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That's how I test my eggs for freshness as well. It saves trying to cook a stale egg. I heard about that trick a long time ago.

Talking about the validity of things, never EVER, open a tin without taking a clean cloth and wiping around the rim and the rest of the top first. When in storage, there is a chance that mice and/or rats can run over the unpackaged tins and urinate on them. If not cleaned, this can get into the food and contaminate it, leading to Weils Disease, which is very nasty, and the very least you'll get is a bad belly ache. Same thing about cracking open a tin of beer/lager/pop - always clean it first.