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>Stark Raven
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>In article >, PENMART01
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>> >(Doug Freyburger)
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>> >Stark Raven wrote:
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>> >> I thought they'd keep but after a couple of months, they're tasting a
>> >> little whangey. Not bad just stronger, getting closer to the
>> >> ultra-salty, oil-packed version. Why a couple of months? Well, I had
>> >> to buy a 2 lb. can and we don't eat anchovies every day.
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>> >Cans? Cans aren't intended to keep after being opened.
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>> Hmm, I've never seen salt packed anchovy packaged in metal, would eat right
>> through in short order unless those cans are of gold; large quantities in
>> wooden kegs, small quantities in glass jars... oil packed in tins.
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>The cans/tins come with a heavy rubber/plastic covers for sealing
>purposes, but after three months the rim is showing some corrosion.
>Hmmmmm. Maybe that's the whangey taste.

It is, called electrolytic action... essentially the can becomes a wet cell
battery... didja ever lick the end of a D cell... I've licked many a "D"...
even "DD"s!

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