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Inspired my my "iron stomach" and my earlier thread (http://xcolony.com/x/showthread.php?t=1716) I figured I would seize this opportunity to do another.
This came about completely unexpectedly. I was cleaning my storage space when I found a can of Snow's Clam Chowder with a sell by date/expiration date of March, 2009. No big deal, it's just this month, right? Well I thought back and this can has probably been following me since 2006, possibly earlier. Based on knowing that's when I would have bought "Ready To Serve" chowder, which was only at times when I did not have much time to cook; being a native Cape Codder, any chowder that I don't make myself is considered a sin.
The storage test of this can is because it has been through unknown amounts of temperature and humidity changes over the years. The place I found this can is in itself not a good place to store food, it's my unheated, unregulated, steel storage compartment where I keep tools and automotive stuff, along with housewares and things that aren't temperature sensitive. So this has been in there for about two years, exposed to unknown heights of heat in the summer and cold in the winter. Perfect for an "iron stomach" test!!!!!
Photos are below.
Can appeared normal, just a little wear on the label. No bulging, corrosion, or weakened spots in the metal when I pressed down on it. Had it exhibited any of those signs, I would have thrown it away.
I opened it and the contents looked thicker and chunkier than normal, I poured it into a bowl and they still looked like that (photos #3-4). I took a spoon and stirred it up, then it looked more normal; no odors, unusual debris, or strange colors were noted (last photo).
I heated it up, ate it, and felt fine. That was 2 days ago. I seem to have suffered no ill effects from this unknown-vintage, poorly-stored clam chowder test. I was really worried because of the milk content, but evidently it was not a problem.
This came about completely unexpectedly. I was cleaning my storage space when I found a can of Snow's Clam Chowder with a sell by date/expiration date of March, 2009. No big deal, it's just this month, right? Well I thought back and this can has probably been following me since 2006, possibly earlier. Based on knowing that's when I would have bought "Ready To Serve" chowder, which was only at times when I did not have much time to cook; being a native Cape Codder, any chowder that I don't make myself is considered a sin.
The storage test of this can is because it has been through unknown amounts of temperature and humidity changes over the years. The place I found this can is in itself not a good place to store food, it's my unheated, unregulated, steel storage compartment where I keep tools and automotive stuff, along with housewares and things that aren't temperature sensitive. So this has been in there for about two years, exposed to unknown heights of heat in the summer and cold in the winter. Perfect for an "iron stomach" test!!!!!
Photos are below.
Can appeared normal, just a little wear on the label. No bulging, corrosion, or weakened spots in the metal when I pressed down on it. Had it exhibited any of those signs, I would have thrown it away.
I opened it and the contents looked thicker and chunkier than normal, I poured it into a bowl and they still looked like that (photos #3-4). I took a spoon and stirred it up, then it looked more normal; no odors, unusual debris, or strange colors were noted (last photo).
I heated it up, ate it, and felt fine. That was 2 days ago. I seem to have suffered no ill effects from this unknown-vintage, poorly-stored clam chowder test. I was really worried because of the milk content, but evidently it was not a problem.
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