A friend had a house fire. The roof burned above their apartment.
Parts of the ceiling fell into their apt. but most of their stuff was
not burned, just mostly water and smoke damaged. We helped them salvage
and move their stuff out today. They had a lot of canned food in a
cabinet, which was not harmed by the fire itself or even wet inside the
cabinet. But the fire was earlier in the week and since the weather has
been cold, and there is no roof on part of the house, the house has not
been heated. Thus these canned foods are all frozen. They said to toss
them in the trash, but we decided to save them.

Most are canned soups, and many are the expensive types. Is there any
reason that they should not be eaten? The cans are not damaged or
bulging, in fact they look like they came right out of the grocery
store, and dont even smell of smoke, at least not that I can notice, but
after being in the place all day, who knows.

Besides that, there was some new jars of peanut butter, cooking oil,
cans of beer, household cleaners, lightbulbs, etc. Those I know are ok.
We are wipeing all the cans off with a wet cloth, to remove any smoke
odor that might be on them.

I have a thing about avoiding wastefulness, and this all seems usable
yet. We also got other stuff for helping, that I thought the people
should keep, but I think they are just all stressed out, and all they
wanted to salvege was the big stuff, and toss the rest. For example,
pots and pans, and all their silverware and cooking utensels were frozen
in the plastic silverware tray, and the drawer so they said take it or
dump it. We just brought the whole drawer home. All that needed was a
sink full of hot water and it's good as new. Hell, that silverware is a
whole matching set, better than our odds and ends set that we have.

Now that those cans of beer seem thawed, I think it's time to have a
few....

wrote:
> Most are canned soups, and many are the expensive types. Is there any
> reason that they should not be eaten? The cans are not damaged or
> bulging, in fact they look like they came right out of the grocery
> store, and dont even smell of smoke, at least not that I can notice, but
> after being in the place all day, who knows.

Snipped most of the silly story.

I recently had several cans of soup that froze when I forgot to bring
them in from my truck overnight. They thawed just fine and I've eaten
most of them. I would not keep them for years though, just in case the
seal was compromised.

Put an 'X' on them with a Sharpie, and use them up first if you have
other cans too. HTH :-)

Bob

wrote:
> A friend had a house fire. The roof burned above their apartment.
> Parts of the ceiling fell into their apt. but most of their stuff was
> not burned, just mostly water and smoke damaged. We helped them
> salvage and move their stuff out today. They had a lot of canned
> food in a cabinet, which was not harmed by the fire itself or even
> wet inside the cabinet. But the fire was earlier in the week and
> since the weather has been cold, and there is no roof on part of the
> house, the house has not been heated. Thus these canned foods are
> all frozen. They said to toss them in the trash, but we decided to
> save them.
>
> Most are canned soups, and many are the expensive types. Is there any
> reason that they should not be eaten? The cans are not damaged or
> bulging, in fact they look like they came right out of the grocery
> store, and dont even smell of smoke, at least not that I can notice,
> but after being in the place all day, who knows.
>
> Besides that, there was some new jars of peanut butter, cooking oil,
> cans of beer, household cleaners, lightbulbs, etc. Those I know are
> ok. We are wipeing all the cans off with a wet cloth, to remove any
> smoke odor that might be on them.
>
> I have a thing about avoiding wastefulness, and this all seems usable
> yet. We also got other stuff for helping, that I thought the people
> should keep, but I think they are just all stressed out, and all they
> wanted to salvege was the big stuff, and toss the rest. For example,
> pots and pans, and all their silverware and cooking utensels were
> frozen in the plastic silverware tray, and the drawer so they said
> take it or dump it. We just brought the whole drawer home. All that
> needed was a sink full of hot water and it's good as new. Hell, that
> silverware is a whole matching set, better than our odds and ends set
> that we have.
>
> Now that those cans of beer seem thawed, I think it's time to have a
> few....

I don't think the quality of frozen beer would be good. I think the only
potential problem with frozen cans of food might be if the cans would burst.
It's possible that the quality could suffer but they should be safe to eat.

"The Other Guy" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 8 Feb 2013 22:45:40 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>
>
>>I don't think the quality of frozen beer would be good.
>
> I'm sure it's going to taste fine to the troll.

Prolly.

