Storing food in tins

[tim...]

tin

that's where the name come from

(though more acidic contents have a layer of plastic)

[Adam Funk]

Same here -- I'm more concerned about the mess than injury.

[Adam Funk]

That's some tough snot!

[Adam Funk]

We were told several times in school in the 1970s that bulging tins could have botulism & should be thrown away unopened. (I've never seen one.)

[Andrew]

Started in 1792 by Jeremy Clarksons great-great-great grandfather, according to BBC 'who do you think you are'. A later relative inherited the business and bankrupted it.

[Andrew]

Helped to distribute the juice from the sliced tomatoes into the bread :-)

[Andrew]

No soshal media and never reported in the local papers, I suspect.

[Max Demian]

A little too big for the "standard" tin, e.g. baked beans or chopped tomatoes.

[T i m]

Hehe.

And if you were hungry (and you generally were, less of an obesity problem then than now) it didn't actually matter if said cheese and tomato was now pressed into what looked like pita bread, it was still welcomed and (of course) tasted fine. ;-)

You didn't even care if you ate a jam sarnie one between the cheese and tomato and paste ones. ;-)

Tell the kids today and they wouldn't believe you ...

Cheers, T i m

[charles]

the plastic lids for dog food were the right size/

[Clive Arthur]

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This is why you should always buy fish in a tomato sauce, that way the blood doesn't show.

[Ophelia]

We had no fridge, just a larder with, nominally, a wire grid over the (small) outside window to keep insects out. Of course it didn't and for some reason the idea of covering food didn't occur to people. As a result, I have no recollection of getting any of the usual childhood illnesses (e.g. measles), but I do recall during the first 10 years of life a regular occurrence of vomitting. Probably due to very poor food hygiene.

Tim

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Just the same for my family:)

[Andrew]

Glenryck pilchards.

Used to feed the cat on them when I was a kid because they were cheap.

Now not so cheap, but I eat them now with a salad or on toast.

[Jim GM4DHJ ...]

when I started in building control on 1974 we had to ask for larder vents in new houses or a north facing window ....and a daylighting window in a kitchen ....sounds so old fashioned these days....

[Ophelia]

when I started in building control on 1974 we had to ask for larder vents in new houses or a north facing window ....and a daylighting window in a kitchen ....sounds so old fashioned these days....

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Sound just the same as my family's house.

[Jim GM4DHJ ...]

the good old days

[Ophelia]

the good old days

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LOL you could say that:))

[T i m]

The Mrs suffers from that sometimes (depending on the lid).

I'm going to get the 3D printer out tomorrow (anyway) and something like that might be handy. ;-)

I am lucky to have fairly good / strong fingers (open beer cans one handed etc) but you do get the odd tough one, although I usually also have the Leatherman on me so ... ;-)

Cheers, T i m

[Scott]

Don't bring that up again.

[Jim GM4DHJ ...]

I did ...tee hee