Out of date tinned food?

gussiefinknottle1
gussiefinknottle1 Community Member Posts: 58 Contributor
in Coffee lounge

what can i do with out of date tinned/jars of food? Some is 10 years old and is clearly inedible.

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  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Community Member Posts: 9,064 Championing

    Empty the contents into a bin bag & throw away, wash & recycle the containers.

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 1,890 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/145522/out-of-date-tinned-food

    I would place the contents in your food recycling caddy but are you sure it's 'off'? I have eaten tinned food a number of years past the use by date!

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Community Member Posts: 6,405 Championing

    Not sure I'd want to open them at all, depending on what's in them?

    If it's meat and there was even a minor defect in the canning process the smell would be awful by now. I would just put them in the normal bin as they are tbh.

    Where I live none our waste goes to landfill though. It gets incinerated to produce electricity. And the ash is then 'fished' to pick out any magnetic metals such as steel food cans. That then gets recycled elsewhere.

  • gussiefinknottle1
    gussiefinknottle1 Community Member Posts: 58 Contributor

    I don’t think it’s a good idea to eat stuff that is very out of date, my oh has cancer and I’m not in the best of health, I’m not prissy I had quiche last night dated 4 days ago worst case scenario is I get stuck on the toilet, but for my oh it could be dangerous or land him in hospital.

    A few years ago I opened an out of date tin of soup the horrible smell that came from it made me wretch.

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 1,890 Championing

    Nobody is bring forced to eat out of date food. If it doesn't pass the sniff test, stick it into the food caddy or compost bin etc.

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 1,890 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1118898#Comment_1118898

    Month old roadkill is no obstacle!

  • WelshBlue
    WelshBlue Community Member Posts: 1,423 Championing

    I remember years ago going to do some tree work for an older gentleman, made us a cup of tea before we started. I was the only one who didn't notice the lumps in the tea … they were quick enough to dump it in a stream … too late he came back … I sipped it politely and ever so delicately 😁

  • gussiefinknottle1
    gussiefinknottle1 Community Member Posts: 58 Contributor
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1118782#Comment_1118782

    coffee is well known for causing an upset stomach, milk keeps past its best before date in the fridge by at lest a few days. Best before dates are getting shorter on fresh food but I’ve got tins and jars.

    I’m not feeding my immunocompromised OH anything that’s risky although he would eat it if I let him.

  • gussiefinknottle1
    gussiefinknottle1 Community Member Posts: 58 Contributor
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1118739#Comment_1118739

    my OH is immunocompromised so although he would eat stuff that was already out of date I’m not going to take any chances, he’s sick enough! And selfishly I couldn’t live with myself if I made him sicker or worse.

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