Bulging can

**iggy** · 04-23-2016

Went into my long term storage cupboard to get a new #10 can of dehydrated onions, and the unopened can of Honey Cornbread Muffin is bulging! Both ends. IMG_0021.JPG IMG_0023.JPG IMG_0024.JPG IMG_0025.JPG The stripped of the label can is now on my back porch on the step with the ends pointed away from any house. Has this ever happened to any one? I bought this in 2013 - It has been kept in my large cupboard in my bedroom where is is cool and dry. None of the other cans are bulging. What do I do now? Pop a hole in the top, save the contents and send it back to Emergency Essentials???

**arbilad** · 04-24-2016

This happened to me with a can of Muffin mix from Walton Feed. I contacted them, and what they told me is that the mix was still safe, but what happens sometimes is that the baking powder gets activated in a mix like that and starts bulging out the can. It's totally safe, but you should probably use it soon. You might need to add a little bit of baking powder because the stuff in the mix will be partly spent.

**iggy** · 04-24-2016

arbilad, did you use it? If I did my calculations correctly, there is only three batches in the can. If you used yours then I will stab the can with a cleaned up screwdriver to release the pressure and repackage it.

**arbilad** · 04-24-2016

Yes, I used mine, and it made some delicious muffins. It did taste of baking powder after I added a bit more but it wasn't bad.

**iggy** · 04-24-2016

OK, I'll give it a shot - tomorrow as today is nearly done. Don't know what is wrong with me, but I have been sleeping nearly all day since I got home from Church. [2:30 PM]

**iggy** · 12-17-2017

20 months later and I am browsing through the forum and see this. To report what I did way back then, I stabbed the can to release the pressure, but couldn't open it as the bulges were just too bulged out and the swing-away can opener wouldn't work. So I tossed the entire can into the trash.