# Foods that don't seem to ever expire **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-seem-to-ever-expire/710419 "2015-01-20T22:18:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-seem-to-ever-expire/710419/41 "2015-01-25T21:40:13Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > I’ve noticed canned meats have surprisingly long best-before dates. > Canned ham, canned corned beef, anchovies, etc. During some grocery shopping this afternoon, I checked the best-by dates on some canned meat & fish. Observed lengthy: King Oscar sardines in oil: Nov 2019 Goya corned beef: Aug 2019 Goya spice ham (Spam knockoff): Sept 2019 (I’ll guess that these are dated BB five years from canning.) Purchased: Profi [‘Touristic’ pork ham](http://www.profi.com.pl/mince-lard-with-meat)\*: Oct 2016 Cento anchovies: Oct 2016 Chicken of the Sea tuna in water: Oct 2017 [Iguana En Fuego](http://www.halfmoonbaytrading.com/sauces/iguana-en-fuego-ultra-hot-pepper-sauce#&slider1=3) hot sauce ($2 impulse buy @Marshalls): April 2018 (This one also has a production date of April 2014.) Red Gold diced tomatoes: Feb 2016 \*Same foil packaging type as on that page but a little different label. Hey, does anyone know what ‘touristic’ / _turystyczna_ means in this context? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-seem-to-ever-expire/710419/42 "2015-01-25T22:49:10Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > The bug that could grow happily in that kind of dynamite has my respect. It’s unlikely that a bug that can grow happily in horseradish can live in you. Extremophiles, especially extraterrestrial ones like that would need to be, are like that. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-seem-to-ever-expire/710419/43 "2015-01-27T02:14:30Z")
Original Tabasco seems to last forever, AIUI it is still good even if the color has changed. I’ve eaten jam that was over 20 years old, that was perfectly delicious. Booze. Wait, that might not be counted as food. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-seem-to-ever-expire/710419/44 "2015-01-27T02:42:59Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I think a bulge indicates it wasn’t properly canned to begin with. Well then you REALLY don’t want to eat it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_umlaut_for_U)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-seem-to-ever-expire/710419/45 "2015-01-28T05:36:13Z")
Oyster sauce. I’ve had the same bottle since 2008. My sesame oil was outdated in 2013 and just now seems to be a bit rancid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-seem-to-ever-expire/710419.md?page=2)