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!


IANAcrab expert, but I believe the texture might be affected a bit.
That won't matter so much unless you plan to use it au naturel.
In any kind of sauce or casserole (sorry, hotdish) it shouldn't
make much difference.

gloria p