Just T
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Post by Just T on Jul 18, 2014 21:52:43 GMT
I cleaned out my car today for the first time in a while. In my backseat, on the floor, under a bag, I found two things I bought on a trip to Georgia at the end of May, and I am so pissed at myself for forgetting they were there, or that I even bought them. One is a gallon jar of peach cider, the other is a jar of peach butter. I bought them at a roadside stand near my brother's house. They are both sealed. Can I still use them, or should I throw them out? I figure they sit out in the heat for who knows how long. They don't have expiration dates on them. Do you think it got too hot inside my car?
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Post by kimpossible on Jul 18, 2014 21:57:33 GMT
Well, I'm in Arizona and our temps are in the 100's and have been since mid May. Anything in my car is an absolute no to eat or drink unless I just placed it in there in the last 5 minutes.
Sorry can't answer your question - what state are you in? A
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Post by lucyg on Jul 18, 2014 22:04:50 GMT
oh! my favorite game! I don't have a problem with leaving sealed non-perishables in the car for an extended time. I keep bottled water, crackers, and peanut butter in the hidden storage section in the back of my car in case of emergency, and only switch it out every couple of years. BUT when I do switch it out, I toss out the old ones. I think if you open the containers and the food looks/smells/tastes okay (my universal rule), it should be okay. Refrigerate first to get the hot car feel off of it.  Maybe someone else knows more about the effect of hot cars on sealed food containers? |
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Post by Windy on Jul 18, 2014 22:10:17 GMT
The peach butter should be fine. I'm not sure about the cider. Was it processed or fresh? You may have hard cider now.  |
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Post by anxiousmom on Jul 18, 2014 22:17:00 GMT
oh! my favorite game! I don't have a problem with leaving sealed non-perishables in the car for an extended time. I keep bottled water, crackers, and peanut butter in the hidden storage section in the back of my car in case of emergency, and only switch it out every couple of years. BUT when I do switch it out, I toss out the old ones. I think if you open the containers and the food looks/smells/tastes okay (my universal rule), it should be okay. Refrigerate first to get the hot car feel off of it.  Maybe someone else knows more about the effect of hot cars on sealed food containers? I'm in Florida where it is hot inside the car for 10 months of the year. I have left stuff in there and later eaten it, but follow the same rules that Lucy said "looks okay/smells okay" as a guide. More often than not, the stuff that *isn't* okay has long since exploded from the constant over heating. I did have water in plastic water bottles in the back of my car, but after a single summer they started tasting a little plastic-like and I stopped doing that. |
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conchita
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Post by conchita on Jul 18, 2014 22:28:16 GMT
Yeah, my mind went to what Windy said. That cider might have actually benefitted from being left in the car for a while. Hard peach cider sounds pretty good! I'd probably put the butter in the fridge, smell it, taste it and never touch it again for fear of getting sick, then six months later finally tossing it. But that's what *I* would do.  |
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Post by lucyg on Jul 18, 2014 22:53:50 GMT
oh Conchita, too funny! That's probably what I would really do, too. Anxiousmom, I agree on the slight plastic taste after a hot summer, but I figure in a pinch (earthquake is what we worry about) I'll drink it anyway. I probably ought to swap them out every fall, but I don't always think of it. Our summers aren't as hot as yours, anyway. |
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Just T
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Post by Just T on Jul 18, 2014 23:11:53 GMT
The cider is I think processed...it's in a glass jug with a lid and a plastic seal around it. Same with the peach butter--glass canning jar, sealed, with plastic around the lid. My initial thought was it would be okay. That Georgia sun is hot, and I'm sure it spent some time in a warehouse before I bought it from a hot roadside stand. LOL |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2014 23:29:14 GMT
the jam is fine. The cider I know less about but if it was sealed it should be fine too.
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Post by smokey2471 on Jul 19, 2014 0:27:34 GMT
The peach butter should be fine. I'm not sure about the cider. Was it processed or fresh? You may have hard cider now. I was going to say the opposite but I agree if the smell fine if eat them |
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Mary Kay Lady
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Post by Mary Kay Lady on Jul 19, 2014 0:59:58 GMT
I'd give it the sniff and taste test. If either one doesn't smell or taste funny I'd eat and drink them.
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