Will I die?

[farmerbarleymow]

But was it 'a dodgy tin of fish', or just an all-pervasive envelopment of negative waves?

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The shits I had were foetid in the extreme - it was truly grim.

 

[bcuster]

Open the can, smell and visually examine the sardines. I wouldn’t worry too much about eating them unless something was obviously foul…

 

[spitfire]

Open the can, smell and visually examine the sardines. I wouldn’t worry too much about eating them unless something was obviously foul…

bcuster clearly a shill for Big Botulism.

bcuster?!?! Just sayin'....

 

[Orang Utan]

if it’s within the date, I’d eat it (if I liked tinned sardines, that is). Can’t see anything untoward on that tin.

 

[bimble]

Put it in the bin and then go without delay to your nearest food shop and purchase a tin of mackerel fillets in the Spicy tomato sauce and eat that instead, which is what you should have done in the first place obvs.

 

[petee]

The shits I had were foetid in the extreme - it was truly grim.

i didn't need to read that.
a simple "throw it out - trust me" would do.

 

[Orang Utan]

The shits I had were foetid in the extreme - it was truly grim.

Were they fizzy? I’ve had that

 

[farmerbarleymow]

i didn't need to read that.
a simple "throw it out - trust me" would do.

I can give you a graphical description if that would help?

 

[Orang Utan]

I can give you a graphical description if that would help?

Please

 

[The39thStep]

On a more fundamental level, sardines should always be binned uneaten. HTH.

Jesus . I had respect once for your opinions . I’m now distraught.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

On a more fundamental level, sardines should always be binned uneaten. HTH.

And here I was thinking you were a normal human being.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Jesus . I had respect once for your opinions . I’m now distraught.

Don't worry, Sue is a wrong 'un

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Now I often play fast and loose with food rules but I'm not sure I would eat that.

Although I would open it and have a closer look before making a final decision...

 

[Elpenor]

If you do die, please remember to come back and update the thread so the rest of Urban will know for the future

 

[spitfire]

if it’s within the date, I’d eat it (if I liked tinned sardines, that is). Can’t see anything untoward on that tin.

There's signs of corrosion around the seal. I wouldn't touch it and I am pretty fast and loose with sell by dates etc. I'm very much a sniff tester.

But iffy fish? Naaah.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

If you do die, please remember to come back and update the thread so the rest of Urban will know for the future

 

[Puddy_Tat]

another vote for

 

[Orang Utan]

There's signs of corrosion around the seal. I wouldn't touch it and I am pretty fast and loose with sell by dates etc. I'm very much a sniff tester.

But iffy fish? Naaah.

ah ok, I can't see owt but I trust your judgment

 

[spitfire]

ah ok, I can't see owt but I trust your judgment

Here you go mate, zoomed in, dodgy af...

 

[Orang Utan]

Here you go mate, zoomed in, dodgy af...

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I spotted that. I'd have just assumed it was flour from sitting in a cupboard for ages

 

[danski]

Deader than the deadest dead that dead can get.

 

[spitfire]

I spotted that. I'd have just assumed it was flour from sitting in a cupboard for ages

It's the tinned food version of the alien chest buster scene.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Were they fizzy? I’ve had that

The thought of you sitting there, with your turds going off like space rocks made me genuinely LOL!

 

[ouirdeaux]

I'm firmly in the camp of those who usually take best before dates and the like with a pinch of salt, and trust their nose, but the combination of potentially damaged tinned food and fish means it's definitely in the bin for me.

 

[Yossarian]

Bury it so that maybe in 100 years somebody with a metal detector will get a weird surprise.

 

[Saunders]

They were an integral part of French field rations in the 80s, so hardly 'back of the cupboard' fare.

Tinned sardines are in the middle front of my cupboard. Dog has the tomato sauce I have the olive oil

 

[DaveCinzano]

The thought of you sitting there, with your turds going off like space rocks made me genuinely LOL!

 

[ouirdeaux]

Tinned sardines are in the middle front of my cupboard. Dog has the tomato sauce I have the olive oil

Admittedly, I don't know your dog, but I'd have that the other way round.

 

[RD2003]

A batch of John West sardines in olive oil has been recalled recently, as a 'precautionary measure' due to possible 'microbiological contamination.' I'm not sure what that means, but it sounds bad. I got a refund from Amazon* because of it. I rushed to check the quoted batch numbers and seemed to be in the clear, which was a relief seeing as I've already made inroads into them.

The human body is designed to eat fish and meat.** If we don't, we have to be careful to replace what we lack if we don't (common knowledge, I know. But it isn't easy.)

A few years back I got a good cholesterol result from my over-fifties health check. The practice nurse who went through my results asked me if I ate loads of oily fish like sardines...

Sardines are great, either on their own or for putting in soups and stews etc. I prefer tinned to the 'proper' ones, which I have eaten at barbeques and got a gobful of tiny sharp bones.


*I do feel guilty about using Amazon. It's a legacy of the pandemic panic thing.

** I do think the meat industry is barbaric, and these days eat red and white meat only when invited by people who have prepared it for everybody else. Can''t give up fish though.

 

[oryx]

I will happily eat condiments from a jar that says 'Use By February 2015' or wrinkly fruit and veg.

But I wouldn't touch that can of sardines with a bargepole. Something looks seriously off with the seal.