In article >,
"Dimitri" > wrote:

> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I bought a one-pound can of crab meat at TJ on Thursday. On the side it
> > said "Do not freeze." What'll happen if, say, hypothetically kind of,
> > maybe put it outside where it's, uh, colder than, say, your average
> > somebody's deep freeze and maybe somebody could hear it sounding kind
> > of, you know, "slushy" in the can? If somebody eats it, are they doomed
> > to die?
>
>
> No Of course not

Phew! I won't worry about eating that today, either.
>
>
> What if it's warmed up some so it's not, uh, slushy-sounding
> > but more like it's supposed to sound -- kind of liquidy-like?
>
> Don't know try it and see. :-)

You're just one helluva lot of help, D. :-P

> > Is there a reason for the admonition to not freeze it other than
> > expansion of the liquid and the likelihood of making the can bulge?
>
> I doubt it but the can may also split and spill crab juice all over when
> defrosting,

> Dimitri

OK. I'll leave it in the fridge for a couple weeks.



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