Would you use canned pumpkin with a date of Dec 2016?

[cintinative]

Unfortunately my son decided he didn't like pumpkin muffins as much as previously so I have about six cans of it. I need to keep better track of my pantry!

[SparklyUnicorn]

Yes..no problem.  Canned stuff can last well past the date stamped on them.

 

 

[Jaybee]

I would. 

[regentrude]

yes. The dates are not actually expiration dates; canned stuff lasts much, much longer.

[xixstar]

Yes. 2006 too.

[Guest]

Interesting. I wouldn’t, because my experience with past-date canned goods has not been all positive. One time I made some meatballs to take to a friend who was in an accident. The tomato paste was past date, but I did not notice. I fed my kids the same thing, having made a double-batch. DD told me later it was BAD. I tasted it. It was BAD!

 

I just recently rejected some canned beans because it looked gross. It was paste date and was coagulated in a very unappealing way. So, no. Not for me.

[cjzimmer1]

As long as the can isn't bulged or rusted and the contents smell fine, then absolutely.  I've used things easily 6-8 years past the date too.  But as Quill experienced, you definitely want to give it a once over before just dumping it in.

[Renthead Mommy]

I would.  But we like to live on the  wild side around here. 

 

[Okra]

No problem, I would

[Ali in OR]

I would and did this fall. I keep a pretty big canned pumpkin stock because it's so easy to find and cheap in fall and then many of our stores don't have it or it's twice as expensive after Christmas. But I think I buy more than I need to. I'm using up my cans from two years ago--the pumpkin is fine. No difference between that and the newer cans. If I had 6, that's hard for me to use up. I would use a few and donate a few.

[SparklyUnicorn]

Interesting. I wouldn’t, because my experience with past-date canned goods has not been all positive. One time I made some meatballs to take to a friend who was in an accident. The tomato paste was past date, but I did not notice. I fed my kids the same thing, having made a double-batch. DD told me later it was BAD. I tasted it. It was BAD!

 

I just recently rejected some canned beans because it looked gross. It was paste date and was coagulated in a very unappealing way. So, no. Not for me.

 

I read that very acidic canned items don't tend to last as long past the date. 

[trulycrabby]

I would open the can and smell it first. If it smells fine, then I would taste it to see if it's good.

Edited December 16, 2017 by trulycrabby

[Arctic Bunny]

I would open the can and smell it first. If it smells fine, then I would taste it to see if it's good.

I would use it, taking the above precautions first. Assuming I had actually checked the date, of course!

[JudoMom]

I would, too.

[Lawana]

I read that very acidic canned items don't tend to last as long past the date.

Ya think? Lol. After my grandmother passed (at age 99), her daughters were going through her basement, which included a room of food storage shelves. On a shelf was a can, or what had previously been a can, but at the time presented with a bottom rim, a top rim, and a strip of welded metal separating the two. May or may not have dated from the time tomatoes were canned in unlined cans. 😂

[mumto2]

As long as it looked and smelled fine no problem. I actually used a can of pumpkin older than that recently, no effects or complaints.

[Terabith]

No.  I wouldn't.  But I'm paranoid about food safety.

[Guest]

I wouldn’t because I would worry about it tasting bad.

[J-rap]

We have a jar of homemade choke cherries that came with our house, dated 1921!  I don't think we'll be eating those, but we like to keep them, for fun.  :)  

[Mom22ns]

I'm just amazed that people look at dates on cans  :lol:  :leaving: