momee Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Opened canned pumpkin covered with foil, in fridge since appx last Thursday. I'm thinking it's fine...but...a nagging voice in the back of my head is saying but what about botulism...lol. I'm off to read about just that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I would eat it. The botulism would happen even with a freshly opened can - because the spores develop in improperly canned goods. The can being open now for a few days should not make a difference in this respect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) Left in the can? No. Not worth risking illness for a buck's worth of canned pumpkin. Toss it. Edited January 28, 2016 by JFSinIL 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 ladybugs Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Depends on how you eat it. If you are wanting to lick the can then maybe not. If you are going to put it chili and boil it for 20 minutes, then sure, I don't see why not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I am usually in the "just eat it" camp but for whatever reason, I have internalized a "never store food in open aluminum cans" belief and I pitch open cans other people occasionally stash in the fridge without a second thought. I always transfer leftover canned food to a glass jar or Pyrex container. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Barely a week. Hmmm....I'd do the very scientific smell test ;) , and if it smelled OK and if I was cooking it in some way, I'd probably eat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Sure, we would eat it. DS looooves cold canned pumpkin. The only thing I might feel odd about is if was stored in the can. I'm not sure where I picked up the idea that isn't a safe practice (didn't cans used to be lead or lead lined or something? I also still never buy dented cans, so somewhere I must have heard some serious can handling warnings. Doesn't mean they are still valid though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaBearTeacher Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 No, not in a can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I would eat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I'm with some of the PP's- I didn't think you were supposed to store foods in the can. Although maybe that's just tomato products? Pumpkin is so cheap, I'd toss it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSmomof2 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I'd toss it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I am usually in the "just eat it" camp but for whatever reason, I have internalized a "never store food in open aluminum cans" belief and I pitch open cans other people occasionally stash in the fridge without a second thought. I always transfer leftover canned food to a glass jar or Pyrex container. Why? What's bad about opened cans that gets better when the content is transferred to another dish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Why? What's bad about opened cans that gets better when the content is transferred to another dish? Metallic flavor transfer. Not sealed in the fridge. I think it's more a quality vs. safety thing with today's cans. That said, I must have been told not to store food in cans about 1765 times as a kid. So I do what I was taught. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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