In article >,
zxcvbob > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > 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? 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?
> >
> > 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?
> > Talk to me! I had a plan for that crab that didn't involve this week!
>
>
> Freezing might ruin the texture. ;-)
>
> Seriously? They are probably scared that the swollen can will open up a
> little at the seam without being noticed; just enough to let spoilage
> get it (or to leak crab juice all over your cabinets.)

Oh, sorry -- this is a one-pound can of refrigerated crab claw meat.
Refrigerator storage, not pantry. Looks like I left out that part.

> If the can is bulged more than a little bit, keep it frozen or use it
> right away. Otherwise, quit worrying about it (but use it up within a
> month or so.)
>
> JMHO,
> Bob

Does that still hold -- the month part -- now that you know the stuff
has always been cold (or mostly cold -- the can was still cold during
the time my fridge door was open).

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