would you

[Bibio]

eat a tin of sardines in tomato sauce that are 2 years out of date?


noticed a forgotten tin in the cupboard and thought.. mmmm lets have some of those on toast...


ok two years out of date... ferk it i'm eating them.

[GeorgeRYoung]

I use prescription medicine 10 years past its expiry date. Works fine.

[Luckypants]

So Bibs, you still here to tell the tale? Are you sat on the bog awaiting rescue?

[Craig380]

I wouldn't, because I can't stand sardines .... the food itself is unlikely to be off, but the acetic acid in the tomato sauce might have worked its way through the protective layer inside the can and started working on the metal is probably the worst that would happen.

[Bibio]

i'm fine :-)


not even a runny bum. there was no mould or off smell when i opened it. once it was mashed up into some mayonnaise and spread on (scottish plain loaf) toast it was good washed down with a cuppa t.

[redtrummy]

As long as the tin is airtight then it should be no problem - Don't even look at dates on cans.
Once found a yoghurt in the fridge 5 months past its date. It looked good, tasted good and by golly did me good! (maybe)

[Fen Tiger]

This is all a bit fishy.....

[SV650rules]

Two years is nothing, they opened a tin of sardines dated 1945 on the TV program 'inside the factory' a few years ago and contents passed all the tests for pathogens, and they tasted OK. With canned food it is cooked in the tin, so nothing can get in... and oxygen is excluded .

[Bri w]

I wouldn't touch a tin of sardines that was in date - yuk!

[shiftin_gear98]

No I wouldn't.

[SV650rules]

Sardines on toast is one of lifes best foods, don't like them in tomato sauce though, prefer olive or sunflower oil - yummmmmmm! Tinned Mackerel is even better, but not on toast ( except smoked mackerel with peppercorns )