Spam . . .

Here's a video about the cans of generic brand 'Spam' products not holding up like the actual brand 'Spam':

The Dangers of storing SPAM for SHTF,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ct7wSKomIM

Was researching shelf life of Spam and it seems it's 2-5 years, with 5 years being the average mentioned. One site actually said 5 years AFTER the 'best buy' date.  Here's some of my sources:

Does Spam Go Bad? Everything About Its Shelf Life And Expiration
https://www.survivalprices.com/2022/02/09/does-spam-go-bad-everything-about-its-shelf-life-and-expiration/

Spam’s Shelf Life & Use As A Survival Food
https://safeprepping.com/spam-shelf-life/

What’s the Actual Shelf-life of Spam?
https://www.survivalsullivan.com/spam-shelf-life/

Everybody keeps saying 2 to 5 years, but I regularly eat stuff older than that.

Personally, I limit it to 7 years, if it has a pop-top, because the seam where it tears is so thin. The video above mentions the seam, which is what actually failed on the generic. It wasn't the product inside the can, but the machining of the metal that was bad.

(P.S.: one of these days we need to put together a thread on things like botulism and other things that can go wrong with stored food. And maybe some remedies.)

TRex2 wrote:Everybody keeps saying 2 to 5 years, but I regularly eat stuff older than that.

Personally, I limit it to 7 years, if it has a pop-top, because the seam where it tears is so thin. The video above mentions the seam, which is what actually failed on the generic. It wasn't the product inside the can, but the machining of the metal that was bad.

(P.S.: one of these days we need to put together a thread on things like botulism and other things that can go wrong with stored food. And maybe some remedies.)

I've been know to press the limit, on many things, myself!

TRex2 wrote:

(P.S.: one of these days we need to put together a thread on things like botulism and other things that can go wrong with stored food. And maybe some remedies.)

You mean like this one?  
Botulism/Food Poisoning

ReadyMom wrote:

TRex2 wrote:

(P.S.: one of these days we need to put together a thread on things like botulism and other things that can go wrong with stored food. And maybe some remedies.)

You mean like this one?  
Botulism/Food Poisoning

That one is pretty good. It didn't make it obvious enough, though, that it wasn't the breaking of the seals that caused the botulism, it was the improper canning. Every jar he canned, by the third day, had botulism growing in it, not just the ones that lost their seal.

I hear, way too often, someone talk about a jar or can unsealing and they say it might contain botulism. Well, if it does, then so do all of the sealed jars or cans done in that same batch. And they have it within a week, after they were canned.

TRex2 wrote:

ReadyMom wrote:

TRex2 wrote:

(P.S.: one of these days we need to put together a thread on things like botulism and other things that can go wrong with stored food. And maybe some remedies.)

You mean like this one?  
Botulism/Food Poisoning

That one is pretty good. It didn't make it obvious enough, though, that it wasn't the breaking of the seals that caused the botulism, it was the improper canning. Every jar he canned, by the third day, had botulism growing in it, not just the ones that lost their seal.

I hear, way too often, someone talk about a jar or can unsealing and they say it might contain botulism. Well, if it does, then so do all of the sealed jars or cans done in that same batch. And they have it within a week, after they were canned.

 Then let's add more info to the Botulism thread and can also expand on this thread: Mistakes in Food Storage