Left us Italian Beef(6/2/22), middle is Pulled pork(5/17/22), right is Navy bean(5/13/22). I found these in the back of the pantry. I didn’t can them but my dad did and has pressure canned all my life so I trust his skills, I’ve just never had anything over 3 years old. Lids are still sealed.
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If it has a strong seal when you pop the lid, and it smells good, and the texture is okay, I’d probably eat it. Everyone’s risk register is different. My dad passed in 2023 and I have eaten some things he canned this year. It makes me feel close to him.
Personally I don’t trust any thing with meat that I didn’t do myself. (no offence to your dad) Plus if they were stored with rings you could have a false seal. I’d toss.
If they were properly canned and properly stored they will be ok to eat, as in they won’t make you sick, over time the texture will change and the nutritional value will decrease, but you can still eat it.
A few months ago I opened a jar of peaches I canned in 2008…18 YEARS ago. the texture was soft, but tasted delicious. Time can affect texture, but it is safe if sealed.
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If it’s been stored with rings on, no, I wouldn’t trust it.
Hey, yall, i just started canning last year. Started small with just doing leftover tomatoes, but I digress. Are we supposed to remove the ring? I never have, but I’ve always made sure i heard the pop before each can was stored away. I’m just curious. Does the ring prevent it from popping open if there is no true seal? Are we supposed to store without the ring?
I’m curious to hear the answers on this as well. I just moved and when I moved I realized in my canned goods I had a bunch of water bath pickled squash with hot peppers, as well as some pickled peppers. All made using safe water bath canning recipes from ball. They’re from 22 and 23. I mean I have other jars of stuff from 24 and 25 that I’m eating through as well. But the 22 and 23 batches I didn’t know about the lids so they have been stored with the rings on. I feel like it’s less dicey than meat, but that’s just anecdotal if it’s any consolation I typically didn’t fully tighten the Bands back up. Typically at 24 hours I’d take the bands off grab them by the lid and lift and give it a light Shake. And then I would put the bands back on at 24 hours. I never crank the bands down but I put them back on.
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My grandmother used to get the old man with dementia that lived across the street to “update” the dates on her preserves so my mom and aunt wouldn’t throw them away.