Thread: Re: Watch This!

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:

> On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 01:37:29 -0500, Omelet <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <vH6op.461173$[email protected] >,
> > Dave Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> On 09/04/2011 7:59 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> >>
> >> >> splattered. If you want an entertaining trick, I highly recommend it.
> >> >> There
> >> >> was nothing suspicious about the can's appearance but I'm thinking the
> >> >> next
> >> >> time I do that I'll put on my safety goggles. You have been warned.
> >> >> Polly
> >> >
> >> > Oh how I sympathize with you. I had that happen to me years ago with a
> >> > can of tomato paste. It shot all over the place, even the ceiling,
> >> > I'll never forget that. Now I buy tomato paste in the tubes, safer
> >> > that way.
> >>
> >> Me too. I had a can of tomato paste that had been around for a few
> >> years. I had a hand held can opener. I pushed the lever down to puncture
> >> the top and there was an instant spray of red. It was on the ceiling,
> >> four walls, two windows and the floor.
> >
> >Wouldn't most cans in that condition be "bulgy"???
>
> No, that was the shocker, had it been bulgy I wouldn't have opened it.
> koko

Too weird! :-(
I've never seen it in a tube. I'll have to look for that since
sometimes I don't want to use the entire can.

To date, I've just been freezing a can I opened and use it over time.
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Re: [email protected]

Omelet <[email protected]> wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 01:37:29 -0500, Omelet <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <vH6op.461173$[email protected] >,
>>> Dave Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 09/04/2011 7:59 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> splattered. If you want an entertaining trick, I highly
>>>>>> recommend it. There
>>>>>> was nothing suspicious about the can's appearance but I'm
>>>>>> thinking the next
>>>>>> time I do that I'll put on my safety goggles. You have been
>>>>>> warned. Polly
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh how I sympathize with you. I had that happen to me years ago
>>>>> with a can of tomato paste. It shot all over the place, even the
>>>>> ceiling, I'll never forget that. Now I buy tomato paste in the
>>>>> tubes, safer that way.
>>>>
>>>> Me too. I had a can of tomato paste that had been around for a few
>>>> years. I had a hand held can opener. I pushed the lever down to
>>>> puncture the top and there was an instant spray of red. It was on
>>>> the ceiling, four walls, two windows and the floor.
>>>
>>> Wouldn't most cans in that condition be "bulgy"???
>>
>> No, that was the shocker, had it been bulgy I wouldn't have opened
>> it. koko
>
> Too weird! :-(
> I've never seen it in a tube. I'll have to look for that since
> sometimes I don't want to use the entire can.
>
> To date, I've just been freezing a can I opened and use it over time.

I occasionally look for tube tomato paste at the grocery store with no luck.
I'd much rather have that than the PITA little cans.