“I thought packaged beans last forever but they still are dated?”
No they don’t even last forever if stored for long-term. It was recently decided they will last 30 years now, used to be 10. They would still be edible but start losing nutrients at that point.
I used to buy different types of beans at WinCo, in their bulk section. I found out in a hurry that you can have beans that are too old. Apparently they didn’t rotate the stock much if it didn’t sell. When they cooked up the Skins were wrinkly and the beans never softened. You can remedy that by adding some baking soda to the water but I think it made the beans taste strange.
I’ve stored beans my who married life and I find some I had to cook forever after only 10 years.
Now that I don’t have a bunch of kids to feed I don’t store or cook as many beans.
My kids don’t like lima beans and ham to this day. LOL
Poor things!
Thanks. I don’t need my beans to last longer than I will.