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  • #16
    Originally posted by rockriver View Post
    black eyed peas...

    it's new years day... it's a required food item.
    the bride thought she had some in the pantry... nope...
    found some dried black eyed peas that were in original light plastic bag sold by walmart.
    they had been stored for most of time that we had them in a flimsy plastic storage box..
    looks like something you might store blankets or extra clothes in... for the last year they've been in a secure structure not household temperature. before that.. beans stored inside house with a/c and heater.

    best buy date was november 2011... we don't remember when we bought them...
    several years ago we did a little "dry" canning with a farmer and his wife and bought up a bunch of
    beans... these could go back to that date?? i would guess 5 years ago?

    so far beans look good, smell good, and they'll be on my plate in about 30 minutes
    Hey, I thought dried beans and peas and such were good for like 20 years??? At least I hope so... I put up several, several pounds of them in my long term food storage. Of course, they're in mylar bags with oxy absorbers, inside sealed 5 gal. buckets, in the basement...

    Regarding "Best by" dates... the folks were over awhile back for a family gathering. My dad is a so-called "beer expert" I gave him a cold one I found hiding in the back of the fridge. He said it tasted Great!! Then I showed him the date on the can... 3 years past the date.

    We're still on speaking terms...

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    • #17
      RR, we quit eating Collards and Black Eyed Peas 2 years ago, going on year 3 of not going with MawMaws traditions.
      The last 2 years have been the best of my adult life.

      The Mrs. WO did hook up a roast, some home made mac and cheese, and some organo cornbread.

      Stinks NY is on a Tuesday, what a waste of a holiday during a work week :)
      You know what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like this?

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      • #18
        ham, peas, greens, maize, fried corn bread - lace, n' sweet pickles.



        hey! mebbe ole si will shair some o hisun, hey.
        Last edited by rockriver; 01-02-2013, 06:17 AM.

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        • #19
          it was wet. i was tired. it was cold.
          time for soup and sandwich..

          peanut butter... jif crunchy.. best if used by june 2010.

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          • #20
            Some food lasts well beyond the exp. date if it remains unopened and stored in a dark, fairly cool environment. Peanut butter and cooking oil fit the bill. Canned foods are fine unless the cans start leaking/bulging; nutrient content may deteriorate, but the food can generally still be eaten. Forget anything tomato-based since the acid is going to kill the can! If the integrity of the container has been maintained, and the food smells/looks like it should, it will likely keep your backbone and stomach from merging. Proceed at your own risk, and remember that expiration dates are either meaningful or a tool for manufacturer liability reduction. Just depends on what's in there....

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            • #21
              found a large plastic jar of members mark (sams) apple juice.
              best by june 2006.

              too big to throw away.
              1 8 oz cup down so far.. tasted ok. will give it a few hours before proceeding, but i think it will be fine!

              initial 6+ years or so stored in cool basement. last 18 months stored in brick storage room with no heat/cool.

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              • #22
                hunt's snack pack.

                best by july 2009
                small plastic containers of chocolate and vanilla pudding.
                located. and tastes good.
                last 18 months stored in brick storeroom. before that in a cool basement.

                alright.. there's got to be some others that have some old food hidden back...
                and a note from our lawyers...
                oh yeah.. i highly suggest you just trash it.. not safe to eat.

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                • #23
                  ditto on the old mre... just ate one about 15yrs old last month..m&m's disentegrated, Tootsie roll was still good, pound cake was great, jalapeno cheese spread(my favorite by the way) was off color and tasted only slightly off, the entre,, beef stew tasted fine.. Also had some kind of mocha/coffee /vanilla drink no idea on age or even what menu it came from but it was HIDEOUS.. This batch of issued MRE's had been stored in a garage and in a public storage facility in both Kalifornia and Idaho. Temps ranged from 110+ to severly frozen(Idaho winter). They were not pampered AT ALL.. I wouldn't want to live on them but it does show that our stored food is much more resilient than many "experts" want us to believe.

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                  • #24
                    Does any an 5th of vodka form ww2 count. Jk. I ate some can meat form 2007 a few weeks ago, threw up every where after, not joking made me sick.

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                    • #25
                      kev,
                      do you remember what brand? kind?
                      i've got a dak that i'm thinking about opening...
                      maybe it'd make good fish bait?

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                      • #26
                        Not really it at my cabin, but if smell bad don't eat it.:)

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by kev80 View Post
                          Does any an 5th of vodka form ww2 count. Jk. I ate some can meat form 2007 a few weeks ago, threw up every where after, not joking made me sick.
                          maybe it was the vodka!

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                          • #28
                            "No, you are a hallucination brought on by alcohol... Russian vodka poisoned by Chernobyl! " sorry, I thought of Scrooged when I saw your post.

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                            • #29
                              New Millennium Bars

                              While we are on the subject of out-of-date foods...I found some MREs that I had hidden from myself. Under best conditions, they would have reached their out date in 09. I tossed the main meals, 9 years old is old enough, saved the heaters and the condiment packages (can't see where spices or Tabasco can go bad). But I do have a question. There were New Millennium Bars in the MREs. Their expiration date is 2008. Does anyone want to take a guess if they are still safe? 5-years over seems like a long time, but what in them could go bad? They are still a vacuumed brick like the day they were new.

                              Later

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                              • #30
                                i've tried a lot of food bars of various ages.. if the container was a metal foil they were ok.
                                if the container was a paper type packaging, i would eat it if it was a year or so past date.
                                if me,,, i'd take a small sample first!

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