Tin of red beans- best before march 1998!

[Shuvi McTupya]

So..i am cooking a chilli con Carne and it turns out the beans my mother has in her cupboard already "so you don't need to buy any" are twenty yrs old!

What would you do? Go to the shops (15 mile round trip) cook the chilli without beans, or risk it?

Twenty bloody years out of date for christ's sake!

[designforlife]

open them at the very least, and post a pic of the contents!!

[designforlife]

I actually had something similar a few years ago, albeit with a tin of ovaltine.

It was about 10 years out of date, and the powdery ovaltine had turned totally solid in the tin, with a completely flat shiny glass like texture on the surface.

Very odd!

[anonymous-user]

they will last indefinitely bar rust , dents, etc



just st flavour

[Riley Blue]

But did you use it or leave it out of the chilli?

OP, I wouldn't risk it but it's your stomach...

[Shuvi McTupya]

Upon opening, things look ok..


When I attempted to pour the contents out, I just got some gloopy syrupy looking liquid and the beans stayed put.

Chill con carne with no red beans coming up!

[Dogwatch]

Edible but not eatable - bit like school dinners!

[BoRED S2upid]

Who lives 7 miles away from the nearest shop? I’m guessing calling Ocado to bring you a tin is out of the question?

[Shuvi McTupya]

BoRED S2upid said:

Who lives 7 miles away from the nearest shop? I’m guessing calling Ocado to bring you a tin is out of the question?

Its normally only 6 miles but there are road works going on so i have to take a longer route at the moment.

Thats country life for you

[Woody John]

Fully sealed. All is fine, like a wine.

[soad]

Get them eaten! Only raw kidney beans are toxic.

[Shuvi McTupya]

soad said:

Get them eaten! Only raw kidney beans are toxic.

Are the tinned ones already cooked? I really wouldn't know!

Anyway, I chucked them.

[soad]

Yes, cooked. You could rinse them though.

[Mr Gearchange]

designforlife said:

I actually had something similar a few years ago, albeit with a tin of ovaltine.

It was about 10 years out of date, and the powdery ovaltine had turned totally solid in the tin, with a completely flat shiny glass like texture on the surface.

Very odd!

To be fair that happens to Ovaltine after a week. I always have some to add to the kids milkshakes and I usually have to chisel it out of the jar

[Cliftonite]

This cake:





. . . was absolutely d e l i c i o u s .

When eaten in 2017.

[jontysafe]

BoRED S2upid said:

Who lives 7 miles away from the nearest shop? I’m guessing calling Ocado to bring you a tin is out of the question?

Many many people!

We’re 8 an a bit. But strangely we’re less to a mainline station that’s about an hour into Paddington.