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Bibio · 12-02-20, 11:30 PM

eat a tin of sardines in tomato sauce that are 2 years out of date?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ok two years out of date...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 · 13-02-20, 12:04 AM

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

Luckypants · 13-02-20, 07:43 AM

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

Craig380 · 13-02-20, 08:16 AM

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 · 13-02-20, 02:18 PM

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 · 13-02-20, 03:41 PM

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 · 13-02-20, 05:12 PM

This is all a bit fishy.....

SV650rules · 13-02-20, 08:43 PM

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 · 13-02-20, 11:07 PM

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

shiftin_gear98 · 14-02-20, 08:57 AM

No I wouldn't.

12-02-20, 11:30 PM	#1
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,540	would you eat a tin of sardines in tomato sauce that are 2 years out of date?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 ok two years out of date...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.

13-02-20, 12:04 AM	#2
GeorgeRYoung Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Posts: 48	Re: would you I use prescription medicine 10 years past its expiry date. Works fine. __________________ 65 CB160 (67-69), 69 350GTR (69-72), 72 R5, 73 RD350 (73-84), 82 XZ550 Vision (84-03), 01 Concours C10 (03-19), 89 EX250 (11-14), 00 SV650S (14-16), 03 SV650S (19-)

13-02-20, 07:43 AM	#3
Luckypants Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Nr Ruthin Posts: 7,056	Re: would you So Bibs, you still here to tell the tale? Are you sat on the bog awaiting rescue? __________________ "Your Viffer sounds like it is raising hell! Spot on." - Witchery 17/4/08 Snow Plough Appreciation Society - Member #3

13-02-20, 08:16 AM	#4
Craig380 Member Mega Poster Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 1,238	Re: would you 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.

13-02-20, 02:18 PM	#5
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,540	Re: would you 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.

13-02-20, 03:41 PM	#6
redtrummy Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: N W Leicestershire Posts: 248	Re: would you 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)

13-02-20, 05:12 PM	#7
Fen Tiger Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 219	Re: would you This is all a bit fishy.....

13-02-20, 08:43 PM	#8
SV650rules Member Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Shropshire UK Posts: 1,363	Re: would you 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 . __________________ 2016 SV650 AL7 Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear - Mark Twain Last edited by SV650rules; 13-02-20 at 08:45 PM.

13-02-20, 11:07 PM	#9
Bri w Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Turre, Almeria Posts: 668	Re: would you I wouldn't touch a tin of sardines that was in date - yuk! __________________ *"It's not the years in your life, it's the life in your years."* Currently - Fighting the urge... seen a nice Triumph America Previously - Honda CB125, Honda CB400-4 & BSA B40, Moto Guzzi 850, Yamaha RD250, Suzuki GT380, Kawasaki Z1B, Kawasaki Z650, Honda VFR, Triumph Street Triple R.

14-02-20, 08:57 AM	#10
shiftin_gear98 Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: At home Posts: 756	Re: would you No I wouldn't. __________________ Currently driving a Corsa....