Sheldon wrote:

> wrote:
>
wrote:
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>>>How safe would it be to leave food in opened cans?
>>>
>>>I can remember in past days that doing so would cause lead poisoning.
>>>I am not sure what they line the cans with now, but I am sure it does
>>>not contain lead.
>>>
>>>How safe would it be to open a can of beans and eat half and put the
>>>other half covered in the fridge? Leave it for a day? Leave it for
>>a week?
>>
>>Perfectly safe. If the can itself is covered the food will remain
>>fresh as long as it would in a storage container. I've stuck half-full
>>cans in the fridge (much to my spouse's horror)covered with a plastic
>>baggie. No problem.
>>
>>Mac
>
> Highly unsafe practice... leftover tinned food must be removed to a
> non-metalic container.
>
> http://www.nfpa-food.org/content/consumers/faqs.asp

Or else you get "Open can poisoning" because the can suddenly
transforms into Kryptonite and makes you weak and you fall down,
sobbing, next to Clark Kent (who you didn't know was Superman because
he combed his hair differently and put on those eyeglasses).

Oh, wait. I forgot. That doesn't happen anymore. Now what happens is
that the can gradually shrinks because of the humidity levels in the
fridge and squeezes the food in it into little bullets of Former-Food
that are only useful as anti-tank slugs, but with protein, fats and
carbs...

Cans are designed to hold food. Modern packaging practices have
removed the things in the containers that could potentially be
harmful. Corporate lawyers have changed the laws of physics and
biochemistry just by saying it's not safe, just like blowhole Sheldon
whose last original thought was to fingerpaint with that stuff he
found in his diaper. Amazing power over the physical universe, they
all have...

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