#95497 - 05/24/07 06:13 PM
Waxing Canned Food Stores?
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I was reading this article http://www.endtimesreport.com/waxing_cans_and_boxes.html which talked about waxing the cans to help prevent rust from long term storage of canned food. Does anyone have any experience doing this? The article also mentions canned peaches being opened and still good after 7 years of storage. I'm somewhat skeptical on that claim.
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#95515 - 05/24/07 09:42 PM
Re: Waxing Canned Food Stores?
[Re: gatormba]
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factory sealed cans kind of have an indefinite shelf life... providing cans stay sealed (no rust, etc...).
Once the stamped date is passed, it doesn't mean it's no longer edible. Just that there won't be much vitames and such left and taste may also not be there anylonger...
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#95527 - 05/25/07 12:46 AM
Re: Waxing Canned Food Stores?
[Re: gatormba]
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I remember reading this article last year. Celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary a british man ate a canned chicken they got as a gift in 1956!
Les and Beryl Lailey, of Denton, Gtr Manchester, were given the chicken in a hamper on their wedding day in 1956.
The Buxted Chicken tin remained in their kitchen cupboard until the couple marked 50 years together this month.
"We kept it safe, and I always said 'on my 50th wedding anniversary I'm going to eat that chicken' - so I did," said former soldier, Mr Lailey, aged 73.
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Prof Eunice Taylor, a food safety expert at the University of Salford, said: "Canned food can last indefinitely if it has been sealed properly, although the normal shelf life is about six months.
"If it's done at high temperatures and under high pressure, then the process should create a tight vacuum.
"If anyone is going to eat old canned food, I would suggest they heat it thoroughly first of all, just in case to be extra safe."
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#95533 - 05/25/07 01:27 AM
Re: Waxing Canned Food Stores?
[Re: gatormba]
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I'm a little skeptical to- a real test would have been something like beef stew.
However, a light coat of wax would help to protect cans from rust. I can think of plenty of places where that would be a good thing, particularly anywhere on the coasts or if your stocking a boat.
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#95545 - 05/25/07 02:10 AM
Re: Waxing Canned Food Stores?
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I don't know about waxing, but my late ex-father-in-law was big on buying a case of name brand canned veggies and fruits when on sale. After he died I was helping clean out some of his stuff, and found many cans that were bulged and leaking nasty looking thick black goop. The cases were not dated, but none were over five years old. Admittedly, they had been stored in a non-climate controlled garage in central CA, so they got pretty warm in the summer and kindasorta cold in the winter...
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#95620 - 05/25/07 08:12 PM
Re: Waxing Canned Food Stores?
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Wonder if the wax would ooze or melt if stored in a hot place.
Dave
Edited by X-ray Dave (05/25/07 08:13 PM)
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#95750 - 05/27/07 02:13 AM
Re: Waxing Canned Food Stores?
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I read something years ago about people who do long-distance travel on yachts, and it was mentioned that they dip all their cans in either shellac or varnish. I think.
Real shellac (not talking synthetics here) is non-toxic, and is even approved by the FDA for coating pills, so if it chipped and fell into the food, it wouldn't cause problems.
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#95757 - 05/27/07 12:39 PM
Re: Waxing Canned Food Stores?
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Just that there won't be much vitames and such left and taste may also not be there anylonger... I've never seen proof of the fact that the vitamins & minerals breakdown in canned. It makes sense though. I wish the USDA would test some 1, 2, 3 year old canned food. Has anyone seen any testing done on this?
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#95874 - 05/29/07 12:07 AM
Re: Waxing Canned Food Stores?
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It may be a little off topic since I'm gonna talk about army
C-rations but I ate some in 1976 and after we ate them we looked at the dates on the cans and they were manufactured in 1953. I don't know whether they treated the c-rat cans any different than any other canned food but if it didn't kill me after 23 years I would have to say any can without rust would be OK after at least several years.
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#96040 - 05/30/07 12:52 PM
Re: Waxing Canned Food Stores?
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good point. i found the contents of my glove compartment kit felt funny and wondered where that piece of string had come from. then i realised the candle was gone....
Simon
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