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Hot take: Canned beans expire way faster than you think in a hot garage.
I dug out my emergency stash last weekend and found half the cans were bloated from sitting in 100 degree heat for 8 months. The USDA says canned food lasts years but they mean in a cool basement at 70 degrees. How do you guys store bulk food without climate control?
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skyler4316d agoTop Commenter
My buddy lost a whole pallet of green beans from Costco because he stored them in a metal shed in Arizona. The cans were bulging and one actually burst open after about 6 months. I started rotating my stash into the coolest corner of the crawlspace and digging a small pit in the dirt floor to sink them down a couple feet helped keep them around 80 degrees instead of 110. What kind of shelf life are you seeing with your typical canned goods after that heat exposure?
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