We baked a pumpkin pie, and later realized the can said best if used by 1999. Do you think it is safe to eat?

Answer 1

I wouldn't...It's 7 yrs past its expiration

Answer 2

Usually, if the can is intact, the contents are still usable. If the pumpkin had spoiled the can would almost certainly have become distorted (ends rounded out, or leaking). So, if the can was in good shape and the pumpkin looked and smelled okay, it's probably quite safe to eat.

Answer 3

Eh...hard to say. If it was anything that might make you sick I would think the smell or consistency would have been recognizably suspicious. I think canned stuff can generally last a long time, it just may not be as great as it would have been fresher. At most I'd say just don't go diving into it too fast, maybe try just a little, if it tastes fine and by same time the next day it never made you ill or anything then it's probably ok.

Answer 4

As long as the can had no holes or punctures, it should be ok. If it tastes bad, don't eat it. The heat cooking the pie would have killed any other organisms.

Answer 5

Probably, but it might not taste very good. Go check the rest of the stuff in your cupboard. Throw out the stuff past it's expiration date. Check the frig while you're at it too.

Answer 6

Since it's been cooked,it's probably OK to eat,but the taste might be compromised from sitting in a can that long.

Answer 7

There's no way I would eat it. Remember the old saying, "better safe, than sorry".

Answer 8

You are kidding, right! That pumpkin is rancid by now.

Answer 9

Well I know how hard it is to cook a pumkin pie...I would say probably not...sorry....

Answer 10

Icky, i wouldn't. Try a bite or two, if it tastes bad, just throw it.