notbob wrote:
>
> On 2008-04-17, Mark Thorson > wrote:
>
> > I've seen salad shrimp being removed from a large frozen can
> > (yes, some canned food is frozen, presumably because it was
> > never sterilized)
>
> To paraphrase Einstein:
>
> Two things are infinite: The universe and your stupidity; and I could be
> wrong about the universe.

You seem not to comprehend that canning is sometimes
used only as a container, not a sterile environment.
For example, peanuts, which are often canned without
being retorted. And a very high volume of other
stuff sold in cans without being sterilized.

I have indeed seen small salad shrimp being taken
from a refrigerated or frozen can, clearly marked
as being from Alaska. Having bought some of these
shrimp and eaten them, I can assure you that they
were not cooked to death like any canned shrimp
that was retorted to sterility.