AIBU to chuck these tins of horrible food?

Please don't give them to a food bank. People can't always choose what they're given and they would most likely prove a disappointment to the recipients.

Throw them away (that is, recycle as Monica said) If they were not quite to your taste that might be different but you say they were revolting so it's not very fair to inflict them on someone else.

Ah, bread and butter pudding, nectar of the gods...

I will avoid them in Lidl, thanks BigNose.
We've only ever eaten the fresh ones.

Put them on the compost heap.

Only give it to a Food Bank if it is within date, with at least a month or more to go. Food Banks have to throw a lot of food away because it has gone by the 'use by' date.

Under the circumstances, if they are so nasty, I would open them, compost the contents and recycle the tin.

I also think it would be extremely unfair to give then away at all if you think they are so bad.

A couple of tins of baked beans would better serve someone who may be struggling, and with a family. Chuck 'em out!

I'm with lemon on this - if they're inedible, it seems unfair to inflict them on someone who might get them as part of their food bank ration and they'd have no alternative to turn to.

Chuck them!

You could take them back to where you bought them and say that you think they may be substandard, judging by the taste and consistency being so different to what you have had before. They can return them to their supplier and not order any more from them, then they they will not be inflicted on anyone else.

I wouldn't donate them. It seems a bit mean, knowing that someone might have the same reaction as you.

I seem to remember a friend if mine buying them from Llidl last year. She said they were lovely and she's usually very fussy about food

My friend helps out at a food bank. She said the people who receive food must meet strict criteria to qualify for a voucher and (I think) there is a limit to how many times they can have food. The number of items is limited so every single one is important. If you have any doubt about the tins, throw them away. You were able to have something else for your meal but the food bank 'customers' aren't so lucky.

In reply to Jalima, I got them at Lidl some months ago. Aubergines seem to work quite well in tins in my experience - these were stuffed with rice and veg, and made in Turkey, where they make delicious stuffed aubs, so I was very surprised at the revolting results.

Hmm no, I wouldn't donate them to the food bank - exactly as MamaCaz says, someone could go hungry because of them . Put them on the compost heap, or just bin them.

(We absolutely love bread and butter pudding - one of our favourite puddings!)

Food bank is a good idea as you will obviously never use them and somebody might like them! I did that with some long life cartons of soup I bought after seeing an advert for a new type which proved to be disgusting compared to my usual home made.

The replies from midgey and purple exactly reflect the divergent advice I have had from friends! I looked up how food banks work and it appears that they offer boxes of food that include a tin of meat (presumably an alternative if you don't eat it), and a tin of veg. I would hate someone to get one of my tins when they could have got a tin of baked beans or spinach or such like. Anyone know if recipients get a choice of what they get at food banks?

The last thing I would do is donate them to a food bank. If they are revolting enough for you to consider inedible, some poor recipient could end up without a meal!

mmm made with panettone or brioche!

I hope no-one on the frugal February thread is reading this

Coincidentally Midgey I felt the same about bread and butter pudding until Friday when I tasted some a friend had made with left over Christmas panettone and it was amazing. Still don’t fancy tinned stuffed aubergine though?

I'm intrigued though, aubergine soften very quickly, I wouldn't have though they would be a very good vegetable to put into tins.
Where did you buy them?
and what were they stuffed with?

bread and butter pudding - yum (as long as it has plenty of egg custard at the bottom)

I would do as Purpledaffodil suggests, they don't sound very appetising at all.

Open remaining tins, decant contents into compost or food bin. Put tins in recycling, job done ?.Please don’t give them to the food bank. If the contents look and taste revolting to you why inflict them on others?

Thing is, it does not taste like any other tinned stuffed aubergine I have ever had. Normally I love the stuff!