Chicken... 3 years past use by date... tasted great

[Skean Dhude]

I agree I've eaten several tins that have been forgotten and well past their sell by date. I make sure that when I buy my tins none are dented or damaged and if they are when I come across them at home I eat then straight away.

I heard something a long time ago that may be BS but I never forgot. WHen a tin is dinted the inside has microfractures which the ingredients get to and eat the metal. The food obsorbs the metal and when the actual tin gets thin enough the O2 outside starts to interact and the food becomes posionous. It makes sense but I don't know if it is true. Nevertheless I avoid dints in tins.