Confirmed Food Life - Personal Experience In Long Term Storage

[xtry51]

I have lots of jar pasta sauce. It's all been fine. I think the oldest I have right now is 2012.

 

[JayMcB]

just tried some pastene anchovies with an expiration in 2011....they made my Ceasar dressing very bitter. Made it again with a can that expired in '12, that one was fine.

 

[FrugalFannie]

no expiration dates on my home canned goods (pressure canned). Just used some ground beef canned in Nov, 2012 for shepherds pie. YUM!

 

[Duxprep]

Only thing I've had go bad were cans of tomato sauce and canned fruit. In both cases cans started leaking. I'm still making pasta and soups dated 2007/8 that are perfectly fine

 

[xtry51]

Bought more tuna today. Man I miss buying solid white for 0.79 normal price. I cringed paying 1.05/can on sale.

 

[je25ff]

I really need to check on my MRE stash. They're getting close to hitting 5 years. I had a beef brisket one not too long ago and it was fine.

 

[cockpitbob]

Found a bottle of cognac in a moving box in the basement. The bottle had been opened about 8 years ago. It was fine!

 

[In God We Trust]

I really need to check on my MRE stash. They're getting close to hitting 5 years. I had a beef brisket one not too long ago and it was fine.

I have a couple cases I have to throw out. Had them like 8 years

 

[FrugalFannie]

I have a couple cases I have to throw out. Had them like 8 years

Are you kidding? Those things last forever if stored properly

 

[namedpipes]

Are you kidding? Those things last forever if stored properly

It might be more fair to say:

"After 8 years of proper storage, they are no less inedible than they are after 1 year."

 

[Venomousgrin]

This just showed up on break.com http://www.break.com/video/man-eats-60-year-old-food-ration-from-korean-war-2998324http://

Actually he has a whole youtube channel about eating old rations https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I6Et1JkidnnbWgJFiMeHA/videos

 

[je25ff]

 

[namedpipes]

You're all amateurs.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/2555/prehistoric-meat-up

After successfully unearthing and preserving “Blue Babe,” a 36,000-year-old steppe bison found near Fairbanks in 1979, Guthrie’s team celebrates by simmering some leftover flesh from Babe’s neck “in a pot of stock and vegetables.” The author reports that “the meat was well aged but still a little tough, and it gave the stew a strong Pleistocene aroma.”

Other, less substantiated stories claim woolly mammoth meat up to 250k years old has been served up for dinner.

 

[P-14]

Amateur I am. Ate a can of Progresso Wedding Soup that expired in October of 2013 yesterday and I'm still standing. The look, taste, and consistency were the same as a new can, IMO.

 

[JayMcB]

Pastene tomatoes expired 3-14, made pizzas just fine.

 

[xtry51]

Opened another BigY peanut butter from 9/10 today. Not even oil separation. Tasted exactly like a new jar. Made some peanut butter cookies.

 

[drgrant]

Found a bottle of cognac in a moving box in the basement. The bottle had been opened about 8 years ago. It was fine!

Booze lasts forever if stored right. I think i still have stuff in my basement over 25 yrs old.

 

[P-14]

Booze lasts forever if stored right. I think i still have stuff in my basement over 25 yrs old.

And, it probably tastes better than the new stuff!

 

[KMM696]

Can of 2012 tuna yesterday - it was fine. Might have lost a little bit of that 'fresh canned tuna flavor', but not at all bad.

 

[je25ff]

Can of 2012 tuna yesterday - it was fine. Might have lost a little bit of that 'fresh canned tuna flavor', but not at all bad.

That didn't go so well for me a few weeks ago. Let's just say my stomach was on the ball enough to not let any of it get digested.

 

[xtry51]

That didn't go so well for me a few weeks ago. Let's just say my stomach was on the ball enough to not let any of it get digested.

Oil or water?

I only long term store water packed as oil can degrade over time.

I'm eating tuna from '12 regularly along with my wife and kids. Zero issues.

Also what brand? Can popped?

 

[allen-1]

Oil or water?

I only long term store water packed as oil can degrade over time.

I'm eating tuna from '12 regularly along with my wife and kids. Zero issues.

Also what brand? Can popped?

I can just see the notes your kids bring to school;

"Jeffy was out sick again because he was xtry51's food-taster."

 

[xtry51]

Lol. I always Guinea pig myself first.

 

[JayMcB]

Lol. I always Guinea pig myself first.

THIS.

 

[Finalygotabeltfed]

Made some ham salad last week with 08 dated canned hams, no ill effects.......maybe no good effects either but proves a point that they will last a long time.

 

[xtry51]

That didn't go so well for me a few weeks ago. Let's just say my stomach was on the ball enough to not let any of it get digested.

Seriously, I still want to know the details of this tuna. What not to store is just as important to know.

 

[FrugalFannie]

Food: Raw Almonds
Stored: 11/13/11 in a food saver bag, spent time in my backpack in my car as emergency food and the rest of the time in the basement or other areas of my house

Opened: 2/5/15
Result: Taste like new.

"professional" advice is to only store almonds for up to a year if in a freezer.

 

[xtry51]

Nice. Some nuts don't store well, but I haven't done enough to know for sure.

Might be worth throwing some in a pail for linger term in a Mylar with O2 absorber then.

 

[FrugalFannie]

Nice. Some nuts don't store well, but I haven't done enough to know for sure.

Might be worth throwing some in a pail for linger term in a Mylar with O2 absorber then.

I have since switched to mylar and O2 absorbers but these results are great.

 

[JayMcB]

We ate a can of B&M baked beans with a 2012 expiration date. Tasted a little like can, but edible.

Also made fish cakes from salted cod which had been vacuum foodsavered since 2012. Cannot tell from 'new' salted cod.