"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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>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!
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
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> -- a woman my age shouldn't
> have this much fun!
>
>
Our TJ canned crab goes on the shelf in the pantry.