General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Yes, tinned foods do last longer, but foodstuffs such as corned beef keep a long time in a freezer, chest freezer that is.

Talking about food in tins lasting for years, I read a story a while back about something my husband and I used to get delivered when we lived in West Germany, and we were in the middle of nowhere for a while, and that was chicken in a tin - a whole small chicken in its own jelly. It was deelish!

Well, the story I heard was that one of these chickens in a tin was found somewhere, 50 years on, and the contents were still good.

Mind you, I did find two steam puddings in my cupboard not long ago. My partner had loved them, so I thought I'd check the dates, and they were 2006 and 2007. When I picked them up and shook them they sounded like a pair of maracas clanking away!