know if anythings off as soon as you open the tin you can smellit

room512

Oliver14 wrote: »

As long as it's not a ridiculous amount of time. I'd open them and use them as long as the integrity of the tins isn't compromised.

If it's more than the odd tin (the term lots in your post rings a few alarm bells) you obviously have a bit of a problem so What I would do if I was you is chuck the lot and organise to get a rotation system in your tin cupboard so the oldest stuff gets used first.

You can't though beat fresh potatoes and if stored properly they last.

This made me laugh! I haven't got a problem :rotfl: A few years ago OH and I were doing SW and i bought lots of tinned pots and tomatoes. I don't really like tinned pots and so have been ignoring them in the cupboard and tbh haven't used tinned toms for ages. Having decided we need to live more frugally to pay our debts off decided to have a clear out of the cupboards, but didn't want to just throw things away if they are edible.
Must admit though, I obviously went overboard buying as I reckon there are 20 tins of each! (all smartprice!).
Anyway thanks for everyone's help - I'm fine with using the tomatoes but wavering over the potatoes! xxx

Toomuchdebt

I'd use them

Farway

I'd just use them, they are only two year over the BBF date.

Tinned pots are always rubbish anyway, and Smartprice must be a bit lower down the taste chain? Chuck them in a casserole, stew etc. They will just dissolve anyway. Or fry as others have suggested

I did use tinned pots, Smartprice included, but found all of them them so awful I have not bought them for a few years and now use bog standard raw spuds

Byatt

room512 wrote: »

This made me laugh! I haven't got a problem :rotfl: A few years ago OH and I were doing SW and i bought lots of tinned pots and tomatoes. I don't really like tinned pots and so have been ignoring them in the cupboard and tbh haven't used tinned toms for ages. Having decided we need to live more frugally to pay our debts off decided to have a clear out of the cupboards, but didn't want to just throw things away if they are edible.
Must admit though, I obviously went overboard buying as I reckon there are 20 tins of each! (all smartprice!).
Anyway thanks for everyone's help - I'm fine with using the tomatoes but wavering over the potatoes! xxx

I was just going to post that if tins/packets of food haven't been used it's usually because deep down we don't like the food in question or we don't like it in the form we bought it in! I think we often buy something for that "just in case" moment...or as in your case for a specific purpose, but nonetheless, the fact you don't like them (neither do I), means they won't get eaten unless desperate.