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years ago I use to bake my banana and lemon breads in tin cans like soup and veggy cans, can we still do that safely? does anybody else do it still?

I make date bread in tin cans, I never thought about if it was safe to do this or not. Will have to try check and see if it is. Thanks for the head up on this.

Wanda

I don't know if it is safe or not...but I don't think I would with that coating they put inside cans now...not sure if this is right but BPA?

I would err on the side of caution with that. Stuff just isn't the same at all any more!

As long as you make sure they're sterile first, they're fine.

Mmmmm, not sure here but I wouldn't try it. Years ago, we all knew what a tin can was ~ I'm not so sure nowdays... Think I would pass and just use my normal bakeware.

Hope it's safe. I have a few recipes I've been wanting to try.

Bought some foods in cans just to have the cans. (We rarely eat a can of food, unless it's my own homecanned.)

As long as it doesn't have that plastic (white?) coating on the inside when I open the cans, I'll be using them. I'll be looking for a plain metal interior.

I didn't even think about BPA until I saw an article online about soups and saw that the Progresso soup cans have BPA in them. Guess it is another worry.

If you ordered some canned foods from Eden Foods, their's are BPA free....one of the very few! They sell organic foods...

http://www.edenfoods.com/

Alton Brown had a recipe for English muffins using tuna cans. My dh had always been intrigued by the recipe. I told him the tuna cans were no longer available. Many companies rounded the bottoms so they couldn't be used as rings in cooking. My dh said it was done so they stack more easily. However, he spent some time walking through a neighborhood grocery to find the waterchestnuts still have the tops and bottoms that can be used for baking. I'm now baking homebaked English muffins. Thank you, Alton Brown! It's an excellent recipe. My first batch came out a bit tall, but I didn't know what a #20 ice cream scoop was.???? oops!

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Alton Brown had a recipe for English muffins using tuna cans.

I saw that and found the same thing--the tuna cans weren't gonna work. Was soooooo disappointed!

THANK YOU for sharing the information about the water chestnut cans. Will look at them today to see what's available locally.

Glad I could help, Index lady. He originally purchased 4; 8 cans are best. Otherwise, you'll be baking twice.

My other experiment came with DelMonte's mini fruit tins. I've baked with them, too. They are perfect size for little ones. My newest idea is to use the miniture sizes for appetizers at parties. They are PERFECT for these!

I never could get them out, so I never tried again.

English muffins...I've been using a dough recipe because the tuna cans would not work. (Greatly impressed my step-daughter with them.) The dough English muffins do not have enough cracks and crannies so I put the English muffin rings on my wish list for Christmas. If I don't get them, I'll go buy the water chestnuts. THANKS!