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BB date tuna?

homealone_2
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in Old style MoneySaving
i was given a hige tin of tuna that i have only now come across but says on tin best before 11/2010 should i chance it? and if so how long for?

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  • quintwins
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    bb is just a guild if it was use by then i'd say no. i'd still use it even a year or so after tbh
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  • BitterAndTwisted
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    If the tin is undamaged then you won't be chancing anything for at least five years. Enjoy now or at any time you like
  • quintwins
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    BitterAndTwisted wrote: »
    If the tin is undamaged then you won't be chancing anything for at least five years. Enjoy now or at any time you like

    5 years!!! wow when you think that tins always have about 2 years on them thats along time to sit on a shelf
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  • homealone_2
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    edited 9 March 2011 at 3:51PM
    wow, 5 years.... well am happy bunny then as have been offered another 2 tins. mind you what i will do with it all i dont know. am planning a tuna and pasta bake tonight and besides mixing the rest up with sweetcorn and mayonnaise for sandwiches am a bit plussed out. is there anything i can make that i can then freeze maybe as i cant see us getting through whats left of 1.7 gms in sandwiches and hate to think of it going to waste, not very OS at all lol
  • quintwins
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    fishcakes? or filled pastrys?
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