Baked beans - once opened, how long before they go off?
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branflakes said:
mcflurry said:
They are 50p a tin, it's probably not worth the gamble 
I live in the USA - these are imported, proper Heinz baked beans as you get back in Blighty, not the Yankie crap, so they're worth MUCH more than 50p No green bits that I can see. I am tempted...
Never store food in an opened tin in a fridge for very long. After 24 hours I'd seriously think about binning it, perticularly if the contents are to be eaten cold.
The ex GF is an ITU Physio, and had a young lad on the ward who was paralysed due to botulism, traced back to an open can of food in his fridge. They think it was caused because the tin had been dented at some point. Always transfer the food from the tin to another container if planning to keep it for more than a day. And I'd only eat it then if I was going to heat it through properly. To be on the safe side, I never buy dented tins either.
The ex GF is an ITU Physio, and had a young lad on the ward who was paralysed due to botulism, traced back to an open can of food in his fridge. They think it was caused because the tin had been dented at some point. Always transfer the food from the tin to another container if planning to keep it for more than a day. And I'd only eat it then if I was going to heat it through properly. To be on the safe side, I never buy dented tins either.
Edited by pacman1 on Saturday 8th August 22:51
adycav said:
branflakes said:
Well they look okay, smell okay and after cooking them taste okay so what the hell - I've eaten worse crap than this in the past and only had E.Coli poisoning once, I'm sure I'll be fine
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<Branflakes, just now.adycav said:
adycav said:
branflakes said:
Well they look okay, smell okay and after cooking them taste okay so what the hell - I've eaten worse crap than this in the past and only had E.Coli poisoning once, I'm sure I'll be fine
Post back in an hour so that we know you are still alive.pacman1 said:
Never store food in an opened tin in a fridge for very long. After 24 hours I'd seriously think about binning it, perticularly if the contents are to be eaten cold.
The ex GF is an ITU Physio, and had a young lad on the ward who was paralysed due to botulism, traced back to an open can of food in his fridge. They think it was caused because the tin had been dented at some point. Always transfer the food from the tin to another container if planning to keep it for more than a day. And I'd only eat it then if I was going to heat it through properly. To be on the safe side, I never buy dented tins either.
Good advice - a dented tin allow the metal inside the tin-wall to become oxidised and react with the acidic food creating poisonous compounds.The ex GF is an ITU Physio, and had a young lad on the ward who was paralysed due to botulism, traced back to an open can of food in his fridge. They think it was caused because the tin had been dented at some point. Always transfer the food from the tin to another container if planning to keep it for more than a day. And I'd only eat it then if I was going to heat it through properly. To be on the safe side, I never buy dented tins either.
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