On 02/06/2020 09:00, N_Cook wrote:
On 02/06/2020 00:18, ss wrote:
On 01/06/2020 20:14, Ophelia wrote:


"Scott"Â* wrote in message
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In the old days we used to keep opened tins in the fridge.Â* I think
you could even buy a plastic lid to fit on the tin.Â* Now we are told
to transfer the contents to another container.

Has the construction of tins changed, or is this another example of
excess caution?Â* I have never known a tin to start rusting in the
timescale involved and even if it did, the rust would be at the top
not were the food is.

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Â* In the old days there were no fridges LOL


Back then 60s when we didnt have best befores etc the test was if the
the unopened top of a can had `blown` (buldging) then the food had
reacted with the metal, producing gas and was therefore off.
back then we were not so clinical with cooked/uncooked meats blocks of
cheese, no plastic gloves etc and never heard of food poisoning.

And lived to tell the tale.
No need then of "petting zoos" and the like to offset ultra-sterile
modern living conditions. Hormesis:- a little of what does you harm,
does you good.


Well in fact they didn't call it food poisoning then, they called it
diarrhoea. Or cholera. Or gastric flu. And everyone had it once or twice
a month. Until refrigerators turned up. And babies died of it.

If you visit places like Mexico or Africa it's the same. You will get
the squits. Badly. Again and again.

And babies die of it over there all the time, in droves. Infant
diarrhoea. Biggest killer outside in et real world.

Herd immunity my arse.

There are people who can remember what it was like before vaccines and
antibiotics and chlorinated water and refrigerators, and there are
people who think it was wonderful.

The first thing a Soweto mum buys when she steals electricity from a
nearby pole, is a refrigerator.
(The second is a TV)




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