The oldest canned foods I've ever eaten were "C" rations that were undated but probably many years old. For home-canned food, I think that the "one year" policy is a very wise one provided that I canned it myself. I would eat no food canned by someone else unless I knew a lot about their abilities. I would eat some frozen foods from MY freezer that were over a year old because I have my freezer set at the lowest possible temperature, and I know that's where it is set. Usually, a freezer becomes jammed up before a year passes and older items are discarded anyway.
Sunil, it seems that almost all families have a few "special" people. I mentioned my brother to you a few years back, but we also have two nuns, an anesthetist and one of the "specials", me, whose last words will be, "Tape up the holes and light a cigarette for me, please."
