You know how we aren't supposed to eat tinned tomatoes?

[originalbiglymavis]

Baked beans? What about bakes beans? Can you get nice ones in a jar or carton?

Why aren't we supposed to eat tinned tomatoes?

Why are we not supposed to eat tinned tomatoes ?

tinned tomatoes are my staple diet, what's wrong with the delicious little blighters?!

No idea why tinned toms are supposed to be bad but Heinz do beans in a fridge jar now so maybe that's good for you op?

Because some alleged toxin gets in your tomatoes.
But I'm sure many generations of long lived Italians may disagree...

What? Well my families screwed then. We live on tinned tomatoes.

What about in cartons? Cartonned tomatoes?!

WHAT?

Aren't Heinz fridge beans in a plastic jar..?

What now???

Have you been reading the Daily Fail OP?

What's wrong with tinned tomatoes?

We had them (in spag Bol) last night! Have I killed my family.....🙀

Tinned tomatoes are yucky, but aside from that I have no idea what you are on about.

I am not giving up my baked beans, no siree!!

Apparently our pasta being sold in plastic packaging is dangerous too, something about toxins from the plastic getting into our pasta (was told this by a nutritionist who was doing a "healthy eating after cancer" talk!
Honestly we could all panic ourselves into an early grave if we listen to every food scare. I reckon the anxiety it causes is more unhealthy!

Everything is bloody dangerous these days! Apparently the acid in tomatoes can react with the cans and that's supposed to be cancer causing.

My pasta comes in papery bags though.
I thought it was hooey but a couple of relatives on the US (doctors) told us to stop using the cans. I'm not fussed myself (kamakazee approach to use by dates) but DH has put his foot down and grumbled about my lovely baked beans!

Plastic bottled water too! They are anti that as well.

I won't drink tap water as I watch far too many crime thrillers and everytime I see a slab being sluiced out I think 'eoooow, that's going into the water supply!'

I'm fairly sure that mortuary slabs are sluiced into the sewers, you know with urine, faeces, the mud you wash off your veg etc rather than directly into the fresh water supply. What an odd thing to think. Drinking water goes through purification before coming into your pipes, bottles water does not always meet the same standards are tap water.

The acid in the tomatoes will only start to react with the cans after the vacuum is broken and they are exposed to air.
So just don't leave the tomatoes in the opened can for ages.

I know but yuk. I never said that I wasn't odd!

What a daft thread OP. Do you ever connect reality with what you see on the TV and read in the papers?

...Or what I have been told by 2 doctors in the family (well one doctor and a senior surgeon). No need for PA hmmm face - do you speak to people like that in the real world?

Apparently the acid in tomatoes can react with the cans and that's supposed to be cancer causing

Complete nonsense.

The bottled water thing is nonsense too. Have you been to the drs about your anxiety OP? It sounds stressful for you.

Nope, perfectly sane and unanxious.

Mildly concerned by some people's inability to answer a question without resorting to querying my mental state.