tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post705875266386061643..comments2024-03-29T21:18:18.237+10:30Comments on Drifting through life: dented or otherwise damaged cans, what do you do?Riverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-39826226034022448852011-07-12T03:03:34.251+09:302011-07-12T03:03:34.251+09:30I have noticed this, too. In the "old days&qu...I have noticed this, too. In the "old days" dented cans were put in a separate area and sold at a discount to people who were willing to take the risk of eating them in order to save money.<br /><br />Now, when you go to buy a can of something, almost all the cans on the shelf are dented, and you have to go through all of them, inspecting each can until you find one that is indented.Lunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-12095858879338575512011-07-01T05:52:35.424+09:302011-07-01T05:52:35.424+09:30Yes. You're right.Yes. You're right.Frogdancerhttp://dancingwithfrogs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-10878246019171641622011-06-28T15:24:28.639+09:302011-06-28T15:24:28.639+09:30mybabyjohn; it's sad to think that the food ba...mybabyjohn; it's sad to think that the food banks only get second or third rate leftovers to give out to the homeless. The ones I know about here get bread that's one or two days old, but I haven't heard of them getting mouldy bread. <br /><br />Andrew; I can only think the loads get dropped at some stage. Possibly a whole crate dropped off a forklift? Or stock pushed by forklft onto a high shelf that is already full so the back section gets squashed? <br /><br />Linda; I'm not much above poverty level myself. I don't buy organic much, especially not canned or processed, but I grow a few veg. myself so I know they're fresh. I buy an occasional dented can, usually the dent is so small I don't notice it until I'm home, but I would never buy an out-of-date can. I don't buy much canned food anyway, mostly baked beans and tomato soup. <br /><br />Baino; rusted or otherwise discoloured, and blown cans are the ones to watch out for, mostly. and out of date stuff. <br /><br />amandab; my canned purchases are limited too, I prefer fresh or frozen for vegetables. I make all my own soups too, except for tomato. <br /><br />Happy Elf; I can't see a slug there. I see black mould with white fungus spores along one edge, which indicates to me the can has been left open for quite some time, possibly shoved to the back of a fridge?Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-51750506735898997322011-06-28T13:23:36.432+09:302011-06-28T13:23:36.432+09:30It did look like a slug to me, but with the eviden...It did look like a slug to me, but with the evidence outlined in your post, I'd wonder about mould as well. :P blech!Happy Elf Momhttp://www.homeschoolnetc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-36264374777932081002011-06-28T08:08:31.073+09:302011-06-28T08:08:31.073+09:30So glad that I only use limited canned produce now...So glad that I only use limited canned produce now, and I always avoid any that appear damaged, but yes, I have noticed that someitmes it is hard to find something that is not damaged in some way. I don't know why that idea has always been in my head, but it has.amandabhttp://teaand2.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-46195644339949293882011-06-28T06:05:00.314+09:302011-06-28T06:05:00.314+09:30Yeh I agree, I've always only picked up cans t...Yeh I agree, I've always only picked up cans that are pristine and undented. Someone a long time ago told me not to buy damaged cans. Although my Coles never puts them on the shelf.Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-60117895887559006112011-06-28T03:04:38.823+09:302011-06-28T03:04:38.823+09:30I have seriously become OCD with grocery shopping....I have seriously become OCD with grocery shopping. I live at poverty level and yet I buy organic when possible (not much available here but I try). I always look for dates and dents and would never buy out-of-date or any can with a dent. I even have gotten to where I will not buy the first item at the front of a row, but have to go back 2 or 3 items. The thinking there is people put things in there baskets and then they are later, who knows how long, are returned to the shelf by a worker.<br />I also have to go to the food bank the last week of the month, and give the out-of-date and dented cans to neighbors. They think I'm weird. Probably so.Rubye Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511953177053448513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-15629390677648718592011-06-27T22:11:35.651+09:302011-06-27T22:11:35.651+09:30You are right. The odd dented can on the shelves i...You are right. The odd dented can on the shelves is ok, but many? But the puzzling things is when they are tightly packaged together, how do they all get dented?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-84534817311024208002011-06-27T22:06:09.126+09:302011-06-27T22:06:09.126+09:30Years ago I helped out at the local food bank a bi...Years ago I helped out at the local food bank a bit. There was nothing BUT dented cans there. It made me want to weep to see people being so grateful for dented cans and semi mouldy bread.<br />I always bring my watch dog shopping with me (read husband). He examines every can I pick up and the odd time he has pointed out a dent I missed and exchanged the can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-73326532869507368082011-06-27T20:35:07.270+09:302011-06-27T20:35:07.270+09:30Windsmoke; I inspect cans too before buying. If it...Windsmoke; I inspect cans too before buying. If it's just a very shallow dent and the can is otherwise undamaged I'd probably buy it, but rusty cans would never make it into my trolley. <br />Better to take those to the service desk and have it removed from sale. <br /><br />EC; I don't want to be saying the grandmother's story is untrue, but the can does look like it has been opened and stored more than a day. Look at the can discolouration just at the inside open rim. <br /><br />Toni; some small and shallow dents are acceptable. A can which has "blown" should never be purchased, likewise a rusted can. <br /><br />Ann O'Dyne; We were taught this sort of thing in school, in Home Economics, and a lot of us learned it from our mums too. But younger generations don't seem to know as much about food storage. Many immigrants from less developed countries may not know the dangers either. and I think this may be the case here.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-17660865811086317512011-06-27T17:37:41.241+09:302011-06-27T17:37:41.241+09:30despite seeing endless bacteria cultures on TV (in...despite seeing endless bacteria cultures on TV (in the news and in dramas) many people have no understanding of how germs would grow in food stored after a spoon from a mouth had been in it.<br /><br />people are pretty dumb about food contamination altogether really.<br />and sneezing too. near food. erk.Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-67321882533251179742011-06-27T17:23:26.743+09:302011-06-27T17:23:26.743+09:30I won't take a dodgy can, I check them very th...I won't take a dodgy can, I check them very thoroughly before they go into the trolley.Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16561240096806868742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-49632255989430272652011-06-27T15:28:14.054+09:302011-06-27T15:28:14.054+09:30You are right about that can - it didn't look ...You are right about that can - it didn't look as if it had been stored properly. I don't know whether the damage happened before it got to the store, in the store, or at home, but I wouldn't have been opening that can for consumption. And it is nice to know that I am not alone in being picky about this issue.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664393407924733681.post-72441781886233886272011-06-27T14:52:40.758+09:302011-06-27T14:52:40.758+09:30Every time i buy a canned product i inspect it car...Every time i buy a canned product i inspect it carefully for rust and dents. When i do find a can with dents or rust i leave it on the shelf, better to be safe than sorry :-).Windsmoke.http://windsmoke.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com