On Fri, 8 Feb 2013 22:45:40 -0800, "Julie Bove" >
wrote:

wrote:
>> A friend had a house fire. The roof burned above their apartment.
>> Parts of the ceiling fell into their apt. but most of their stuff was
>> not burned, just mostly water and smoke damaged. We helped them
>> salvage and move their stuff out today. They had a lot of canned
>> food in a cabinet, which was not harmed by the fire itself or even
>> wet inside the cabinet. But the fire was earlier in the week and
>> since the weather has been cold, and there is no roof on part of the
>> house, the house has not been heated. Thus these canned foods are
>> all frozen. They said to toss them in the trash, but we decided to
>> save them.
>>
>> Most are canned soups, and many are the expensive types. Is there any
>> reason that they should not be eaten? The cans are not damaged or
>> bulging, in fact they look like they came right out of the grocery
>> store, and dont even smell of smoke, at least not that I can notice,
>> but after being in the place all day, who knows.
>>
>> Besides that, there was some new jars of peanut butter, cooking oil,
>> cans of beer, household cleaners, lightbulbs, etc. Those I know are
>> ok. We are wipeing all the cans off with a wet cloth, to remove any
>> smoke odor that might be on them.
>>
>> I have a thing about avoiding wastefulness, and this all seems usable
>> yet. We also got other stuff for helping, that I thought the people
>> should keep, but I think they are just all stressed out, and all they
>> wanted to salvege was the big stuff, and toss the rest. For example,
>> pots and pans, and all their silverware and cooking utensels were
>> frozen in the plastic silverware tray, and the drawer so they said
>> take it or dump it. We just brought the whole drawer home. All that
>> needed was a sink full of hot water and it's good as new. Hell, that
>> silverware is a whole matching set, better than our odds and ends set
>> that we have.
>>
>> Now that those cans of beer seem thawed, I think it's time to have a
>> few....
>
>I don't think the quality of frozen beer would be good. I think the only
>potential problem with frozen cans of food might be if the cans would burst.
>It's possible that the quality could suffer but they should be safe to eat.
>
The beer was fine!
That's one thing I've had quite a few times. Ive put them in the
freezer in summer to chill them quick, and forget about them....
Actually in the summer, I like slushy beer, and soda too.

Frozen beer cans dont usually blow up, but soda does, and makes a huge
sticky mess.

wrote:
>
> The beer was fine!
> That's one thing I've had quite a few times. Ive put them in the
> freezer in summer to chill them quick, and forget about them....
> Actually in the summer, I like slushy beer, and soda too.
>
> Frozen beer cans dont usually blow up, but soda does, and makes a huge
> sticky mess.

I did what you do with beer once and forget them. One can did expand and pop
the tab. The next day I had "beer ice" all over everything in the freezer.
It was not fun.

Gary

On Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:59:14 -0500, Gary > wrote:

wrote:
>>
>> The beer was fine!
>> That's one thing I've had quite a few times. Ive put them in the
>> freezer in summer to chill them quick, and forget about them....
>> Actually in the summer, I like slushy beer, and soda too.
>>
>> Frozen beer cans dont usually blow up, but soda does, and makes a huge
>> sticky mess.
>
>I did what you do with beer once and forget them. One can did expand and pop
>the tab. The next day I had "beer ice" all over everything in the freezer.
>It was not fun.
>
>Gary

If they get cold enough, they will burst. I had a couple cans burst in
the trunk of the car during winter. That was a mess. But they really
have to get super cold before they blow. Soda bursts much sooner.

On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:53:38 -0600, wrote:

>On Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:59:14 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
wrote:
>>>
>>> The beer was fine!
>>> That's one thing I've had quite a few times. Ive put them in the
>>> freezer in summer to chill them quick, and forget about them....
>>> Actually in the summer, I like slushy beer, and soda too.
>>>
>>> Frozen beer cans dont usually blow up, but soda does, and makes a huge
>>> sticky mess.
>>
>>I did what you do with beer once and forget them. One can did expand and pop
>>the tab. The next day I had "beer ice" all over everything in the freezer.
>>It was not fun.
>>
>>Gary
>
>If they get cold enough, they will burst. I had a couple cans burst in
>the trunk of the car during winter. That was a mess. But they really
>have to get super cold before they blow. Soda bursts much sooner.

Freezing beer makes it undrinkable, the time I put cans of beer in the
freezer to chill them quickly and didn't pull them out before they
began to freeze the alcohol separated and it tasted disgusting, I
tossed the one I opened. The others went into the fridge and after a
few hours were better but not nearly as good as beer that has never
been frozen.