Caution: tin cans

February 17, 2009

Did not know that about the glue stuff, that makes a world of difference.

Don't want to get sick. I do free cycle here in my area, and have had pretty

good results with that.

~Tee

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Donnalilacflower

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 10:48 AM

Caution: tin cans

Thanks Deanna. I don't use old tin cans to bake in. I never knew about the

glue stuff until I bought another type of can opener. It goes around the inside

of the lid edge and you lift the top off, can't cut yourself on the lid this way

but you will see some glue substance all around the edges. Use baking pans, be

safe that is what they were intended for. If you don't have money to buy your

pans new look in the thrify shops, join Freecycle.org They always having

listings for cooking and baking items and if you post an offer then you can ask

for some. It's all free. Be safe, who's going to recycle you if you poison

yourself?

Donna

The seed is in bloom, will it meet an early doom or survive in a tranquil sea?

Does it face an early end, will it find a real friend, should it be called

humanity? Will creation of man bring death by his hand or will life be his

destiny? The Seed - Rare earth

--- On Tue, 2/17/09, genny_y2k <genny_y2k wrote:

genny_y2k <genny_y2k

Re: using tuna cans?

Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 8:30 AM

I would caution anyone about re-using tin cans for baking or food

storage. The seams on cans are sealed with solder and many cans are

lined with a lacquer/varnish. Re-use of a can, especially baking in it

could cause chemical leakage into your food.

Deanna in Colorado

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Star <starwoman123@ ...> wrote:

> I doubt we vegetarians have those hanging around our kitchen

February 17, 2009

Donna,

I'm using less and less food items that come in cans these days now

that I've learned about the laquer and solder. That goes for organic

food too. If it doesn't come in glass I seldom buy it. I buy organic

butter now in the paper pk. and buy dried beans instead of the canned.

I know it's time consuming but costs just pennies compared to canned

and the flavor can't be beat.

It's not easy going green but hopefully our bodies and our Earth will

be healthier for it.

You are so right about the baking pans. I've found expensive clay,

glass and iron cookware at the thrift stores for just a couple dollars.

Sending smiles and hugs your way

Deanna in Colorado

also at recycled_gardens

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Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower wrote:

I don't use old tin cans to bake in. I never knew about the glue

stuff until I bought another type of can opener.

February 17, 2009

Here is information I found on the internet about cans today. Here is the

web address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_can

" No cans currently in wide use are composed primarily or wholly of tin; that

term rather reflects the near-exclusive use in cans, until the last half of the

20th century, of tinplate steel, which combined the physical strength and

relatively low price of steel with the resistance to corrosion of tin.

Use of aluminium in cans began in the 1960s. Aluminum is less costly than

tin-plated steel but offers the same resistance to corrosion in addition to

greater malleability, resulting in ease of manufacture; this gave rise to the

two-piece can, where all but the top of the can is simply stamped out of a

single piece of aluminum, rather than laboriously constructed from two pieces of

steel. Often the top is tin-plated steel and the rest of the can aluminum.

A can usually has a printed paper or plastic label glued to the outside of the

curved surface, indicating its contents. Less commonly, a label is painted

directly onto the metal.

Food that does not require complete sealing, like nuts, and some non-food

products like engine oil may be sold in can-like containers where a cardboard

tube fills the role of the wall, with a metal top and bottom. "

Nancy C.