Food I have a Question Dovetailing OnVoortrekker Exploding canss

[Rabbit]

I am so terrible at canning peaches I've quit. I have started buying store-bought canned peaches but I have been avoiding the cans that have the pull-top lid openings. Are these cans weaker when it comes to longer than their use by date storage?

 

[summerthyme]

I am so terrible at canning peaches I've quit. I have started buying store-bought canned peaches but I have been avoiding the cans that have the pull-top lid openings. Are these cans weaker when it comes to longer than their use by date storage?

Rabbit... not in my experience. I bought some pull top cans of fruit cocktail, peaches and pears, all in 2014. We used the last of them last fall... I never did have a can failure. I do suspect they would be less tolerant of being dropped...

Summerthyme

 

[Illini Warrior]

not necessarily just peaches or fruit - the pull tab tops are quite a bit weaker than the lid tops that are roll crimped - it's not only the weak spots where they are pre-notched for breaking away - the material and thickness is usually lower than a full lid top ....

been thinking about doing a paraffin dip on some of food that only is available in the pop tops these days ....

 

[SouthernBreeze]

I still have several cans of "cream of..." and cans of tomato sauce that have the pop top lids, and all are still good after 3 yrs. I don't buy items in the pop tops, unless that's all I can get.

 

[packyderms_wife]

The only problem we've had is that little tab breaking off and then trying to get the damned can opened since those lids sit deeper than a traditional non pop top lid.