On 2017-09-06, cshenk > wrote:
> notbob wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> I found a foil pkg of tuna, eat-by dated Mar of 2014.
>>
>> I recall from my youth working in a cannery, a can is supposed to keep
>> food good fer at least 5 yrs. What's the deal on those foil
>> envelopes?
>>
>> Should I toss it or eat it?
>>
>> nb
>
> For me, I won't get them.
>
> THere is a classic article where a young teen is being nasty to an
> older person abut how her generation has to pay for the older person's
> not being green but the facts were, the older folks didn't live in a
> disposable economy and most things were reused.

Agree.

I've recently begun saving glass jars/bottles/etc jes so I don't hafta
store crap in the plastic containers they might come in. I try and
avoid plastic, wherever possible. 8|

nb