Gotta wonder how much good food is wasted annually by people afraid of the freshness date.
That said, gotta admit 14 months is dicey; you are brave. ;)
I wonder about the expiratrion dates as well. For me the dairy category is strictly abided. I have heard though that milk can last much longer as long as it is kept good and cold. My guess is that lawyers have more to do with expiration dates than even the producers providing the food to the marketplace.
I was very careful. First checked the can top for movement, looked for discoloration, smelled, tasted a tiny amount. I was very cautious.
But, back in the day, how did we even know the age of canned foods? You checked for the click, looked for a bulge,checked for rust or discoloration, smelled the contents and relied on experience with the product.
I was prepared to toss it out, of course. Had it been non-acidic food, I wouldn’t even have opened the can.
I do go through things regularly and rotate them. This 4-pack of tomato paste and the little can of cream had somehow been shoved to a back corner of the shelf and ignored.